1Q22 elstoof does a 62 Strat

elstoof

Still plenty of opportunity for me to bollock it up! I’ll tarnish some metal bits next week, then sort out the frets and nut. After that it’s just relic and assemble I guess

Gan_Ainm

Nice work. I’m going to have a go at lightly ageing some metal hardware soon so will be interested in how things go. 

elstoof

It’s not to hard to add a little age many of the metal bits, ferric chloride takes the lustre off nickel and steel. The chrome I’ll stick in a tub with some screws and nails then shake vigorously, doesn’t really lose its shine over the years in my experience, just gets a bit dinged up

elstoof

Cracked open the ferric chloride and wiped some klusons down, also chucked a couple of chrome bits in a jar with some nails. One of the main reasons for doing a ‘62 was the serial number 82xxx of the era could be made to line up with my date of birth in reverse. I did have to use some artistic licence as by the time 82xxx rolled around they were using veneer boards but don’t tell anyone

DartmoorHedgehog

elstoof said:

the serial number 82xxx of the era could be made to line up with my date of birth in reverse

Impressive - I hope I'm still able to build things at 94 years of age!

elstoof

I’m looking pretty good for it too

elstoof

As expected, I’ve badly failed to meet the Q1 deadline. Need to buff the body, relic it, sort the frets and a nut, then assemble. Next project arrived though, possibly the last ever TC15 from Trinity, hopefully not

And some Russian valves in case they run out, turned up the same time as these mojo pafs

Flip

Love the colour. Great.

Andyjr1515

Looking good from here 

elstoof

A bit of checking and whatnot on the neck, I know logos are taboo on partscasters but it’s my guitar, very easily proven fake and I’ll never sell it so I stuck one on

Should really do the fretwork before mounting hardware but I couldnt wait to see how it looked

elstoof

Coming together now, just need to finish the neck really

Baby’s first relic 

elstoof

DartmoorHedgehog

Nice.  Keep an eye on Henry though - he looks like he'll have that away as soon as you turn your back

elstoof

He’s the one with the talent anyway

matt_sefton

Looks really good. I’m facing a relicing dilemma right now - just sprayed a surf green body and vintage amber neck that are drying and I can’t decide whether to relic or not. I like yours because you haven’t overdone it. Looks natural 

elstoof

Thanks! I planned to do a bit less relic but it was really handy to cover up my mistakes with. I went through the tinted clear on the bottom edge hence the big scuff I never planned on having. I sprayed outside when it was pretty windy so there was a bit of dusty crap here and there, they were the random markers for pretty much all the dings I added