The easiest way to strip paint off a guitar
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- I never expected a Fender Tom Delonge Stratocaster to have a 7 piece body! IS THAT WHY THEY GET PAINT CRACKS?
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Anyway... here's how I stripped the paint off my hardtail Fender Stratocaster body and pretty much how to do it for any poly finish.
This stuff stinks, I can't stress enough the importance of wearing protective equipment and only doing it in a well ventilated area.
The next time you see this in a video it will be to refinish it and make it back into a complete guitar again.
Thanks again everyone.
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I keep finding myself watching your videos and they are very entertaining since nobody else does guitar projects like this. Keep up the great content 👍👍👍👍
That's great to hear bud I really appreciate that 🙏🙏 and I will!
Hey, the reason the original finish cracked that way was due the incompatibility between the sealer and the finish Fender used between the late '90s and the late 2000s. They found out when it was too late and so many of their instruments made in that 10+ years showed exactly that issue. I had a Malmsteen signature (big price tag guitar) from 2006 and it had exactly the same issue, for example. Love the YT channel, keep it up!
Ok cool that's the first I've heard this thanks mate very interesting to know!
I have a jim root squire that had the same issue. It was mahogany body, so now it is stained natural. Win WIn
I’m about to do a Strat from exact same era
@@Stewbert_72
Same! Was playing my 84-87 MIJ 62 reissue & looked at my 2006 MIM ‘72 reissue in Olympic White (one of my favs) hanging on the wall & realized the paint had cracked from the top to bottom & the paint was literally curling over. I wanted to cry because it had a nice yellow tint & nice natural aged look to it which I loved. I decided to start chipping away & had half the front side pulled off within 5 minutes so I don’t think it’s gonna be too hard to remove. And on the positive side it is an all ash body & so far I haven’t found any splices. Maybe I’ll be lucky lucky lucky & have a 1 piece haha.
I think I’m gonna paint it black or else go back with the original aged white. Depends on how nice the ash body looks once it’s all peeled off.
@@diecapsuleYou can achive the original yellowed off white color while going with a nitro finish. It’s a win-win situation imo.
Thank you for this. I was researching this method but seeing you actually do it makes it seem so much more accessible.
Glad I could help, thanks for watching and commenting, I appreciate it 😁
Your vids are always so chill and relaxing to watch!
Thanks Adam, that's made my day 😀
This channel is growing so fast because of your incredible videos. You deserved it! I'm your silent fan and subscriber
Thank you so much mate, I still can't believe that's possible but I seriously appreciate it 🙏 comments like this keep me inspired and motivated
7 piece body on a guitar that expensive is shocking.
Anyone paying an expensive price for a blink-182 related guitar is shocking
It's a Fender of course, the workmanship is poor, so is the hardware and the equiptment. 2024 and they still build their guitars as if there have been no improvements in the last 50 years
who cares if you can't see it? doesn't make a difference, it's arguably more stable since there are more glue joints.
Cool, looking forward to seeing the process.
Me too haha 😂
Finally starting my project of completely customizing a BC Rich Bich I bought with my very first paycheck when I was 18. I just turned 30 and am so excited to have it finally look the way I've imagined.
My 70's Sunburst Japanese Kasuga Strat copy was stripped in 1976 with the intention of refinishing it as Natural. When the french polisher stripped the old finish it revealed 5 mm thick top and back layers, and an eleven piece body. Initially I was ever so disappointed, but nearly fifty years on I have come to love it.
Haha nice, that's good to know 😊
OMFG I laughed so loud when you threw it in the trash can!!
Haha glad you enjoyed it, thanks 🙏
Thanks for the video. I'm going to subscribe and watch your back-catalogue. Cheers.
