Golden Era Aged Guitars

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GoFish

Aw shiiiiii..... my wallet!

thejkr

The blonde tele body looks great, as do all of your work.

Am doing a homebuild TC and struggling to get a color blonde similar to yours. Any tips, please? This is my first homebuild. I was thinking I might have been better off doing a thin base coat of white lacquer, and then building the blonde lacquer on top. Instead, Ive used base coat of clear, with many coats of butterscotch blonde. Am a bit disappointed. If you've pointers, Id appreciate it, thanks.

m_c

Seeing that Blonde Tele makes me want to dig mine out whatever corner it's currently languishing and play it.

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thejkr said:

The blonde tele body looks great, as do all of your work.

Am doing a homebuild TC and struggling to get a color blonde similar to yours. Any tips, please? This is my first homebuild. I was thinking I might have been better off doing a thin base coat of white lacquer, and then building the blonde lacquer on top. Instead, Ive used base coat of clear, with many coats of butterscotch blonde. Am a bit disappointed. If you've pointers, Id appreciate it, thanks.

I’d actually love to tell you what I do, because I enjoy sharing and teaching processes. But because I’m (hopefully) in my prime for finishing and I rely on this for my living what I can tell you is -

• your thoughts were quite close
• avoid most finishing products called “blonde” as they’re historically inaccurate (based on what I’ve used)
• really study the colours of the old guitars and ask yourself “how can I achieve that”… bearing in mind the 2nd point

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GoFish said:

Aw shiiiiii..... my wallet!

I don’t want to make you cry… but it’s gonna be good. Really good.

SteveRobinson

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• avoid most finishing products called “blonde” as they’re historically inaccurate (based on what I’ve used)

In what way?

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SteveRobinson said:

GoldenEraGuitars said:

• avoid most finishing products called “blonde” as they’re historically inaccurate (based on what I’ve used)

In what way?

From the ones I have tried, they’re usually too custard/yellow/orange in appearance. Similar to what the larger guitar companies use for their “butterscotch” bodies. 

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The blue floral part of The1968 Collection 

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One last pic of the blue floral, this time in the workshop. The natural light in this particular spot is absolutely perfect for photography.

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Polar ice blue metal flake Thinline hitting the website tomorrow night at 7pm

Lebarque

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The blue floral part of The1968 Collection 

That blue floral body looks awesome. Very nice.

I'm a little surprised at how Fanta orange the neck is given your comments about blonde finishing products above though.

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I’m a sucker for shell pink, so I tend to use it whenever I can. This Thinline was snapped up by a customer who is now waiting for me to finish a maple neck to go with it. 

Alex2678

That’s a lovely shade 

stickyfiddle

I was able to nab the strat neck from a couple of weeks ago. I can honestly say it’s head & shoulders above the Musikraft/MJT stuff I’ve had before and easily up there with my Danocaster, if not better(?!) Zero fettling needed and absolutely gorgeous in look and feel. 

Pics to follow once I’ve got the rest of the guitar fettled a bit further… 

What I will say is it pushed me to grab a Golden Era tele neck that was on reverb for a steal. No clue which guitar that’ll go on but I’m certain it’ll be an epic neck

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stickyfiddle said:

I was able to nab the strat neck from a couple of weeks ago. I can honestly say it’s head & shoulders above the Musikraft/MJT stuff I’ve had before and easily up there with my Danocaster, if not better(?!) Zero fettling needed and absolutely gorgeous in look and feel. 

Pics to follow once I’ve got the rest of the guitar fettled a bit further… 

What I will say is it pushed me to grab a Golden Era tele neck that was on reverb for a steal. No clue which guitar that’ll go on but I’m certain it’ll be an epic neck

Thank you so much for your support and kind words

stickyfiddle

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stickyfiddle said:

I was able to nab the strat neck from a couple of weeks ago. I can honestly say it’s head & shoulders above the Musikraft/MJT stuff I’ve had before and easily up there with my Danocaster, if not better(?!) Zero fettling needed and absolutely gorgeous in look and feel. 

Pics to follow once I’ve got the rest of the guitar fettled a bit further… 

What I will say is it pushed me to grab a Golden Era tele neck that was on reverb for a steal. No clue which guitar that’ll go on but I’m certain it’ll be an epic neck

Thank you so much for your support and kind words

I mean it 100%. I've been through my fair share of parts from all the top suppliers and your work is absolutely at the top of that pile. I was honestly feeling a bit meh about gear and was 50/50 about buying this neck and I am so relived that I did - it's a game changer