How to mix colors for a Fender 2-tone sunburst
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- This week Dan demonstrates how to perfectly mix the colors of a vintage Fender Stratocaster 2-tone sunburst, and shows how to spray custom colors using a DIY PreVal sprayer unit.
Here's the link to the color recipe cheat sheet Dan mentioned in the video:
www.stewmac.com/sunbursttips
Items used in this week's video:
Guitar Finishing Step-By-Step
www.stewmac.com/item/5095
ColorTone Liquid Stains
www.stewmac.com/item/5037
Preval Spray Unit
www.stewmac.com/item/5043
ColorTone Lacquer Thinner
www.stewmac.com/item/0865
ColorTone Nitrocellulose Guitar Lacquer
www.stewmac.com/item/4876
ColorTone Liquid Pigment for Lacquer
www.stewmac.com/item/5231
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Dan’s knowledge and wisdom are unparalleled, I’d love to spend about a week with this guy and absorb as much as humanly possible
I know this is a strange comment but this video is ultra high definition. I've viewed a lot of the other StewMac videos but this one just pops. Dan, as usual, does a great job explaining this procedure.
Please @stewartmacdonald ask Dan to make a video on the classic Butterscotch finish of the 50's teles!
How to not love watching this man?
Indeed
Met Albert Collins backstage in Knoxville in early 90s. What a humble genuine gentleman
I'd love to see Dan do some more restoration stuff like the vintage Tele. I recently did the same thing with an old custom shop Strat body I found.
Sir you are an inspiration to anyone like myself and I’m sure others who love to work on their own gear and would also want to paint their own guitars 🎸
The guitar world is better for having you in it sir. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
Dan is such a good man and a master at work.
Very informative video. I particularly like the details which you understand by seeing rather than interpreting in written steps in say, a book. Not dissing books here, it's just that as we all know, a picture, (even more a video!) is worth a thousand words... Excellent job, Mr Erlewine!
Awesome, I have a 1993 Fender strat that was done by the previous owner in a bad sunburst finish for an srv replica and now finally found a great how-to and finish my Fender Strat
Went on a tour of the Gibson hollow body shop in Memphis last year and they told us only one guy has been painting their burst patterns for the last 15 years, it's quite an art to do it well. They have several people doing solid colors, but they really talked this one guy up. Too bad I can't remember his name, really too bad they moved out of Memphis... Love the vids Dan!
Dan’s worker, Blake, is the coolest dude around. Great work, man!
So satisfying to watch ❤️
Friend of mine had a Les Paul Jr back in the day that had some spattering in the sunburst finish, and I always thought that was part of its charm.
if Mr. Rogers were a luthier
"Every guitar is special...doesnt matter what brand..."
@@gtrman12887 I heard that in his voice.
Dan Erlewine - GENIUS!
True craftsmanship 👍👍
Dan the man...you're awesome!
Cool video! Good to see how to use the Preval's with Lacquer. Unfortunately though I think a real airbrush or paint spray gun would be needed to get the sunburst looking like a gradient instead of the "thousands of dots" look we have here.
this was really helpful, thanks a lot.
question: how would you deal with the edges of plywood? my idea would be to do the staining first and primer the open fibres before applying the clear coat - the dark rim is not seethrough anyway
I,m dying to see a amp build!! The princeton reverb!!
Watching a legend at work
What ratio of lacquer/thinner did you use for the "in between" coats of amber and brown? Thank you :)
i would drop everything im doing right now, to go work for this guy!
Now once that is dry with the clear lacquer in it can you take a little compound to it and buff it up?? put a nice sheen on it? Or would it be better to use a wax?
Please make this a series. I’d love to know how to roll my own metallic nitro finishes
Stewmac has a book on all of these finishing techniques, including how to mix up metallic powders to make your own metallic nitro finishes. I highly recommend picking it up if you want to learn more recipes like this. "Guitar Finishing Step-by-Step".
metalics usually require a metalic basepaint (like gold or silver) that was used for candy apple red.
Getting a pat on the back from Dan must make you feel like a million bucks.
I just stumbled upon this, anything that Dan Earl Wine says I certainly want to hear it. I support Stuart McDonald 100% and I buy most everything tool wise and even parts if they’re not way overpriced from this company, I believe in what they’re doing, and I think they’re awesome.
Awesome nothing is cuter than a Stratocaster in its original colours.
Would you still get the speckles if the guitar was above the PreVal sprayer and you sprayed upward?
Hi don, can you guys make a video about spraying Olympic white on a Stratocaster? Thanks
What product do i need to apply before i start the staining process. im wanting to do a relic strat.