Appreciate you mate, thanks
Heat guns are indispensable! Thanks for showing yet another use 😁
Thanks for this! Planning on attempting my first strip and refinish this summer - so this vid was super helpful 👍
For the Silver Sky - I'd vote HSS (Chrome covered HB) Creme covered SC's and a Brown Tort Guard 🥸
You're very welcome and good luck 🤞 thanks for your suggestion too 😁
I have a 1974 Fender P bass and it's a 7 piece body. It was black original, but the old finish just was coming off so I stripped it and did a natural finish. It looks cool with all the different pieces of wood showing. Lots of different wood grains. It doesn't have the top piece like yours dose. Good luck with your finish. 👍🎸🍻
Oh nice, I didn't realise they even used so many pieces back in the 70s too
That's absolutely outrageous!
Lol I know but should have expected it, on reflection
Makes literally no difference
awesome !!
humbucker + tele neck definitely sounds like an interesting mix. I think doing a mini-humbucker in the neck would also be really cool.
You're right for sure that would be cool!
I never noticed before, but after seeing you talk about the neck pocket cracks, I went and checked mine. Sure enough, hairline cracks about a centimetre in length. And I think you’re right about it being because of the 7 piece body.
Mine’s an ‘03 in graffiti yellow. Which is funny, because I like surf green the best. My paint isn’t pulling away from the body at all, but I hope those cracks don’t get much worse any time soon..
Fingers crossed they don't get any bigger bud, I wouldn't worry all that much though they pretty much all had it - some didn't but it's rare to find now!
7 poece- fender using leftover prices of wood probably different kinds if wood or wood left to dry out at different rates of time causing inconsistencies in the overal body after the paint job Is done it can cover up a multitude of sins, these faults/inconsistencies like I said will cause cracks in the paintwork and worse because of the lack of diligence in making sure each piece is the same humidity and density a simple test using a cheap tool can determine the moisture content of each piece of wood used to match them up to prevent these un resolvable issues that fender will blame the customer for, now, that I'd shady as hell.
Love it 🔥
Cheers big son
Nice! New subscriber here (came from following you on IG) and I loved this video - super informative for poly finishes! For the Silver Sky, I vote one pickup 😉
Appreciate that bud thank you and I'll note your suggestion 😄 you know I love single hum
Thank you for uploading this video, I can confirm what people say about Fender body is right.
I don’t care many number of pieces and surface veneer, this is the effort to produce mass products with similar weight and sound.
But if my Custom shop Strat has same body construction, I will be feel so sorry😂.
I love your approach to the work and the video making.
And for the PRS I would love to see you make it with a humbucker-single configuration!
Keep up
Appreciate you, comments like this really help keep the motivation to do more 🙏 thanks. And I'll note your vote for the free PRS!
New sub here. Great video, im amazed at how easy that came off, ive been putting off doing a similar job for years, lol. Might just go for it now
Definitely try it bud, just take it slow and don't dig into the wood!
I'm planning to do this as well. 😎 👍
Best of luck with it bud 😊
That came off super clean! I tried this with a Harley Benton, maybe I did something wrong, but the paint and underneath the wood started burning before they would even consider flaking off. Maybe wasn't a poly finish, I don't know. Only way we managed is carefully sanding it, but it took almost the whole day.
Oh yeah I've had to remove finish by sanding before too and it's horrible lol 😆 I don't envy you on that one
What Modell exactly was it?? I have a green Harley Benton Fusion 3 and want to remove the paint...
@@flashpadxxxI’m about to sand off the light blue finish on a fusion III.
Great tip removing lacquer with plastic scraper. I’ve always dented the wood in the past. I vote for a Shell Pink refinish, love that color.
On the SilverSky, you could do a John Mayer PRS hybrid and do a SuperEagle II setup with Humbucker nickelcover - mini humbucker/singlecoil black - humbucker nickelcover. Add some coilsplitting switches. Regular 3 pcs white pickguard. That would be a pretty cool guitar.
Thank you bud, yeah I discovered that one by accident last year when I was moving house and packed up all my tools so the only thing I could find was a plastic silicone scraper and it worked a treat! Never looked back. And great suggestion thanks 🙏
that is shockingly exactly what i'm going for, this was scary
Glad I've found your channel. Similar content that I tried to make. Keep going. 😊👍🏻
Thanks bud 😊
Good job. I’m going at a Tele in the same way shortly. Wish me luck.
