Blackguard build, nearly there!

Zoolooter

Quite pleased with this one, it's my second attempt. Sprayed and aged the body, neck and pickguard, managed to get the checking just right. Neck is a nice chunky Boat V from Musikraft. Just need to get some age appropriate knobs.

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Wazmeister

Mate, that looks absolutely bang on... you've nailed those tones 

Zoolooter

Wazmeister said:

Mate, that looks absolutely bang on... you've nailed those tones 

Cheers buddy. The inspiration came from picking up a £2800 CS Nocaster and being less than impressed with the ageing, also the colour was way off. 

BigMonka

Stunning!

John_A

That's a fantastic job, checking is spot on and good to see it's not over relic'd   Very nice indeed

Zoolooter

Thanks guys, much appreciated. 

streethawk

Very nice job.

Needs a nitro sprayed Bakelite guard though, that one looks too thick (unless it's the shadows).

Sesh

That checking looks really good. I prefer that to any of the standard grind-off-the-paint relicing I've seen.

marktheharp

That's ace, well done. Certainly looks custom shop. What pickups are going in there?

Zoolooter

marktheharp said:

That's ace, well done. Certainly looks custom shop. What pickups are going in there?

Cheers mate. Bare Knuckles Country Boy in the bridge, which is really nice. The Country Boy name is a bit misleading. When I spoke to BKP's they said this bridge is their version of a low'ish output 50's blackguard pickup. The specs are very similar to the pu's in the Nacho Blackguard book, there is nothing hot or overwound in all the blackguards Nacho took apart and tested. Also in that book there are no baseball bat necks either, chunky, yes. A Fender Twisted Tele is going in the neck, which has some nice chime and sparkle. 

marktheharp

Sweet, very appropriate pickups... niiiiiice

jimification

Wow that's really nice. I am a couple of months behind you on a similar project ('51 nocaster replica thingy), so really great to see.

Is that freezer checking? Came out very well. Very nice job on the aging too. Do you mind my asking how you got the faded areas? By sanding back some parts of the tinted clear before spraying the clear coat? Cheers.

Zoolooter

jimification said:

Wow that's really nice. I am a couple of months behind you on a similar project ('51 nocaster replica thingy), so really great to see.

Is that freezer checking? Came out very well. Very nice job on the aging too. Do you mind my asking how you got the faded areas? By sanding back some parts of the tinted clear before spraying the clear coat? Cheers.

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