out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject - DONE !!!!
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out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject - DONE !!!!
Hey all,
Now that the DS is nearly completed, I've come to the idea of starting building the guitar of my dream, a partcaster JM, as I don't own, or ever had owned, or ever played one.
But I ran into that '76 Mustang on ebay...and I couldn't resist !!!
So, no JM but a Mustang instead!!!
The JM will have to wait
pics now!!!!!
This body compile all I've ever wanted concerning old OW finish.
I really am in love with that body.
Now that the DS is nearly completed, I've come to the idea of starting building the guitar of my dream, a partcaster JM, as I don't own, or ever had owned, or ever played one.
But I ran into that '76 Mustang on ebay...and I couldn't resist !!!
So, no JM but a Mustang instead!!!
The JM will have to wait
pics now!!!!!
This body compile all I've ever wanted concerning old OW finish.
I really am in love with that body.
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
Nice
Mustang's are such fun little guitars.
Mustang's are such fun little guitars.
What a doodle doo, in a town full of heroes and villains
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
Holy god, that's perfect olympic white aging craziness there.. Subscribed!
let me be the one who asks the real question here: mint or tort?
let me be the one who asks the real question here: mint or tort?
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
I think the general consensus will be a Spitfire guard.... I can see one in a solar flare pattern on it alreadymothershipzeta wrote:Holy god, that's perfect olympic white aging craziness there.. Subscribed!
let me be the one who asks the real question here: mint or tort?
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
Thanks guys!!
Answering the question will be such a disappointment for some of you
Dare I say I think about a very very very very yellowed white pearl pickguard on it?
With cream Coronado knobs, cream or very aged white pickup covers and white switches too??
I'm not that into tort.
Plus OW + tort is the way to go, so I might try another way.
But mint is a good idea!!!!
Don't know, will see !!
Answering the question will be such a disappointment for some of you
Dare I say I think about a very very very very yellowed white pearl pickguard on it?
With cream Coronado knobs, cream or very aged white pickup covers and white switches too??
I'm not that into tort.
Plus OW + tort is the way to go, so I might try another way.
But mint is a good idea!!!!
Don't know, will see !!
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
i like your thinking. white it out. somebody give this man a high five!raphaël wrote:I think about a very very very very yellowed white pearl pickguard
indulj már, hé / embermlék / önmagától gyulladó fény!
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
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I think (as it will probably take some time to complete that guitar) that I will purchase a new and shiny white pearl guard asap.
Then I will screw it on wood and "stuck" the whole thing behind a window for a couple of month, maybe half a year , to get a natural aging with the UV's from the sun.
It appears to be a pretty fast and convincing aging.
Let's try it!!
I think (as it will probably take some time to complete that guitar) that I will purchase a new and shiny white pearl guard asap.
Then I will screw it on wood and "stuck" the whole thing behind a window for a couple of month, maybe half a year , to get a natural aging with the UV's from the sun.
It appears to be a pretty fast and convincing aging.
Let's try it!!
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
Actually that might be the most faithful aging process, as you can definitely see the evidence on guitars that were put on display in shop windows.
But actually the thing is, there seems to be a vast variety of plastics that are/were used to make pickguards of, and some don't react to this process at all.
Anyway, good luck, raphaël, be sure to post your results!
But actually the thing is, there seems to be a vast variety of plastics that are/were used to make pickguards of, and some don't react to this process at all.
Anyway, good luck, raphaël, be sure to post your results!
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
Wow, that body is GORGEOUS!
Why not start with an aged pearl guard and place it on a window to increase the yellowing?
Why not start with an aged pearl guard and place it on a window to increase the yellowing?
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
Good man!! A nice aged white pearl would be quite lovely.raphaël wrote:
Dare I say I think about a very very very very yellowed white pearl pickguard on it?
With cream Coronado knobs, cream or very aged white pickup covers and white switches too??
I'm not that into tort.
Plus OW + tort is the way to go, so I might try another way.
But mint is a good idea!!!!
Don't know, will see !!
This is an excellent rectangle
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
really nice body!!! Needs pearloid! Vintage pearloid !!!
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
Thanks all!!
I think I will wait for the right vintage pearl pickguard then...and increase the yellowing.
But I might buy a new one too, experimenting with this start to tickling me
Anyway, the more I think about it, the more I read what all of you think about it, the more I think this is a good choice...the white pearl pickguard
Btw, anyone knows where I could source some aged white or cream Mustang pickup covers?
I think I will wait for the right vintage pearl pickguard then...and increase the yellowing.
But I might buy a new one too, experimenting with this start to tickling me
Anyway, the more I think about it, the more I read what all of you think about it, the more I think this is a good choice...the white pearl pickguard
Btw, anyone knows where I could source some aged white or cream Mustang pickup covers?
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
That`s niiiiice
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
awesome project.
i love white+white+white, all yellowing at different rates!
I came close to buying a body just like that, maybe the same one. US ebay?
i love white+white+white, all yellowing at different rates!
I came close to buying a body just like that, maybe the same one. US ebay?
(Christopher, also)
I've been to one World's Fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing i ever heard come out a pair of headphones.
I've been to one World's Fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing i ever heard come out a pair of headphones.
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject
Thanks !!
US ebay!!
Here is the pic from the ad, maybe you'll recognize it?
I spent an entire week with the fear of not having the chance to buy it.
I mean, I had bellyache !!
Yup!!Con-Tiki! wrote:I came close to buying a body just like that, maybe the same one. US ebay?
US ebay!!
Here is the pic from the ad, maybe you'll recognize it?
I spent an entire week with the fear of not having the chance to buy it.
I mean, I had bellyache !!