I even ordered a plastic scraper on your advice
Good luck bud 🤞 I hope the plastic scraper does the job for you
A kid asked me one time why almost all my guitars are natural wood. I told him it’s because they have to use the best wood to pull it off.
Hi Jerry! Yep! I predict crickets on your thoughts. All the possible colors and finishes completely shroud reality. Good heavy plywood would suffice just as well in this mess. 2 or 3 piece ash would be more genuine on a painted signature instrument. But we must assume the shared responsibilties of the "assemblers" here.
Use up every scrap.
Make it solid.
Paint it.
Sell it.
Arrrggghhhh!!!???
Cheers!
Totally agree. I love a tinted/stained maple neck that's got a color to it, but nothing SOLID that just covers up the grain, I have never understood that. I always want to see the wood grain of the neck of the guitar I'm playing, at a minimum. I don't like solid colors on guitars, really anywhere on the guitar. Love a classic Fender color with a matching headstock, but, I'd get one made from Warmoth before I'd buy a Fender...
Unless, they used photoflames, haha.
@@janzelf this far I only have American guitars in my collection. I have been interested in a few Paoletti guitars. Just haven’t pulled that trigger.
wood doesn't matter for electrics. all electronics baby.
Humbucker and tele single coil as you said would look really good on the prs
Great minds and all that 😀😀 noted bud, thank you!
Again i find my self stuck on the first step of my new endeavor and voila you got the video for it
Glad I could help 🙏
13:15 Thanks for that, lol. Answering the important questions. I always say as a seller:'The pocket crack is just in the finish' but as a buyer:'that crack is in the wood'
Humbucker tele single coild would be really unique! Cool idea
Thanks 🙏 this is the most popular choice so far I think
I think you’re on point with the 7-piece having a hand in the paint cracking. Fender is kind of notorious for not drying their lumber properly.
For the Silver Sky: you could do a double P90
It's such a shame but we'll make it better now! And thanks bud!
You can actually tell from the end grain how a piece of wood will move. Quarter sawn wood is the most stable . Wood from the same board should be used or at least boards with similar grain structure. When I glue up a table top I flip grain orientation 180 degrees for every second board to add stability to the top. 🍻
I second double P90’s!
The 7 piece with maple veneer is common these days in Fender products, in fact I have a 90's Squire Fat-Strat that I stripped that has the same construction and veneers. I sanded off the veneers on mine and actually got some nice semi-matched basswood underneath that I shot a transluscent color over. Then I burnished the paint to make it even more transluscent and paste waxed and buffed the finish. What I like about the burnished and waxed paint is that it has the actual feel of wood even though it is painted. It feels and looks more natural to me. This can produce loads of character in the guitar because each one is eunique.
It's scary that those things are going for $2,000 used right now and Fender has that many pieces of scrap wood making up the bodies. Certainly doesn't make it a bad guitar but you'd tend to expect a single slab (maybe a two-piece) for that price point. As far as the PRS I actually think a humbucker/P90 combo would be cool. Cheers.
Yeah it's a bit sad really that they weren't better build quality but I suppose Fender wouldn't have known just hope big they would get, let's hope the re-release ones are better!! And thanks for the suggestion 😀
It’s fine I think. However I have an import cheaper G&L guitar with a clear coat and it looks like 3 pieces. That’s a fantastic guitar
@@ramencurry6672 I suppose for bulk made factory guitars multi piece has to be expected. 3 piece is reasonable!
If it has that big "F" on the headstock, they can get away with most anything. I have a 2012 FSR American Standard Tele that has a three piece body with a *stained finish.*
There’s no way any MIM fender body with a solid color is going to be a two piece at least from back then. Good for them in a way. There’s no sense wasting wood.
Man, it'd be cool to see that PRS with a single+humbucker setup!
Excellent video, thanks for sharing!
Thank you too bud
Quarter-sawn wood is straight and very stable, better than just a slab. In that mix of wood there are very little to no voids/defects and just solid stable wood with an organized grain structure so good for stability and I'm sure it sounded great.
