'62 JM oly. white/tort Clear is on. new pics!

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'62 JM oly. white/tort Clear is on. new pics!

Post by painted wood » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:42 pm

This guitar was born in Jan. of "62.  It started life Dakota Red with white/mint guard, then someone refinished it in LPB and drilled a hole in the pickguard by the upper slider switch. This was before I bought it in 2006 like the pic shows.

neck plate with Dakota Red paint chip stuck to it.  This is the only evidence of the factory color.
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Here is a pic from the Hoboken website.
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I sold the guard because it had the patched hole, bought a '58 anodized guard, painted the body in Reranch Blonde.
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Then I decided against the '58 guard on the otherwise matching '62 and wanted it to be all original so I bought a '62 tort guard.
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Here is the body after 4 coats of Deft brush on sand and sealer and final 320 block sanding...ready for color...still undecided  :-\
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Update: I have now decided against white blonde...I ordered shoreline and an now debating going with either oly white, no clearcoat/tort, or shoreline gold/tort.
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Re: '62 JM restoration MK white / tort.

Post by JazzBlaster » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:05 pm

let it age naturaly, blones ages so nice on its own.

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Re: '62 JM restoration MK white / tort.

Post by mcjt » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:50 pm

hey! i saw and commented on this on the other forum... :)
if you do MK, you'll still see the funkiness underneath-- the dark marks.
you caused me to question Blond on my Korina.....
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Re: '62 JM restoration MK white / tort.

Post by painted wood » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:21 pm

yeah, I know...the dark wear marks...I was thinking of going a little more opaque on the blonde, and/or relicing the arm wear to match the dark forearm wear on the front,


or going with a solid color like oly white or shoreline gold w/ gold. 

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Re: '62 JM restoration MK white / tort.

Post by glimmertwin » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:46 pm

Shoreline gold w/ gold guard is a nice combo.  I think you will have a tough time with any semi-opaque finish given the way the body looks.  A reliced black w/ tort is another classic look.  I have a dakota red/tort JM that I love the look of.  Been into reranch's coral color recently too.   
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Re: '62 JM restoration MK white / tort.

Post by fuzzking » Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:23 am

I don't think it will look any good with a blonde finish if you don't get rid of the dark areas.
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Re: '62 JM restoration MK white / tort.

Post by eupat » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:26 am

FUZZ_KING wrote: I don't think it will look any good with a blonde finish if you don't get rid of the dark areas.
+1
go for a solid color.
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Re: '62 JM restoration MK white / tort.

Post by mcjt » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:43 am

how about .... dakota? :)
shoreline is awesome....... and olympic white is no slouch either
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Re: '62 JM restoration MK white / tort.

Post by Superfuzz » Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:56 am

oly white!
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Re: '62 JM restoration (solid color + tort. or gold guard) still undecided...

Post by painted wood » Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:21 am

I agree on the dark spots issue and wood filler spots...now if I could just make up my mind on one of these combinations. :-\  the guard will be tort.

MK Blonde - black wear marks issue, maybe go more opaque and tinted.
oly white/tort, no clear
oly white, tinted clear, deft
shoreline/tort -  :-\
Burgundy mist/tort. plain headstock?
Coral/tort.


tough for me to decide.
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Re: '62 JM restoration (solid color + tort. or gold guard) still undecided...

Post by Square King » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:10 pm

That's a pretty piece of wood :D
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Re: '62 JM restoration (solid color + tort. or gold guard) still undecided...

Post by ohm-men » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:16 am

Always been a fan of Oly white + tort. Not the "yellowish Oly, but as origianl intended "Oly Whte.....looks Killer with a tort guard imo, especially the nice one you got. Don't really care for gold guards, unless on Blonde or SB.
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Re: '62 JM restoration MK white / tort.

Post by painted wood » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:11 pm

glimmertwin wrote: Shoreline gold w/ gold guard is a nice combo...Been into reranch's coral color recently too.   
I do love Doug's shoreline JM, but I want to keep this one all '62.  I like the tort and it still fits great.

Coral is really starting to grow on me.  I checked it out in the dressing room with the tort. and also gold and it really looks like a killer color.  I may do Coral.

Here is a pic of the guard on another '61 body.  What do you think, white, coral, shoreline, something else?
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Re: '62 JM (solid color + tort.) still undecided...coral? shoreline? oly white?

Post by Stereordinary » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:19 pm

Oly White.  Definitely.  And don't clear coat it.
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Re: '62 JM (solid color + tort.) still undecided...coral? shoreline? oly white?

Post by painted wood » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:22 pm

stereordinary wrote: Oly White.  Definitely.  And don't clear coat it.
Oly white, no clear.  perfect. 8)  thanks, tomorrow I spray. :D

thanks

Update: I just woke up thinking that I  :-* shoreline too. :'(
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