Vic sent me his 65 Mustang.
Wooooh a basket case almost.
Needs a refret, so I'm doing that. The metal is uniformly pitted. The neck cleaned up ok on the finsih, a little wear, nothing big. So, it'll get a new nut, new frets, a quick overspray of the dulled headstock, and a not so good buff out... to keep the aging looking right.
The body... is heavilly worn, once stripped, and has white brushed on latex house paint over clear poly. It all has to be stripped down. Then wood filled, then dyed a sort of musty brownish amber, then hit with some shell pink, then clear.... then leveled, buffed, and allowed final drying... then hit with burlap, steel wool, keys, knives, old Harley parts, etc etc.. .to relic it a bit. I'll have to match the wear to the neck's wear.
Of note - the original frets are much smaller then regular Fender frets. They're more like mandolin frets. About .070 wide and .038 tall, very narrow, also, they have VERY short tangs, about .045. The short tang thing, I suspect, is because Fender was using thick veneer for the fretboard, about .062 thick or so (by estimation, not measured).
So... we'll get some pics of this. Shell pink, maybe a little amber on it in places. The white shell guard is very yellow now.
Also missing trem springs, and pickup cover (just one) if anyone knows a source.
Wooooh a basket case almost.
Needs a refret, so I'm doing that. The metal is uniformly pitted. The neck cleaned up ok on the finsih, a little wear, nothing big. So, it'll get a new nut, new frets, a quick overspray of the dulled headstock, and a not so good buff out... to keep the aging looking right.
The body... is heavilly worn, once stripped, and has white brushed on latex house paint over clear poly. It all has to be stripped down. Then wood filled, then dyed a sort of musty brownish amber, then hit with some shell pink, then clear.... then leveled, buffed, and allowed final drying... then hit with burlap, steel wool, keys, knives, old Harley parts, etc etc.. .to relic it a bit. I'll have to match the wear to the neck's wear.
Of note - the original frets are much smaller then regular Fender frets. They're more like mandolin frets. About .070 wide and .038 tall, very narrow, also, they have VERY short tangs, about .045. The short tang thing, I suspect, is because Fender was using thick veneer for the fretboard, about .062 thick or so (by estimation, not measured).
So... we'll get some pics of this. Shell pink, maybe a little amber on it in places. The white shell guard is very yellow now.
Also missing trem springs, and pickup cover (just one) if anyone knows a source.