Hammer finish could be cool. I painted my kit Les Paul a Hammer Finish blue. Looks awesome.
Tried doing this as an absolute amateur, and it definitely shows on the body I used😅Glad to see a better execution of it for the world to see
*Definitely* a solo humbucker for the SS mod
My first one was the worst thing you'll ever see 😂🤣 I hope this helped and you keep trying ☺️
Multi-piece bodies are fairly common and don't usually suffer from paint cracking like that, I think its more likely to be an issue with the paint-curing process. Polyurethane paint is especially prone to shrinking if the temperature of the curing process isn't carefully controlled.
Fair enough, I actually just bought a 2003 MIM Fender recently with the same large cracks so maybe a factory issue around that time too
The more pieces of wood, the better the sustain, the Chinese make guitars from sawdust, this is an endless sustain, the Americans should strive for this
@@tomasbalke9318 I've never heard this before, what's the logic behind it?
@@Giant_Guitars don't buy that bs, wood makes virtually no difference in solid body guitars. Just record yourself and listen to it afterwards, don't let the feeling of the guitar against your body fool you, or its unplgged sound.
@@guitarmissionary well yes and no. The key piece of wood is really only between the bridge attachment and the neck attachment. The entire rest of the body really doesn’t matter that terribly much apart from comfort and playability.
There was a guy on RUclips that started hacking chunks off a strat body to see if the sound would change. It didn’t change until he started cutting into the area I previously mentioned. Then the sound got really thin and sustained was severely limited.
From that experiment you can surmise that as long as you maintain the integrity of that central block of wood, the wings could be made of anything and the sound would not be appreciatively effected.
I have a Highway One strat, body of 4 pieces..
Ngl it sounds amazing!!
Wow ok. That worked really well ....
Turned out good yeah, I'm happy with it
If wood is properly dried the amount of pieces doesn't matter. And for a painted guitar if done properly there is nothing wrong with multi piece bodies. One of my favorite guitars I had was an old Electra X-260. The called them their Workingman series. The were intentionally made with cost in mind. The gave them natural finishes and you could actually see how many pieces of wood they are made of. It was a great guitar. I had a Les Paul around the time as well. The Electra was better than the Les Paul. Even with what some people consider inferior construction. Finishing is less about what is used and more about technique. And better finishes take a lot more time.
You make some excellent points 👌
Right on mate. Everything you said I agree with!!
Good video, looked like a bit of a chore, but not as bad as I thought it would be. I wouldn't think the number of pieces on the body would matter in regards to contracting/expanding/causing the cracks. It's all kiln dried wood so the moisture content is very very low. Fender used 7 pieces on this for economics - they're in the business of extracting as much profit as possible. Most solid color guitars are multi-multi pieces, that's why they're solid colors (so you can't see how many pieces it is). It's the transparent finishes that get the 2 piece bodies.
And remember, you're not paying $2k for the body, you're paying $2k for the headstock :)
Haha your last line on that comment is true, I bought one of these necks for $400 dollars last year which I made into a pink delonge but only 2 piece body so it's totally not authentic 🤣🫢
Multi piece bodies and necks are generally more stable as they are laminated. One and two piece bodies are prone to cracking and splitting due to the higher stress levels inherent. This is why solid table tops are never screwed rigidly down to the fame. The need to contract and expand with the different weather and humidity.
I like the tip about using a plastic scraper!
Hope it helps 🙌
My original TD Strat also had cracked paint in the neck cutouts or whatever you’d call them. I think you’re right. Eventually big chips of paint came off all over the damn thing.
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@@Giant_Guitars bro you just hit 3.2k! That’s impressive!
@@themiz1os818 it's insanity!! I can't keep up lol
Cheers, mate
Congrats!
Went to the pawn shop years back and bought a Dean LP style for $40. Took it home, stripped it just like this then dyed the wood a blackberry burst color, took it back to the same pawn shop and sold it back to them for $80.
You’re there! Humbucker Bridge, single coil mid and Tele neck pup, sort of a Nashville style combo, would be pretty cool.
