SAVED - 1969 comp orange body & neck OG style

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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck

Post by fever606 » Tue Oct 07, 2014 7:36 pm

So stoked to see this one coming together!

This photo...
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...makes me all wibbly inside!
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by Pacafeliz » Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:34 am

:w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
i love delay SO much ...that i procrastinate all the time.
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by panoramic » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:19 am

i felt ashamed at not having done this project myself. Looking forward to seeing it done. If i didn't have a 4 months old I would have done it myself ;)
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck

Post by hella1hella » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:48 am

missionguitars wrote:
fullerplast wrote:Personally, I think the original finish is the best way to go if at all possible.
By all means, I didn't realize that the orange was fairly intact under that black...I would wetsand starting with maybe 800 and then move to 1000, 1200, etc as the orange starts appearing...

Salivating as we speak for this one...

This^^^ Wet sand that black top coat off (very carefully, and very even) and then spray it with a gloss or semi gloss?
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by daCod » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:01 am

hey andy - i feel ya man. i'm stretching myself super thin with this task - my lil dude will be 8mo next wednesday!
wife is a night nurse so once i have him in bed i have 2hrs (give or take) all to myself. ended up keeping the body with me at work so i can peck away at it over lunches.

the original finish is showing some honest play wear through the stripe. glad to see this as it will definitely see MOAR action once completed.
slowing wiping away with some warm water, wee bit o mild detergent and 800g. camera was not cooperating with the lighting

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and a better shot of the headstocks finish 'texture'

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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck

Post by daCod » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:03 am

hella1hella wrote:
missionguitars wrote:
fullerplast wrote:Personally, I think the original finish is the best way to go if at all possible.
By all means, I didn't realize that the orange was fairly intact under that black...I would wetsand starting with maybe 800 and then move to 1000, 1200, etc as the orange starts appearing...

Salivating as we speak for this one...

This^^^ Wet sand that black top coat off (very carefully, and very even) and then spray it with a gloss or semi gloss?
after seeing the wear through the stripe i think this will most definitely happen.
your paranoia must be weapons-grade.
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by daCod » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:44 am

moar stripe...

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moar play wear...

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edit: after looking closely at the past pictures it seems i took a bit of the stripe off during my wet sanding this will NOT happen anymore.
got a wee too excited with my progress and applying a bit too much pressure. calm yourself down son. calm. down.
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by apreswho » Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:53 am

So awesome, its looking amazing. Its like ripping away the first corner of a present christmas morning, so exciting to see the comp stripe peeking up at you from underneath!


depending on how worn the body looks underneath, i'd be tempted to leave the headstock as is and just have an nice worn in comp orange player!
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by daCod » Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:11 am

you have no idea how hard it is NOT to go find an obsolete corner of our warehouse and go hide, sanding away. wish i had more paid vaca available to burn.

i might take some 1000 or 1500 to the headstock to smooth out the texture a bit & remove some of the black that's still there. don't think i'll use the repro decal i have for it. like you and others have said, keep this beat beauty as original as possible. maybe a thin coat of nitro clear once everything is as it should be to protect the goods.

back to work... lunch... sanding... work... yeah work...
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by Lewis » Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:12 am

You sure have a lot of patience. Great job, that orange looks sweet!
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by finboy » Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:33 pm

Good job, some patience can save old guitars from bad mistakes. My les paul 55-77 special took a lot of work from my luthier, but patience got rid of all those awful 80's decisions.
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by daCod » Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:26 pm

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Tomorrows task...
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by arghdedamned » Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:48 pm

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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by pulse. » Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:45 am

Wow just wow Cody, what a beauty.
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Re: saving a 1969 comp orange body & neck is GO!!!

Post by zhivago » Sat Oct 11, 2014 1:08 am

This is an amazing labour of love, well done!

I have a soft spot for Mustangs...it was my first vintage guitar :)
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