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UK Body refinish?
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:52 pm
by ian850
Hi,
Who on here in the UK will be willing to refinish my mustang body? ( I know you all said not to, but I'm going to do it)
I was thinking Olympic white, or maybe sonic blue.
Cheers, Ian.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:59 pm
by timhulio
Is it a vintage Mustang?
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:27 pm
by stewart
honestly, you're making a mistake. PLEASE don't refinish it.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:42 pm
by ian850
too late, stripped
Honeslty, the paint was in a bad way. Really not my thing as it was, and the value isnt a worry, as it cost me nothing.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:48 pm
by timhulio
How old are you?
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 6:50 pm
by ian850
why?
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:22 pm
by stewart
with about £50 outlay for a vintage guard you could have had a guitar worth £800, easy. you could have bought two refinished mustangs for that.
tell me you haven't stripped the neck.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:24 pm
by taylornutt
Vintage guitars have lots of character even if its worn down. Anytime you refinish a vintage guitar, it will lose value because the original finish is gone. It's not something you can put back.
He is asking your age because your lack of appreciation for the original vintage condition of the mustang seems to indicate you are young and don't understand the value of what you have. (my interpretation) Whether it cost you nothing or not, you don't want to devalue a quality instrument unnecessarily.
Do you have any pictures of the guitar? I used to only like new guitars, but used and vintage guitars are so cool though often not worth what collectors price them at.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:27 pm
by stewart
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:29 pm
by George
taylornutt wrote:Vintage guitars have lots of character even if its worn down. Anytime you refinish a vintage guitar, it will lose value because the original finish is gone. It's not something you can put back.
He is asking your age because your lack of appreciation for the original vintage condition of the mustang seems to indicate you are young and don't understand the value of what you have. (my interpretation) Whether it cost you nothing or not, you don't want to devalue a quality instrument unnecessarily.
Do you have any pictures of the guitar? I used to only like new guitars, but used and vintage guitars are so cool though often not worth what collectors price them at.
BOOM HEADSHOT!
Pushing the money to one side, there's a legacy and history to each instrument like a vintage Fender that should be respected and upheld. I suppose that's also a value, just not monetary.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:32 pm
by George
Oh my God, that is fan-fucking-tastic. I would keep it totally as is. Maybe get a new guard cut to save the original from completely disintegrating though.
Please don't tell me that's gone...
Should have sold it and got an RI.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:33 pm
by othomas2
Yeah, new aged / old guard and that would have looked killer.
At worst you could have patched the top horn to resemble the original finish, but to refinish the lot is a bit saddening.
Now you'll have new looking body with rusty / worn parts.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:45 pm
by timhulio
I'm guessing the OP is starting to realise what they've done. Like that bit in Short Circuit where Johnny 5 kills the butterfly.
That's history there. I'd have rocked it all day and night.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 7:49 pm
by Thom
It was an amazing looking guitar...
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:04 pm
by ian850
No, I’m still here, busy with a little work.
Well what can I say, each to their own, would you let a classic car rust away, would you let an old clock's face fade into obscurity? Some would, others wouldn't.
I understand all the comments saying that it's a mistake to refinish the guitar, but I would prefer to see the guitar restored to as new a condition as possible using vintage parts.
This is obviously not to everybody's taste, and for that I can only apologise if it offends.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:13 pm
by benecol
Don't be daft, you don't need to apologise; think people have taken a fairly innocuous question and run with it. It's only a guitar (in the nicest possible sense), and more importantly, it's your guitar. Enjoy it and make it ho you like it.
Refins in the UK are few and far between, though.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:19 pm
by Gabriel
Thom wrote:It was an amazing looking guitar...
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:26 pm
by benecol
Well I think it looked like it had mange.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:29 pm
by Gabriel
Each to their own, I'm sure it'll be lovely after a refin too.
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:38 pm
by Stuart
I've never used him but
this guy seems to know what he is talking about. I thought about sending a body to him but in the end took the job on my self and really enjoyed it.
I too I'm pretty sad to hear of that finish being stripped away. I guess to us the analogy is that of pulling all the cool mechanism out of an antique clock and bunging a battery powered dial, when you could have sold it to a clockwork lover and bought you're self a couple of digital clock radios.
But yeah I'm certainly not going to hold it against you. Was it on shortscale I read (before I was a member and was googling for sanding tips) a threat like this where somebody cut up a Swinger Bass?
