Just wanted to share this series of videos with Tone Twins TV and Chris Buck on Chris's 62 Fiesta Red Strat.
A great watch.
Basically Chris Buck (fantastic UK guitarist) wins a 62 Strat at a random house auction for a great price (under £2000 allegedly). Guitar is a awful condition so Huw Price from Tone Twins helps him out with the restoration.
This is the first video from Tone Twins (There are 7 parts so far. Part 7 premiering tomorrow evening):
And Chris Buck also talks about the finished guitar in this video from yesterday:
I'd recommend watching the Tone Twins TV videos first and then watching the Chris Buck video where he talks about the experience and the finished guitar! Great stuff!
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Happy to help with the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i4541PTA4w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJqxpK0o5Do
- Understand the general impulse to preserve stuff.
- Understand there’s also a financial argument for a keep-everything-you-can restoration.
- Would also definitely have asked for a new fretboard, new nut, new wiring, new pickguard and maybe new tuners and saddles, and put the old bits straight in a drawer!
I think they've done a great job but I think if it was mine I would be inclined to change out that pick guard and fit an aged replica if I could get one to fit or maybe even an original if I could find one and depending on how that finish felt may have gone for a full refinish in an aged Fiesta Red with gentle aging.
We spent most of the time talking about vintage stuff which we both like, I'll have a look at his strat next time we meet up
(formerly customkits)
I'd have probably replaced the plate as those patches would really bug me.
Chris is a sublime player, really easy on the ears
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61134/sarge/p1