Gotta Catch 'Em All Red Affinity Squier Starcaster

[HNB]

It was kind of a given when I ended up buying three out of the four color options that I would eventually get the fourth one. It is actually really cool. So the red one has black binding, black and sunburst have no binding, but white has binding. Both red and white have black binding. I bet the red body would look killer with a ebony or rosewood fretboard to go off of that black binding. The maple neck is too bright of contrast in my opinion. At any rate, I plan to uglify it with some spray paint like its siblings anyways. I am also going to update the pots, toggle, and jack like the others. Pickups for this one are a set of Duncan '59's in black. Pictures will come in after I paint it for some of the squeamish people out there like my mom who are sad that I am taking a pretty guitar and spraying paint all over it... LOL

[HNB]

Before paint.

20240419_175305 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

After.

20240419_182059 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

I painted the swoosh with metallic red nail polish.

20240419_182229 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

I wired it up and got everything except the jack mounted up.

20240420_123427 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240420_130150 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Just need the jack and neck plate to arrive. I had to order new knobs because I ended up accidentally getting 6mm ones....

[MattK]

Gotta say, not usually my thing, but I like this. You really nailed what you were going for, and running paint is super hard to control!

[ohm-men]

Van Halen gone mental!
I quiet like it!

Very cool, like Matt said, running paint is very hard to control...
So hats of to you sir!

[HNB]

Thank you! It is pretty impossible to control paint runs which is part of the process I really like. It is chaotic and unique. I am glad some of you like it. I know some cringe at it, but I think it is super fun.

[DrQuasar]

Really love that red nail polish on the headstock

[HNB]

Thanks! It is a little more purple than the body, but really close. Not noticable when the headstock is in the normal place so I think it will work great.

[HNB]

Neckplate arrived today.

20240429_162534 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr