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How are you going to refinish it?
Two questions,
1) Why do it at all, looks like you had a nice aged patina going on?
2) Are you going to Mick Ronson or Marc Bolan finish it?
2) Probably the latter, if you mean a car crash, I'm rubbish at this
Bandcamp
The truth is it was ageing but not in a nice way, you only had to look at it (or have a lead singer bash it with a tambourine every other gig) for chunks of finish to fall off.
The forearm wear was greening nicely and the lacquer has worn through on the back of the neck in places through sheer workload, but every accidental chip or ding just looked a bit crap tbh.
Anyway, it's done, and it appears to have a one-piece top with a bit of a Jupiter's Storm thing going on, which I quite like.
I was expecting all kinds of horrors from a recent LP which was selected to become a goldtop, but it's tidier than most stripped solid colour standards I've seen, including a few famous ones.
Initial thoughts are Black Top if I can be arsed, or just slap some clear or tinted nitro on it and bung it back together, bearing in mind I only have one weekend off gigging.
http://i63.tinypic.com/2m4zvaw.jpg
Great work so far, look forward to seeing how it progresses.
I know, get a Harley Benton to gig with for a while & take some time to finish this
(formerly miserneil)
It's a two piece centre-joined top with a bit of subtle flame in the right light and although not the prettiest it's generally quite a pleasant surprise to find it under a modern gold top - I was expecting multiple joins in awkward places and knots everywhere.
So, one can of Northwest Guitars amber nitro (which was a scarily baked bean orange when first applied) and a bit of elbow grease and I'm quite pleased with my amateurish efforts, though I'll be happy never to have to hand scrape any binding ever again.
EDIT; It's not quite that lemony in real life.
http://i65.tinypic.com/2zejfuv.jpg
Looks great
I'm still undecided on what colour to refinish my Musicmaster, I had thought of using a Wudtone stain/dye but would prefer a solid colour as the wood figuring is not great.
Just looked at the Northwest Guitars website & they state that their Nitro Aerosol should need no sanding between coats.... Is that your experience?
I'm tempted by either their Vintage white or Lake Placid Blue.