out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject - DONE !!!!

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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject

Post by raphaël » Wed Jun 01, 2016 3:44 am

Thanks!!

I don't know about black covers...maybe those vintage brown covers...
For now she is quite good looking, I guess ;) :
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Forgot to mention that I sanded and tinted the white covers I had, not the creams.
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject

Post by HH1978 » Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:15 am

A little late but...

Cream cover + cream knobs is just KILLER!

Very jealous of your Mustang! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by howdo3313 » Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:45 am

That headstock work you and uncle did is gorgeous...very nice, Raph. Excited to see it all done up. ;) :-*
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Post by s_mcsleazy » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:01 am

looking sweet but i cant help but think a black guard would create a better contrast
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Post by daCod » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:07 am

s_mcsleazy wrote:looking sweet but i cant help but think a black guard would create a better contrast
this. also black covers. very much that.
your paranoia must be weapons-grade.
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject

Post by raphaël » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:09 am

HH1978 wrote:A little late but...

Cream cover + cream knobs is just KILLER!

Very jealous of your Mustang!
You are right Hugues, cream + cream is way much better looking:
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I think I'll keep it that way...I really love it.
I had problems with the cream covers (that's why I tried the "aged" whites ;) ), they are cheap chinese covers and the holes were misaligned with the pickups holes...I just decided to keep them afterall, and to enlarge the holes...and tadaaa!!!
howdo3313 wrote:That headstock work you and uncle did is gorgeous...very nice, Raph. Excited to see it all done up.
Thank you Christopher :-* !!
I'm excited too :D .
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s_mcsleazy wrote:looking sweet but i cant help but think a black guard would create a better contrast
this. also black covers. very much that.
Thank you guys...
I think I'm just not a black plastic parts guy... ;D

I tried the guitar with Archibald, my black cat...I'm not convinced :D !!
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject

Post by raphaël » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:10 am

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Post by mothershipzeta » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:16 am

oh yess! wise choice on the cream covers!
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject

Post by raphaël » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:05 am

:w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject

Post by HNB » Tue Jun 07, 2016 6:12 am

Looks great!
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject

Post by mcjt » Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:48 am

the body came from gibsondependable on eBay?
It's a really great guitar, in all the variations you've shown. kudos to you!!
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject

Post by raphaël » Tue Jun 07, 2016 11:19 am

HNB wrote:Looks great!
Thanks to you ;) :-*
mcjt wrote:the body came from gibsondependable on eBay?
It's a really great guitar, in all the variations you've shown. kudos to you!!
Thanks!!!
I'm very happy with how she turned out...I'll post pics tomorrow of the whole guitar, because she is completed :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: !!!!
But I need daylight, with some direct sun ;)

And yes, it came from this store...but don't tell anyone, it's a pretty great place to have pretty great stuffs at pretty great prices (communication with the seller is not so great though :D ).
I buy almost everything from him, for my short scale guitars...even with the shipping to France it's way lower than anything I could find here in my country.
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject - DONE !!!!

Post by raphaël » Thu Jun 09, 2016 7:26 am

She is finished!!!!

The headstock is done, I'm very pleased with it, it looks terrific in person:
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Ok, the pics are a bit dark, again...I tried to catch the yellowing :blush:

AND THE WHOLE GUITAR NOW :w00t: :
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She is awesome, she plays and sounds amazingly great...
My other parts guitars (the Jag and the DS/Tele) are close to perfection (to me ;) )...my '66 MM has the mojo I was looking for, like she was made for my hands...my hollow bodies (the '67 Coronado and the 60's Eko Tramp II) are both pretty great guitars too...
But that one, that Mustang...she is something else :w00t:
She is THE GUITAR to me, she might be the one :-*

Anyway,
Thank you for watching 8) !!!!

Now it's time to play the hell out of her, and to trully begin the restoration of my Klira :shifty:
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject - DONE !!!!

Post by raphaël » Thu Jun 09, 2016 7:28 am

Missing the incoming string tree though ;)
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Re: out of the blue OW Mustang restoproject - DONE !!!!

Post by PJazzmaster » Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:43 am

raphaël wrote: Image
...and the headstock has turned out really great !!! :-*
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