The pickguard is here!
First off, great video!
Secondly, Hum + Single coil would be cool for sure!
Thanks, it's done! Goes live tonight
@@Giant_Guitars heck yea! About to watch.
The trouble with polyurethane is that (unlike nitrocellulose) it basically hermetically seals the wood, which normally shouldn't be that much of a problem, but when you combine that with the multi piece body and what looks like a seriously thick layer of paint, then I think it may just have created a perfect storm resulting in the wood contracting under a finish that was too thick and hard to move with the wood.
So going with nitro for the refinish like I plan to should be a better choice?
@@Giant_Guitars the nitro will eventually sink into the exposed joins in the wood, if my '70s Les Paul with a 3 piece maple top is anything to go by.
@@JohnBoy-Ramone 🤔🤔 decisions
@@Giant_Guitars I've just done a Four piece body (Chinese kit guitar) with nitro a few months ago... it's fine so far, but it's early days.
@@rossforrest I was actually thinking about this yesterday and I might use resin!
I guess if my $200 Tagima has less pieces. But anyway, I don't think that it would make a difference in tone, and I believe that your cracks are caused more by the type of paint than the body joints.
Probably lol, my Harley Benton £79 Tele kit has less pieces
I can't believe the body was made from 7 pieces! I would love it see a humbucker single coil combo, with volume and tone controls :)
Volume and tone! Noted. Thanks bud 🙏 appreciate it. And yeah not what I expected on a pretty big signature model guitar lol.
Will you be doing a video on spraying using the cans? I have a basswood Harley Benton kit guitar I purchased over lockdown but haven’t built up the nerve to paint yet. Just found the channel recently great to see an NI guitar channel.
Yes mate I plan to do just that! I also have a HB Tele kit to do so there will be a video on that at some point
@@Giant_Guitars Perfect hadn’t owned an electric guitar for 30 years and bought a tele kit for something to do when we went into lockdown. Now have an squire strat & an Epiphone LP in the house. It’s addictive 😂
@@leftleglimp9110 it sure is haha
If you count the two veneers its a 9 piece 😆
Haha you're right 🤣
100% the cracks are caused by the multi-piece body. Fender just trying to be as cheap as possible, no real concern about longevity and that's a shame.
Good video and look forward to seeing the spraying too
Humbucker and single would be my preference for the silver sky btw!
Oh and shout out from Tyrone!
Figured that! Made sense in my head haha and I appreciate it Mark 🙏 nice to see some local people on here 😀 even if I'm a fair bit away from you!
I agree with you about the HS, I've done the single humbucker thing already on one of these and I don't think anyone has went HS yet!
Wow! I wold have never guessed that would work like that! Is it because of the type of paint? I have a Jackson Pro Series I painted (badly) back in the ‘90’s that I would like to try this on. Very nice playing and sounding guitar but a bit of an embarrassment in appearance. The original paint was in good condition, looked very thick and deep but it was purple, I gave it a quick scuff, primer, sand and finished in an enamel. I’ve considered trying to sand back to the purple (it is still intact under there I believe) but for several years its been in the case under the bed because I wasn’t sure how I wanted to proceed. Any suggestions?
Very interesting video! I sanded and then painted with nitro! I now use a 2-component varnish.
Nice one 👌 I'll be doing nitro refin too
love your videos, been thinking about removing the paint on my Fender American Performer strat, but I´m not sure if its going to be that easy ,like in your vid ^^
I appreciate that 🙏 and good luck with yours, just take it slow and be patient with it
Looking to see if there are any videos on the rest of the process for this guitar
Not yet bud, I've delayed things while I build my workshop which should be done end of this month. This guitar will be one of the first I do after that!
Awesome tip! I’d go with the Humbucker and tele lipstick.
Thanks and thanks 🙏
Graffiti Yellow is a fabulous color! In the '90s, they were made from several layers stacked up. The 2000 American Series was the first in at least a decade, to not be made from multi layers ...
Like a plywood body? I've an old MIJ plywood Squier body somewhere
I've seen paint cracks on guitars since the early 60s. It seems to happen more on cheap butcher block multiple piece guitars. So, you are correct in assuming that.