Put the paper 2 cm up from the surface, then spray it. It will auto sunburst evenly
Wouldn’t understand this. It’s a proper unit of measurement.
@@iainfreeman5112 there are two types of countries in this world: those that use the metric system and those that have been to the damn moon.
Ryan N and 30 years later that same agency failed to convert their outdated to the rest of the worlds. Making an orbiter burn up in mars’ atmosphere
@@iainfreeman5112 there are two types of countries: those that use the metric system and those that have even been to mars' atmosphere if only just to burn something up
yes, @@ryann5247, and are you aware of what measurement system NASA uses? :)
Does anyone know how to mix up cherry red to closely match Angus Young's SG?
Did you do anything to preserve the signature or is Sharpie durable enough?
Qstick333 he most likely put some form of lacquer or sealant on to protect the signature
Can I hand apply the vintage amber instead of spraying it? And if I use water to mix it what finish wound be acceptable.
Turned out just like a strat off the line in 54. Overspray and all! Nice work!
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noice . . . a ( clean ) marble or two in the paint jar helps with stirring . . . esp between coats ( drop it in gently )
I like to just spray a 3 tone burst, first with medium brown, then add some black and spray the edges. It gets pretty similar results. I also stain the wood with vintage amber first. It saves me a lot of lacquer this way. The way Dan shows is probably EXACTLY how fender did it. I've gotta try it this way.
I've seen some bursts that are multi-color with only three colors used, a black into purple into red into orange into yellow.
Do you wet sand the amber after the 3 coats of clear, first? Before spraying the brown burst? Or just spay clear and no wet sand?
I'll never understand why Fender decided to standardize 3 color sunburst over the vintage style 2 tone. I especially love the "tobacco" burst with a more golden hue.
I want to restore my 61 p bass. It was candy apple custom color. Any pointers?
Great Job.... Blake has some GREAT taste in music...BLACK SABBATH. Oh and by the way, color recipe cheat sheet link isn't working. " Whoops! We can't find the page you're looking for.
If you've reached this page because of an error or bad link on our site, please contact us with the details.
Thank you,
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No more color pigment?
Can't find it on the website and the link is dead.
This is my favorite vintage finish. I was wondering if it would be better to do the brown/black burst colour first with a full mask and use an air brush for the fading (for less splatter). Then fill the inner parts of the body with the vintage amber.
Thoughts anyone?
No. I'd put the yellow down then clear it so if I messed up the black, I could maybe sand it off and fix it.
This was my thought exactly. Do the solid outer dark part first, then stain or spray the amber and lastly “burst” or blend it in. This way you wouldn’t really have to mask the center and take risk of messing that part up
how to clean those flasks after?
I'd have used an air brush for the sunburst effect. It would have produced a smoother finish without the speckling over spray.
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Professor Erlewein in his lab again :o)
Are widely produced sun bursts sprayed in the same way by hand? Or on machine line?
Look up jncolor on Instagram. He's the Fender custom shop pain guru.
Most are sprayed by hand.
Check out BigDGuitars here on youtube that man does some incredible sunbursts with just stains and a oil rag
Dan, can you airbrush a sunburst with this recipe?
Is it weird I am a death and thrash metal musician yet my favorite guitar is a Sunburst strat. There's just something about it
it's quite clear that I need fine finishing spraygun.
Early on Fender actually dyed the ash bodies yellow, and then sprayed the sunburst on. I can't for the life of me remember when they started spraying Fullerplast sealer, though.
Hi Tunnkis, I believe they talk about this in Stew Mac's finishing your guitar book (the book he talks about, of which I own an earlier copy that I can't remember the name of). there are two pages in which they talk about all the pre-finishing steps and material/chemicals they used. I recommend the book, if not only for the sunburst technical stories.
Where's the pint glass?
Is aluminium is a valid material for a pick guard? Or will it mess with the pickups?
As aluminum alloys are non magnetic it shouldn't be an issue. I have never tried it but AL is conductive so you might be able to make a usable shielding if electrically connected to the control cavity shielding. AL is soft so it might show pick scratches if it polished. Getting it anodised might be expensive, but some of the anodising colours available might make a cool design. It would also make the surface very durable.
@@tiacho2893 I was thinking about using some aluminum Diamond plate my buddy had left over from redoing his bathroom in a Harley Davidson theme. If I can get it cut out in a neat shape... how hard would it be to inlay it into the body so it was flush?
If you are comfortable doing a tremolo up route or inlay work, it's really no different. It is like any body cavity route just a lot less deep. For precise fit, a purpose made routing template is a must.
IIRC, diamond tread plate comes in the thicker and (much more affordable) thinner (1/16"). Not hard but precision for fit is a definitely recommended. I would do a couple tests on MDF or pine first. And remember that finish build up will affect the final fit.
@@tiacho2893 this is actually my first guitar build. So with the design I'm planning its gonna be a strong learning curve...
@@tiacho2893 is there a specific type of router required for this this? Or would a good Dewalt or similar router do it?
Is it possible to do a follow-up to this video? It would be interesting to see the finish result! Thanks! :)
El resultado de la parte negra fue bastante feo
Non enough thinner is the cause of the splattering.
The black on the guitar looks a little thick leaving orange peal.
Pop Watch or Dan - your choice! 🤣
And here I always thought they covered the guitar in the dark color and buffed down to the lighter color.
Realizing that adding a sunburst finish to the stair railing I'm using for a washtub bass may cost more than it's worth... Probably just stick to spray paint.
why do a spray on coat instead of rubbing the stain on the wood with a rag and then blending the colors together at the merge line, good ol elbow grease, or was this just a long advert for the PreVal sprayers??
This just a long advert for the PreVal sprayers. And not a good one, I´d say, because the result was not good ....
McGiver millenium
The thumbnail made me think the guitar was going to be purple ;-)
That’s a lot of laquer
hey richard, it's your father
Damn that's very amaturish especially from Dan Elrlewine! You should know better than to believe everything that Fender tells you! They don't want anyone to make perfect replicas of their guitars so of course they're going to lie to you. The brown that you're seeing is from the clear coat of lacquer that they sprayed over the sunburst. It ages and turns more yellow at first then more brown as the years wear on. Being that this is sprayed over a yellow then sprayed with black makes it look somewhat brown although the original finish is BLACK around the edges when new. I've seen a few rare examples of 1954 and 1955 Strats that are just about as black now as when they were new.
You can clearly see that it is indeed BLACK and YELLOW - not brown, not "Salem Brown" or any other colour. This is a name that Fender gave it as of late since there is no colour by this name in any colour palette or paint manufacturer. It looks black in the video from far away but that Strat body is brown. You can clearly see that the edge of the real Fender Stratocaster is BLACK in colouration. I always seal my bodies as Fender did with vinyl sanding sealer. Then I spray my colour over the guitar and then my sunburst which I do with an airbrush - no speckles or uneven edge around the body. Good luck with your future endevours - you'll need it if the way you do things is the same as in your videos!
Don't like the burst I prefer to see the wood
Really? That’s how sunbursts are done? I was hoping the technique would be something my non-artistic behind could do. Oh well, I guess I’ll have to leave refinishing to the pros.
Same, man!
Well, the problem is that you're not likely to get your first, second or fifth one all that good.
pneumatic00 Fair enough. If I get a chance I’ll practice for a while and see if I can work my way up to it.
That’s not how sunbursts are done unless you’re using aerosols. Unfortunately it’s difficult to get s proper finish using their method. To do a sunburst you need a decent HVLP gun and a steady hand. I don’t use templates at all.
SC Relics Guitars Oh? Does HVLP mean High Velocity Low Pressure? I _think_ I’ve heard of those, but I don’t know anything about them (beyond what the words imply, I mean).
one word,, airbrush
Expensive and not everyone can get one.
@@kommi1974 I bought an Airbrush for 20 bucks at harbor freight that does a 10 times better job than that splattering spray tube. Stew Mac is just trying to sell those paint tube systems.
that was not a good sunburst. Those speckles were huge and everywhere
Ounces...
Cry-babies.
I always lose interest when they start using measurements. I have no idea how much an ounce is. Is thous of an inch.
Ounces and inches aren't equivalent measurements. It's also very simple to use conversion charts. Here in the states we have to convert from our system to metric all the time. Don't be lazy or half assed ffs....SMH
Trance 9 don’t be so stubborn ffs. The rest of world uses metric, USA is one of only 3 that don’t. Ounces and inches are comparable as they’re imperial units, like kg/l or cm.
@@iainfreeman5112 ounces are liquid measure inches are linear measure. You don't figure out how many inches it takes to get an ounce of liquid...SMH try comprehending better!! As for the stubborn comment? I'm not the one being to lazy to use conversion charts to figure out things!!!
When you’ve been measuring things for 50 years you’re not going to change units for some indignant little foreigner
Not a very good sunburst
Fuck off troll, Dan is an expert. Please show us your work?
Kommi, please calm down. Rattle can issue no doubt, a spray gun makes all the difference.
Wow that looks bad
4:40...who needs that angle? Having multiple cameras on Dan doesn't mean you have to use every angle you got. A frontal view and close ups are enough. Why the view of Cam2 if Dan is talking towards Cam1?
Overall good video.
Why ask why...