Howdy gang! Been super busy for the past couple weeks but i have lots to show for it! I think you guys will find this weeks update quite tasty..
Finished up this rad Jag Stang "done right" last night, smells like teen spirit "compstang style." This was my first attempt at spraying a metallic burst, and my first attempt at probably my all-time favorite Fender finish, competition burgundy. The colors i used here are a bit too light (particularly the purple) to be accurate to the vintage finish, but it looked too cool, i couldnt bear to spray over it. So i'm calling this color "light comp. burgundy" and have since perfected the colors to nail the vintage hue (dont wanna post it until its polished and assembled, but scroll to the bottom for a little teaser
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Next up, finished up this Jazzy for our own Nocamping_4U! This Warmoth build was a craigslist find someone had abandoned. We initially planned to refinish it until i saw it in person and saw how amazing the color of the body was. We regrouped and decided to color match the headstock as the seller told me the body was already a nitro finish anyways, and it looked so good already. So i custom mixed some paint to match it (turned out perfectly imo) and sprayed the headstock. Of course i had already checked the lacquer on the headstock face when i went to do the same to the body and realized it was actually not a nitro finish and wouldnt check no matter what i tried. Not wanting to waste the gorgeous headstock refin, we settled on spraying the body in nitro clear coat over the poly finish and checking that. Worked out great imo, and this turned out to be a really sick guitar!
Lastly for the completed builds this week is this amazing custom-ordered jazzmaster in Faded Shell Pink. Chris (pretty sure hes a forum member) hit me up on instagram and commissioned the jazzmaster of his dreams. Custom Faded Shell Pink nitro finish, D&B rosewood neck, Porter Pickups custom handwound set with Wide Range JM in the bridge, Rhythm circuit wired to control bridge pickup only instead of neck, and a push pull volume pot to split the Wide Range HB into a single coil. Lots of blood sweat and tears went into this one, but i got the pleasure of handing it to him in person and seeing his reaction. Always great to see a vision like this come to fruition!
Thats all for this week, folks! I'll check back soon with more cool stuff
