Just thought I'd share my experience with you all and try and get some input from you al too if that's ok. It's a tired '95 Mex in sunburst.
I've already removed all the lacquer/stain from the neck, added a new decal, polished the frets and given it around 10 coats of cellulose eggshell varnish. I even rolled the fretboard edge and it's all going very well. It definitely has the feel of one of the new US necks now, which is no bad thing.
My next job is to respray the body. I really can't decide between electric orange and a mint green pickguard or vintage white with tortoiseshell. Whaddya think?
I'm going to shield the body (any tips?) and get new pickups (of course). I ordered some aged (cream) knobs and covers from Guitarfetish and they do GFS boutiques which I really like the look/sound of.
Any input would be really appreciated and I plan to have this all done by the end of June, when I'll add some photos of how things went.
Cheers.
A photo of how the neck looked:
I've already removed all the lacquer/stain from the neck, added a new decal, polished the frets and given it around 10 coats of cellulose eggshell varnish. I even rolled the fretboard edge and it's all going very well. It definitely has the feel of one of the new US necks now, which is no bad thing.
My next job is to respray the body. I really can't decide between electric orange and a mint green pickguard or vintage white with tortoiseshell. Whaddya think?
I'm going to shield the body (any tips?) and get new pickups (of course). I ordered some aged (cream) knobs and covers from Guitarfetish and they do GFS boutiques which I really like the look/sound of.
Any input would be really appreciated and I plan to have this all done by the end of June, when I'll add some photos of how things went.
Cheers.
A photo of how the neck looked: