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Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:38 am
by JamesSGBrown
Loving this!

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 4:31 am
by Tumtrah
JamesSGBrown wrote:
Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:38 am
Loving this!
Thanks!
I forgot to make pics during spraying the blue coats.... :whistle:
Meanwhile she looks like this
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As said before I'll do some yellowed clear coats to turn the colour into a more greenish look.

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 8:41 am
by Amon 7.L
I don't know if the colour is faithful to what naked eye sees but I love the shade! :?

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 6:04 am
by Tumtrah
Thank you! I tried to blend in the colour from the picture. However it's slightly darker in reality.

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:10 am
by Tumtrah
After spraying several clear and yellow tinted coats of nitro, endless drying time, wet sanding and polishing I'm finally done. Made bridge saddles from threaded steel and complemented brass shielding. Maybe she's a little bit too greenish but at the end of the day I'm happy with the result.
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Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 12:28 pm
by Amon 7.L
I wasn't expecting this greenish hue but I've got to admit that it's nonetheless quite cool and the ageing has been done tastefully.
Again, phenomenal work on all accounts.

Congratulations and thanks for sharing!

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 3:57 am
by JVG
Absolutely brilliant!

I admire those of you who can do such high quality restoration work.

I hope it sounds great too.

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:26 pm
by Steadyriot.
Man I love threads like this!
You did a great job!

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:02 am
by PorkyPrimeCut
Oh wow!!! Such a radical & complete change since I last commented.

Amazing job!!

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:34 pm
by solfege
Congrats on a great save and thank you for doing this.

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2021 11:53 am
by Tumtrah
Thank you all for the kind words! I appreciate that very much.
But I must say that not any of my restoration work is perfect. Flawless finish on a body is a big challenge, especially when you don‘t do that every day. Also I don‘t have professional equipment and space for painting, so every finish I do includes some bugs and dust. :squint: ;D

Forgot to say that I refretted the neck, made a new nut, stripped the poly finish from back and sprayed it with nitro lacquer. Sorry, but I hate the whitish poly on 70's Fender guitar necks.
I‘ll post more pics soon.

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:06 am
by Pacafeliz
Dude would you, maybe, be interested/available to fix my butchered Squier Venus?

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:'(

Gruß aus Köln!

Pat.

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2021 1:18 pm
by Embenny
Wow, what a transformation. Utterly unrecognizable. Amazing work!

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:16 am
by Tumtrah
Pacafeliz wrote:
Sat Aug 21, 2021 2:06 am
Dude would you, maybe, be interested/available to fix my butchered Squier Venus?

Gruß aus Köln!

Pat.
Sorry Pat, due to limited time capacity I'm not able to do this. As said before I'm a hobbyist. Furthermore I have a job, family, house, garden, animals, band....

Re: Butchered '74 Musicmaster

Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:19 am
by Tumtrah
mbene085 wrote:
Sat Aug 21, 2021 1:18 pm
Wow, what a transformation. Utterly unrecognizable. Amazing work!
Thanks! I appreciate that very much.