Noice!!
Cheers bud
Humbucker (bridge) and single coil (neck) is the best combo for PRS..
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Thank you and thank you 😊🙏
The prs with single humbucker is nice!
It was a beast 😁
Dude im dying to try an hss style hahah
My American Performer Telecaster honey burst 2021 has a 4 piece body. Of course, I bought it with that in mind, because it was well connected and the wood grain was beautiful. And it goes without saying that the sound is the best for me.
Yeah I mean on reflection maybe I shouldn't have expected more from them (or less if we're talking about numbers of body pieces) lol
Loved this when it was released in Daphne Blue, had a real guitar crush on this & the Hoppus Bass.
Mad it’s 7 piece, this surely has to be done for cost? It’s not as if it’d be known for killer tone 😂
Love the Silver Sky, would always go for single humbucker with coil tap if mine, but had a 2001 Tele & still miss that neck pickup!
(Thanks for the advice on Insta the other day around pickguards too - ended up ordering hardware for my PRS build!).
Edited also at end - a candy Red could be cool? Know the cheap Fenders usually end up with this, but can look nice if done right?
Yeah you see I had that same feeling but for the Graffiti Yellow one! And anytime dude with the advice, hope it helped 🙏 red is definitely cool when it's done right like you say 😁
I thought theres another thick coating of some sort under the Fender poly finish. I have an old MIM body i want to do this too. Ur giving me inspiration
Some of them probably do but I'm not sure which, I also think some of them used a clear primer. Chances are if there is any coating it will come off as one piece with the paint when doing this anyway!
I like the idea of a tele or even lipstick pickup in the neck position. it would definitely make it stand out in the crowd.
Hot Strat in the bridge, smokin' P90 in the neck.
By any chance did you weigh the body before and after? I took the paint off a MIM 92 Strat and it got over 1lb lighter. Most paint chips were coming off at least 1mm thick.
I wish I'd used this method to get rid of the paint of a mates bass it's so much less hassle and safer on the contours.
Damn you you clever fella ;)
Haha well thank you bud
I used this method on an OLP bass. The first half I messed up cooking the paint and making a gooey mess in the initial heated areas also burning the wood some but I got the hang of it and the last half looked nice and clean. Glad I tried a cheap instrument first.
Yeah I even melted a bit of paint doing this one as well, it's easy done! Glad yours worked out 😁
And maybe for the PRS a stacked humbucker at the bridge and one of those wide range style Tele humbuckers at the neck.
Just about to try a heat gun to remove the poly finish on my squier strat se. Starting tomorrow. Wish me luck.
I’m thinking surf green for the refinish. Gonna do an aerosol nitro finish.
Good luck bud, you'll do great!! Let me know how it goes, I'll have a video of aerosol nitro finish for mine in the next few weeks
Thanks for the ivdeo. I'm still on the fence about paint-stripping my Squire Mustang bass. Looking at your video, it seems so easy and neat with a heat gun. I paint-stripped a Harley Benton bass some time ago, no heat gun by that time, and it was one of the worse experiences in my life. It took so long, so messy, so much trial and error. Now, I've bought a heat gun, but after reading some comments here about a possible incompatibility of sealant and paint in your guitar, and another dude who even with a heat gun had a hard time stripping a HB, I'm not so sure. Which temperature/adjust did you use?
I had it at about 75% temp I believe. I can't tell you what that is in C or F sorry but what I will say is I've done this on multiple bodies with varied results but always found it to be the best option. Hope you work out a good way for yourself bud!
HS is my personal favourite pup config. Single volume. Nothing fancy.
I like this setup too in fairness
I never thought of a heat gun. I had a mid 80s "metal" strat I needed to refinish. I ended up taking a plumbers torch to it to melt off the finish. Had a 3 piece body of Ash... looked cool.
Whatever works mate! That sounds great, I find ash grain lends itself to being more subtle in multi pieces, just my own opinion.
