I wish we all could own a real 54 Stratocaster, but.....

[nullref]

I'm seriously starting to question the choice of finish for the follow up Telecaster.  That Strat is looking mighty fine...

 

[Tonar8352]

I would play that proudly just the way it is now :guitaristgif:

Me too! There is some real subtle flame on the front and the belly cut has all kinds of cool grain. I'm hoping that some of that hangs around after the burst is shot. Any way you look at it somebody is getting a beautiful guitar!

 

[Tonar8352]

I got a little side tracked on this guitar by a spitting gun  :sad1: so I had to start over. I got it back to yellow a while back and have been walking around it like it was a rattle snake trying to bite me while I got up the unction to shoot the burst one more time. Yesterday I finally got to it and it turned out real nice. I have always said guitars that give me fits during the finishing process wind up being pretty special and this one is no exception. Somebody is getting a sweet guitar!
Getting pictures that show 2-tone burst colors is hard but here are a few.

Here is a better representation of the color and the burst transition between the colors along with some of the great figure that shows on the guitar at different angles.

 

 

[Cagey]

Gorgeous, as usual. I wonder if that black might be a little ambitious, though. Pickguard may end up covering a lot of the burst. It's tough to tell on Strats, as so much gets covered that's not obvious when you're shooting. I did that on a tobacco burst I did some years back that I haven't returned to because I think I may re-do it.

 

[bbl4ck]

I would say you got even with that pesky body for torturing you!
Looks  :glasses9: fantastic...
:kewlpics:

 

[Tonar8352]

Cagey, that black is way thinner than it looks in the 1st picture. Notice in the second picture that the edge of the black is less than an inch wide which is way more accurate to the look of the guitar. The way to tell where the pick guard will land is to use the jack-cup route as a guide. If your lighter burst color lands in the middle of the route plenty of yellow will show once the guard is on. If you want a really wide burst your lighter color should be beyond the top edge of the route. Some people like them like that, especially on a 3-tone burst. They like that red covering a lot of turf.

 

[Cagey]

Ok, I was just wondering. I didn't know how to use the landmarks.

 

[Axkoa]

That has probably got to be the best grain I've ever seen on a Strat...That will look amazing.

 

[cser24]

Hey Tonar8353, gearing up for a vintage start project and was wondering what brand UTCs you prefer. That color is spot on.

 

[Tonar8352]

The yellow is a blend of Yellow MEK dye from LMI and some of the Trans-tint Lemon yellow. The brown is a blend of Brown MEK dye from LMI and some Trans-tint Reddish Brown with a small amount of black lacquer mixed in, the dark edge is black lacquer with a bunch of the trans-tint Reddish Brown mixed in.

 

[Cagey]

Sounds like grandma's recipe for something. Pinch of this, dab of that, some of the other...  should be easy to reproduce :laughing7:

 

[bbl4ck]

Sounds like grandma's recipe for something. Pinch of this, dab of that, some of the other...  should be easy to reproduce :laughing7:

That's the perfect analogy Cagey :icon_thumright:
I was a chef in my previous life and a chef never follows a recipe! 
A little of this and a little of that and ya just know when it perfect, but not because you followed some recipe.  I used to hate it when guest would ask for a recipe for something I had just made for them.  Trying to replicate in writing what you just threw together is challenging and never comes out the same.
:rock-on:

 

[Cagey]

I think the paint folks even call them "recipes". I did a control system for a foundry one time and that's what they called the mixes for the various metal alloys they'd make, too. 8 parts iron ore, 1 part chromium, 1 part nickel, 1 bag magic dust, etc.