Love the way my telecaster sounds...looks, not so much

[AlexanderWOLF]

Im going down the wood, probably going to stain the wood a bit darker and then rock light coats of seafoam.
Not a fan of the blizzard pearl at all.

[Decibill]

Im going down the wood, probably going to stain the wood a bit darker and then rock light coats of seafoam.
Not a fan of the blizzard pearl at all.

What effect are your going for....? You might want to try a this approach with a test piece of wood first.

[MrNovember]

I'm not sure how extreme you'd want to go with your relicing but for some reason I absolutely love teles with an arm contour sanded into them:

[AxAxSxS]

i like the idea of the different color showin through
can you do nitro over finished nitro
or do you have to go to bare wood

Nitro will melt into nitro.

[KaosCill8r]

Have the body sandblasted to remove the old paint. It makes the hard grain stand out and hollows out the soft grain slightly. Then stain with boiled red wine and give it a nice light coat with some danish teak oil to protect the timber. Gives it a nice slightly textured but also original finish. Then put the tortoiseshell pick guard on it. Would look great. Something very different from the norm.

[MrNovember]

Have the body sandblasted to remove the old paint. It makes the hard grain stand out and hollows out the soft grain slightly. Then stain with boiled red wine and give it a nice light coat with some danish teak oil to protect the timber. Gives it a nice slightly textured but also original finish. Then put the tortoiseshell pick guard on it. Would look great. Something very different from the norm.

That actually sounds delicious

[Jeff-7]

Have the body sandblasted to remove the old paint. It makes the hard grain stand out and hollows out the soft grain slightly. Then stain with boiled red wine and give it a nice light coat with some danish teak oil to protect the timber. Gives it a nice slightly textured but also original finish. Then put the tortoiseshell pick guard on it. Would look great. Something very different from the norm.

Do you prefer a cab or merlot? Which vintage would you recommend?

[MrNovember]

Have the body sandblasted to remove the old paint. It makes the hard grain stand out and hollows out the soft grain slightly. Then stain with boiled red wine and give it a nice light coat with some danish teak oil to protect the timber. Gives it a nice slightly textured but also original finish. Then put the tortoiseshell pick guard on it. Would look great. Something very different from the norm.

Do you prefer a cab or merlot? Which vintage would you recommend?

I'm pretty sure Fender has a wine for that

[KaosCill8r]

Cheap shit Lambrusco out of a cask!! 2014 vintage. Good for drinking (had many great nights on that shit, but also had some bad next mornings too), cooking pasta sauce and staining timber. So long as you boil all the acidity out of it.

[backwardsvoyager]

Have the body sandblasted to remove the old paint. It makes the hard grain stand out and hollows out the soft grain slightly. Then stain with boiled red wine and give it a nice light coat with some danish teak oil to protect the timber. Gives it a nice slightly textured but also original finish. Then put the tortoiseshell pick guard on it. Would look great. Something very different from the norm.

Do you prefer a cab or merlot? Which vintage would you recommend?

I'm pretty sure Fender has a wine for that

[Jeff-7]

[KaosCill8r]

Lol, yeah maybe that is what that fender wine is for! Or for the blues lawyer who has everything. But seriously I used the sandblast and red wine method to re-finish a mates beat up squire jazz bass and it looked a million bucks when I finished it and set it up. It sounded better too. But i'm sure that was only due to the lack of tone choking paint they use on guitars. They say John Lennon's casino sounded better when he sanded the finish off it.

[BitchPudding]

Dunno, I kinda like that pinkish white finish it has....

Well, since we're already at the fuck up stage, SET IT ON FIRE AND MAKE IT YOUR BITCH!!!

[kosta]

I think Phantasmagorovich stained his Gretsch with wine (and coffee too maybe?)

[D.o.S.]

Fuckin light it on fire