I have a Mexican Fender Cyclone from around 2006. I don’t know if this is normal, but it’s like the lacquer never really clanged onto the wood. It’s still on there, but if I want to remove it, I could just peel it off like an eggshell.
My Hoppus bass did the same exact thing with the paint cracking
Try a wipe on oli finish ! I did a tele with Watco Clear Danish oil finish and I love it. After many applications it looks and feels like real wood but rejects moisture .
I reliced a guitar and put some big gouges in it and changed my mind later and stripped the finish and scraped out the finish from the gouges and used one of those clothes steamer and they all came out like nothing ever was wrong. Lol. I'm surprised you got crack I always heard that a lot of pisces out more stable that glue joints are stronger than the wood is itself. But wood is a living thing and may not mix well with different ages or parts of the tree out candy from example Hartwood vs new big growth stuff from a farm. The three hundred year old trees are all gone so that's the way it goes that's why I try to rescue anything from the garbage that is old hardwood on its way to the dump. It's often the best stuff that is worth 20 or 30 dollars a board foot. Doors and tables are often mahogany and maple even rosewood and walnut. The old dark walnut. Thanks for your video. I hope this inspires some of you to get dirty. You always feel funny pulling out some thing from the pile on the street as people are going to dinner and drinks and you're going for a dumpster dive. Lol
Sounds awesome bud and yeah I appreciate turning old stuff into new things, I've started collecting free hardwood tables and cabinets to use the wood for guitar builds too
I have a 2006 MIM jazz bass which had the same finish issues.
Stripped it and refinished pink, then had my then-girlfriend do some cool graphics on it!
Sounds awesome bud
How about a couple of filtertrons in the SE?
I keep watching this vid over n over hoping i would get enough balls to do this to my old 87 Squier MIJ Strat. Maybe jus one day ill get enough balls to do this. I REALLY want to and have been thinking about it for a year.
Haha well good luck and when you do it let me know 😀
@Giant_Guitars lool will do my man... its got a lot of sentimental value to me so I don't wanna f it up
I am going to do this step myself to change my Strat to eggshell white instead of arctic. This video helps very much. Thank you for your work
The PRS would be interesting in a SHS (yes not vice versa) config. I saw that in some surf'ish bands and I am very curious about this
Thank you mate and good luck with yours! That's a very interesting suggestion for the PRS! 😮
@@Giant_Guitars Will take some woodwork but it would def. be unique tho :)
oh dude it would be absolutely sick as a delonge style
😁 the green one sure was! I'll note your vote, cheers bud
I like your idea of the Tele pickup on the neck with a rear humbucker with a dual switch to change it to single coil. PRS are a fantastic guitar and I’ve never been able to afford one.
Thanks bud, I did it exactly that way!
16:21 dope tutorial..... Silver sparkle H H for the PRS be cool. Logically that theory on the paint cracking sounds on point
Thank you dude 😎 I'm not going to paint the PRS though! Just pickups and pickguard
@@Giant_Guitars cool, suppose if I win I can go all out 🎉
@@chrislawlor23 absolutely
Humbucker single coil would be sweet!!! That’s so sick!
Thank you bud 🙏
Would be a killer HSS pup platform…
Fender should be contacted and a new body given. 7 pieces is outrageous!
Wew! 😲
.. a humbucker at the bridge and a single pick-up at the neck would be very nice .. one for vol, one for tone ppts .. a three way pick-up switch
.. looking forward to see your next vid!
Thanks bud 😊 I am waiting on the pickguard coming, hopefully arrive this week!
More pieces is more stronk 😂😂
Front and back veneers make it a 9 piece body...lovely
Haha yes exactly 😂 they do
Excellent! I had a burgundy mist that cracked the same way , I peeled the whole thing with a 1mm pick took awhile for sure but normally with the poly I would have to use the heat gun and a scraper. Either the paint had seen a drastic temp change or there was a problem with the adherence with the base coat.
Oofff that's some patience you have to do that all with a pic 😯 nice one though
@@Giant_Guitars It came off quite easily actually.. just a little time consuming it definitely had paint bonding issues.