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Picked this up in the sale area. I plan on painting it black with a matching headstock. Then I am going to sand through the black in some places showing the burst under it.

Here is what I am starting with.

20150523_180417 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Three random little holes?

20150523_180421 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Totally a refin. All black back. (With sparkles.... )

20150523_180439 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Non-Fender strap buttons...

20150523_180516 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20150523_180528 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Did I mention it is a refin? Yeah that is right... the burst is only in that one area. (Pickguard area is black.)

20150523_185807 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Got everything apart and steelwooled to be painted. Just waiting on masking tape.

20150523_194008 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

I can't really imagine how this will look. So I am interested in the results.

Kinda this.

First coat of black.

20150523_230458 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20150523_230410 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

It will have humbuckers and a TOM when I am done.

You start using your HVLP gun yet?

LOL no.... My garage is still too full of crap to get it hooked up right.

I actually quite like the burst that was on it. Looks servicemanish.

Parts of it will show through again. It is pretty bad really. It is yellow paint and black paint. A tiny bit of orange. Since it was painted over a finish, there is no wood showing through. Also the back was solid black. LOLOL

20150524_163541 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Headstock is done with black. I couldn't get a clean edge because it is dinged up, but when the rest is done, it should fit in fine since I am going to be kind of aging the body. Once the lacquer cures, I will start getting clear on it.

Would probably look better all black.

20150528_193352 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20150528_194005 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

The decal looks great. Nice jerb.

Thank yer.

More clear on the headstock and first round of satin clear on the body.

20150529_192959 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20150529_195541 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20150529_195533 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Lookin good man. It'll look ace when it starts to wear.

Not sanded, but satin spray done.

20150531_102400 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Started working on the back of the neck. All the shiny stuff is super glue in the dings and scratches.

20150531_103610 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Wore through the color coat in a couple spots, but looks worn, so no biggie. Main thing is it is smooth.

20150531_133950 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Also cleaned the fretboard.

20150531_134257 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

I liked that burst a lot. Very in your face and cheap looking. Hopefully a good bit will shine through at least.

Got the guard Cooterfinger made for me. Here it is on the body with my tele switch plate.

20150608_182513 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

I outlined the openings with a pencil so I could put a humbucker template over the markings to help center them.

20150608_182524 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Taped off the body and routed the spots 1 1/8 deep. (The neck pickup has long legs and I just figured to do both the same.)

20150608_190435 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Pickups fit fine.

20150608_192244 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Some black paint to make it look sort of like it is supposed to be like this. LOL

20150608_192858 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Body still needs to cure more, but it looks good! I will likely just do matte black and let it wear through on its own if it does.

20150608_192144 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Long time no post on this project. To be honest, I got it close to being assembled and just wasn't excited about how it was going to look so I stopped working on it.... for almost two years... LOL I have a new plan and have some new steam. This is the last back burner project I have going on. Kind of excited to get it done. I didn't like the idea of all black with white guard and black pickups. Just kind of felt blah to me. I am doing to paint the body white and sand through to the black in some spots and such. I am going to go for chrome humbuckers. I am leaving the headstock black. I acid bathed the metal parts and have them rusting at the moment to go for a beater look. I am leaving the upper plate empty. The switch plate will just have two switches and no filter switch. That hole will be empty. The volume plate will just have a volume pot and knob so the second hole will be left empty. I kind of thought going for a haugepauge look might be kind of cool. At least it is exciting me to finish. I have the white done. I did two cans and will let them dry for a week before sanding. No clear since I want to sand through to the black in the usual places. Forearm, upper control area, and back belt/tummy area. I stained the white guard after sanding it to a matte finish so it has a beat up look. Anyways, here are the pics.

20170113_164741 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170113_195531 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170113_195536 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170113_171750 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

2017-01-13_07-54-49 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

That volume control plate is a tank. It is back in the acid for a longer soak. It barely has any difference compared to the other parts. Here is how they are looking. I am pretty happy. I know that this kind of look is not natural. It isn't really what I am going for exactly. I want them to look beat up instead of shiney and covered in fingerprints. I also "aged" the white switches with dark walnut stain. Rubbed it on and wiped it off. It builds up in the little lines making them look kind of dirty. I like it.

20170114_080703 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170114_080707 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170114_080710 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170114_080714 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

2017-01-14_12-27-48 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr