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Nitrocellulose lacquer in vintage colours suitable for finishing Fender and Gibson electric guitars.
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Reverse headstock Stratocaster
I’m putting together a Stratocaster for a friend. It’s to match a Telecaster he has so will be painted in a creamy colour. This is the look we…
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Spraying a Gibson style TV Yellow finish
I often get asked how to spray a TV Yellow finish and have been meaning for a while to demonstrate the process, so here it is. I think…
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Tony’s 50s 2-tone Stratocaster Replica
Tony is another regular customer who has produced some superb guitars painted using my nitrocellulose lacquer. I think he has excelled himself with this superb tribute to an…
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Kevin’s Olympic White 66/62 style Jazz Bass build
A regular customer of mine has built this great Jazz Bass replica. The body is alder and finished in Olympic White with a beautiful NOS tortoiseshell pickguard. The bound…
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Fitted the neck to the guitar
I have now fitted the neck that I fretted and lacquered to my Fender 62 reissue Stratocaster. Apologies for not photographing the stages of fitting the tuners and cutting the…
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Spraying the neck
Before spraying I sanded the neck again, checking that everything was clean and wiped over with a tack cloth to remove any dust. I then sprayed another couple…
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Fretting and finishing a guitar neck
I thought I’d demonstrate fretting a neck and finishing it with nitrocellulose lacquer. The neck I used was very nicely made, with a compound radius fretboard which progresses up…
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New build – “Mary Kaye” Stratocaster
I’m building a Stratocaster using this beautiful one-piece ash body from GuitarBuild.co.uk. It is made from Phil’s special order only premium wood stock and weighs just 3½ pounds. I’m…
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Gold top lacquer is go
I thought I’d share some photos of a Goldtop finish that a customer has sprayed with my Gold top lacquer. Here is what he said: “I must say…
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Marty McCann’s Surf Green Stratocaster
Marty sent me some pictures of his Mexican Strat refinish that he’d done. Marty wrote: “Thought I would share my before, during and after pix of my lefty…
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