Following this thread (
Monterey Pop Waterslide graphics), I had a bit of a 'bee in my bonnet' about how I could get a decent Monterey Pop inspired Strat.
The initial plan was to source a Strat body, get it painted (by the very talented
@lamf68) up to the pre clear layer, get it posted back, I'd get a local arty friend to paint it by hand, then ship it back to Rich to get it clear coated.
With a price for the spraying agreed, I sourced a Strat body from here, very rough round the edges, but a decent price with the bridge etc..
I got this shipped over to Rich and then started looking out for a neck, before even trying to see what was around, I pinged a message to
@GSPBASSES as luck would have it, he had two Strat necks available
The obvious downside (for this build) were the big headstocks, Grahame was confident he could get it to the 'normal' shape, so I picked neck 2 (22 fret top adjustable truss rod), Grahame worked his magic and adjusted the headstock
Neck paid for, I then ordered up the vintage yellow Wudtone kit (after posting on here for examples of it being used).
In the middle of this, myself and Rich were talking via email and he fancied having a go at doing the Monterey graphics, the original plan was to free hand, then Rich saw the graphics I'd done and we went back to the waterslide route, but with the colour sections hand painted in (so the blues would show up properly.
So, graphics sent to Rich, also bought a new scratch plate and some paint from the Warhammer shop in Watford (I thought model paint might be a good bet, not sure Rich agrees now
) - check out the names! lol
So, with Rich starting to prep the body, I got on with the neck, heres the first shot to show the contrast between the plain maple and the first coat of vintage yellow (I apply Wudtone very thin)
Fast forward a few steps, I ordered up a Waterslide decal, applied and applied more clear, here's the neck finished
Close up of the decal
Comments
Where did you get your decal from?
https://www.facebook.com/rendallsrestorations?fref=ts
Found a scewed version on the net, tweaked it, corrected colour, resized to fit. Then simplified the lines for the vinyl template(s)
If a bright blue/turquoise would have shown on the red, I'd have been up for it! The blue would have got totally lost on the red sadly.
Happy to pay extra for some tissues
I reckon a set of Stone Tones from OCP would be the kiddie for that...
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