Been SO SO long since I have updated the blog!
A few projects I worked on:

This Deviser Riverhead 52 Tele was a limited run and made to be a relic when new and while I hate ruining an original finish it was lacquer over top of a nasty thick poly sanding sealer with a terrible lame relic job so this had to be done right, IMO.

Was not a fan of the aged finish I had originally done.
I have always loved the heavily ambered & played Telecasters from the 50s and 60s that must have spent most of their lives in smokey homes and bars.
I decided to do this one up similar and managed to get the lacquer to have that nice dull but still reflective aged patina to it.

Original finish:

Initial Refinish:

Final Product:

Been a while but thought I would post some progress on a few guitars I have been working on that are finally done.
1st up is this old 1982 Tokai TE-60 I refinished from a poorly done spray bombed red into a nice lightly aged shell pink.

Next up is a mid to late 80s Burny Les Paul Custom slim.

Bought it bare bones and the original black finish was a little messed so I was going to redo it in black lacquer but decided, after stripping it, that the mahogany was too damn nice to cover up so I instead put about 8 thin coats of tung oil on it followed by 2 light coats of nitro and a mild faded burst. 

Last minute decision on the Tokai =D
Shell pink with the original 1 ply white guard all the way.
Excuse the cell phone pics today.

Well now that work has ended I am have a paid summer off I have been super busy trying to get my 1966 Econoline all finished so I can start driving it during the screaming hot weather we have been getting and enjoy it. Well that and get it ready to be a company vehicle for our hot sauce we are rolling out. =)

So in between the 5 days @ 5 hours per day of truck work I have been refinishing guitars to sell and play.
Sold another 2 yesterday, helps out the bank account!

1st up was this Kurt Cobain'ed JM66 Jazzmaster someone had to of thrown into the air, way up, and allowed it to come down hard as the neck is cracked along the grain behind the 5th to 7th frets and unrepairable along with the body being split and cracked in 5 places, right through! I filled all the cracks with hot hide glue and clamped to dry. Then scraped off all the black poly to wood and filled to level the best I could (mad rhymes!). The filled areas below are "some" of those cracks.

And covered here in some mixed white nitro I did up, after a few base coats of clear to seal it up. 

And now, as of today, covered in my custom mixed lemongrass green. 

Also strippped a horrible home jobbed Fiesta Red on this 2 piece center seamed alder Tokai TE60? and deciding on what pastel colour to do.

Also finishing up the thinline Burny custom (laying flat) after 6 coats of tung and allowed to dry followed by a light burst and some amber lacquer. 

Also the Edwards LP (hanging up) with an aged Fiesta Red top and now finished Russet Amber Aniline dyed back. 

That is all for now, folks!

Recently had this 2008 Edwards E-TE-110CTM RE Telecaster Relic shipped after having purchased it 4 or so months back.
It was a skeleton with only a jack and control plate along with the bridge and guard attached.
Finally got around to putting it together this past week while I was off recovering from a spontaneous pneumothorax, something I hope none of my 3 fans have to ever go through, haha. :D
Anyway, the thin lacquer finish on these is amazing, feels old and worn in like it has been played in a bar filled with smoke and sweat for years. Well done ESP/Edwards, nail hit directly on the head.
The lightweight alder body is pretty resonant and the neck is nice and fat, loving the nice worn in fretboard as well.
For now she is staying, dunno why but I find it harder to let Tele's go than Les Pauls.

Black grained, sanded smooth, and P90 route filled.

2 coats of clear lacquer were added after this.

Once cured I will sand smooth and then add the trans Daphne/Seafoam Green finish. :D

Nav Telespo is going through a redux...
Logo made and 2 coats of aged lacquer applied & dried.

Logo applied and a coat over top

Lacquer being stripped

Stripped ready for a respray...once I decide on a colour but I am thinking tung oil 3 coats then a light amber with a mellow tea burst  :mrgreen:
That is AFTER I fill that P90 route and put her back to 60's glory.  :thumb:

Well I actually bought something recently...just could not refuse a worn and beaten Tele.

Plus it is my 1st Greco Tele so I want to see how they compare to a Tokai ^_^

Look at those nasty strings...nasssssty nasty strings, don't mean a thing