1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

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1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by apreswho » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:17 am

So i've had sort of a love/hate relationship with my mustang. I put it up for sale, i take it down, i try to love it, i decide i hate it, etc. So in an effort to love it more (and add some value when i inevitably decide i hate it again haha) i've recently been putting some money in. I decided to get her re-fretted, which obviously is a great move on some of these beat guitars, and i debated and decided to indeed refin my refin. Heres the brief history:

When i got her, she looked like this:
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Sort of a weird old spotty just generally gray finish. Had strange dark spots, was well bumped and beat up on the back. I hated that tort on there and it fit poorly so i sourced a 60s guard and then it looked like this:
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A definite improvement IMO! The finish was still just sort of flat and lifely and bland, but i liked it since it was an old refin.

Then I fell in love. Way hard in love. with this!
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Elektrovacs Firemist gold duosonic! Good lord, what a beautiful guitar! So there was the inspiration, and off we go!

In an attempt to do the refinish on the cheap, i wanted to stick with locally source-able acrylic lacquer, which unfortunatley led me to a color a bit lighter (more of an aztec gold really, but still lovely!) i rounded up my supplies, tried to wait out some of the horrendous NE Ohio humidity, and went for it!

First i stripped...So weird to watch this happen. Dark lacquer coat came off first, then i had to work on the lighter primer beneath. It seems this was comp red initially.
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Then i had the body clean! This one obviously wasnt a burst! haha There were quite a few gouges and nicks and things so i did my best to fill those spots, most of which proved impossible for my admittedly limited wood working skills, and truthfully i didnt really want to loose all the bumps and scars this guitar has accumulated over its lifetime
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Once i was sanded and as filled i was gonna get, i wiped down with mineral spirts, let it dry, and primed
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Then color went on.
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Then some clear
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I waited a bit less time than i would due to NOT wanting a perfect high gloss mirror like shine, but rather something that would be a bit dull, a bit more "aged."
Got her all sanded and polished up last night!
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Glamour shots from today! Indoor and outdoor!
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I didnt touch the neck or headstock as it is just so nicely aged!
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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by chacha » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:30 am

Spot on!

Is that pearloid a reissue? It looks good and aged. Lovely.

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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by daCod » Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:39 am

Damn that looks good! MOP guard looks hot on there :?
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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by OffYourFace » Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:16 pm

cool!! great choice and job :)

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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by fullerplast » Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:24 pm

Nice work!

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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by Telliot » Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:50 pm

Wow, nice job! That came out really nicely. 8)
The cool thing about fretless is you can hit a note...and then renegotiate.

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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by Ursa Minor » Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:59 pm

OMG that looks amazing! Great work!
It goes so well with the guard and dark rosewood. :? :?

I dig this so much more than the original grey / silver.
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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by thisisnickpaige » Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:40 pm

Great job, man! You should try puttin' tort back on it for that extra umph. It definitely looks much more spectacular now.
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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by Pacafeliz » Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:53 am

AMAZING!!! :w00t: :? :-*
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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by apreswho » Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:28 am

Thanks so much guys! I'm pretty happy with how it came out myself. I do wish the color were a little darker but I think it looks pretty good anyway!

The guard that's on it is a 60s guard, which is why it's so nicely yellowed and matches the golden hue nicely! I don't have that tort guard any more but it didn't really fit anyway. I'm not really one for pearloid but I sometimes it's just right!

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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by Zork » Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:15 am

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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by missionguitars » Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:24 pm

Man, great job, the colors complement each other so well...which reminds me I need to wrap up the '69 I have 90% done hanging in my garage soon...

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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by dren68 » Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:35 am

That looks awesome!! I love the color, and the pickguard goes so well with it. Great job!

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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by 2fLAz » Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:47 am

yeah, nice one !

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Re: 1972 Mustang Refin REFIN'd!

Post by debudavid » Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:07 pm

i like that!

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