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I have a black MIJ E series strat that I'd be interested having re-finished eventually. if I send the body to you, how much is it for a refinish?
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It's not my normal way of doing metallics, as to look best (in the conventional sense I guess) they really should have a super-flat 100% perfect primer coat beneath them as they show every imperfection, bump, high spot in the layer below and cannot be sanded flat. I tend to treat my primer layers as if they were the final layer of clear (OCD anybody?) for metallics so the finishes come out flat with no grain visible.
But I'm always happy to work with people to achieve the look they want - so it's possible to shoot the metallic over a thinner layer of sealer so that the finish hugs the pattern of the grain and it is visible beneath. Shoot me some pics of what you're thinking if you like and we can talk! Cheers
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www.rexterguitars.co.uk
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
Oh my....
It's aged LPB cousin is now home pre-assembly too... BTW the hardware on these is not aged by me, it's perhaps a little more dirty than I would do it - it's MJT stuff I got in a trade with a body.
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It was made by a guy called Ben who sometimes goes under the guise of http://www.motorik.co.uk/. He's supremely talented craftsman and has built some amazing guitars, included painstakingly accurate recreations of vintage Yamahas and some gorgeous Jaguars and Jazzmasters. He's one of the old time regulars on offsetguitars.com (username - theworkoffire) which is how I met him and snagged this guitar. There are some of his build threads in the Library section there which are always worth a read!
Probably posted this before, but any excuse...
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These bodies are all in my queue to be finished and are made by another offsetguitars.com member who should be launching his brand this year - building some truly lovely models. Will be working with him to develop the Rexter Guitars models as I don't want to be limited to Fender repro parts. Watch this space!
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
Will reply to you on PM about the flake job more specifically, but relating to flake jobs in general ...
... I've just signed a lease on a new workshop which will take me from a tiny storage unit up to about 1,000 sq feet of space with multiple rooms, meaning I can have a completely bespoke and separate spray room, drying room and mix room and also separate booths for sparkle and metal flake jobs which contaminate the main spray area too much to handle right now. In fact I will probably take along my existing spray booth that I built and use that as the flake booth. Should mean I can handle way more jobs without tripping over myself every two minutes. Big workshop space for all the messy routing, sanding and other associated jobs that can be kept nicely isolated from the paint areas too.
The move won't be until August and will take a few weeks of set up time but by late Summer I'm hoping I'll be pretty much set for anything in a solid space where I can really grow things.
Sorry I haven't been on here that much lately, been manically trying to catch up with all outstanding jobs and juggle a load of other things as normal - apologies to anyone I owe a reply to!
And just so this is not just an incredibly long boring post without and pictures here are a few things I've been up to lately:
Another LPB... Jaguar this time, off to Canada:
Nice 50s burst to replace one that had a nasty fall and got damaged ... Relic "Brownie" body for sale soon!
Custom Shop Strat refinished in a lightly aged Surf Green - flying back to Dubai tomorrow:
Finally buffed out the Mahogany Jazzmaster, think I'm going to turn it into a Jazzblaster:
Roasted Ash... satin finish, dark grainfiller:
Also finally buffed this one:
Mixed up some custom paint for a cool job... this crazy little take on the Fender Custom/Maverick currently has a Desert Sand undercoat...
And Raph want's it this colour on top, with lots of heavy wear and checking:
So I mixed him up some paint:
And lots to get on with...
If you made it this far down, thanks! I'll disappear for a week or two now...
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
www.rexterguitars.co.uk
Does look very nice with the dark grain fill