A Daphne Blue Relic Strat Finished by Casey Meyer, Here is Casey's description of the project; This guitar started its life out as a 62 reissue, with an olympic white body. That body was replaced by a 62 reissue sunburst body. However the sunburst on the body was just awful, it was almost an orange to black sunburst, not attractive at all. So, after much debating, I figured to give refinishing it a shot. Needless to say, your products and instructions made it much easier than it could have been otherwise. I stripped the original sunburst off, sanded it down, and applied the wood grain filler, |
sanded, and sprayed
2 coats of sanding sealer, sanding between coats. This gave me a
nice smooth base to start with. I then applied 2 coats of white primer,
also sanding between coats. For the color, I chose Daphne Blue.
I ended up with 6 coats of color, and around 5 coats of clear lacquer.
After all the final sanding and polishing, I decided to try something and
make this beauty into a relic.
I researched the common wear spots on Stratocasters, and tried to make it replicate those as closely as possible. As you can tell, the final product turned out very well. I sanded down the arm wear areas, and used a variety of tools for the paint chipping. To age the pickguard I used a tinted amber lacquer and sprayed each side, leaving the area under the pickguard lighter than the rest; as it wasn't touched as much due to the strings. The final product is better than I had imagined. Thank you Bill for making such great products available, and the instruction is second to none. I can't wait to get started on my next project! Sincerely,
Casey, The Strat looks great. It does look like a '62 that has been through the bar wars. Thanks for the description and pics. |
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