5150 build.

[Rex]

The fingerboard is mostly like it because it’s half scraped off lacquer on the clean bits.

How does that work? I get that the finish somehow got scraped off in spots, but the rest of the fingerboard looks like it was played for 30 years and never wiped clean.

 

[Andy Eagle]

How does that work? I get that the finish somehow got scraped off in spots, but the rest F the fingerboard looks like it was played for 30 years and never wiped clean.

The neck is a badly converted esp Strat neck that arrived at Kramer with finish . The back was sanded ( hence to off shape) and Ed tried to scratch of the finish on the fingerboard with a single sided razor. The guitar is 3 1/2 years old in that set of pictures. It’s reliced imo . Frankie neck is nothing like that dirty;

Max dirt on 5150;

How is that even possible. ?

 

[Dave Merrill]

The neck is a badly converted esp Strat neck that arrived at Kramer with finish . The back was sanded ( hence to off shape) and Ed tried to scratch of the finish on the fingerboard with a single sided razor. The guitar is 3 1/2 years old in that set of pictures. It’s reliced imo . Frankie neck is nothing like that dirty;
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Max dirt on 5150;
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How is that even possible. ?

Think it was intentional relic-ing?

 

[Budda]

Think it was intentional relic-ing?

EVH: ahead of the curve again.

 

[Andy Eagle]

Think it was intentional relic-ing?

Yes and half the paint was sanded off the back.

 

[Rex]

...half the paint was sanded off the back.

There’s a tricky detail. You’ve got the shape of that so well executed, but how do you mitigate that exposed-yesterday look to get to that exposed-a-few-years-ago look?

 

[Andy Eagle]

There’s a tricky detail. You’ve got the shape of that so well executed, but how do you mitigate that exposed-yesterday look to get to that exposed-a-few-years-ago look?

Rub it with a brush along the grain and add a very light stain .

This should not be too difficult to copy.

 

[Rex]

Rub it with a brush along the grain and add a very light stain .
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This should not be too difficult to copy.

Thanks!

 

[Andy Eagle]

The additional tape wear. Dirt and tape residue to add when I figure out a realistic solution. Fingerboard still to decide.

 

[Andy Eagle]

Figured out dirt and tape residue.


Fingerboard and darken the visible wood on the back slightly to go.

 

[Rex]

Figured out dirt and tape residue.
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Fingerboard and darken the visible wood on the back slightly to go.

Nice! Are you free to divulge? Or are you just gonna strut a little (which is okay, too)?

 

[Andy Eagle]

Nice! Are you free to divulge? Or are you just gonna strut a little (which is okay, too)?

Yes a model maker’s acrylic paint called “mud.”

 

[Rex]

Yes a model maker’s acrylic paint called “mud.”

Acrylic paint. Who'd'a thunk?

 

[Budda]

Who else wants an AE build after this thread just to own an incredibly honed instrument? Damn.

 

[ruso]

Who else wants an AE build after this thread just to own an incredibly honed instrument? Damn.

Only if it’s made out of reclaimed fencepost.

 

[Dave Merrill]

Who else wants an AE build after this thread just to own an incredibly honed instrument? Damn.

Been on my blue-sky-wish list for quite a while. I would seriously love to sit down with him, figure out the right parts and design for what's in my head, have him do it up. I wish.

 

[Andy Eagle]

Only if it’s made out of reclaimed fencepost.

I don’t build replica Epiphone.

 

[Budda]

I don’t build replica Epiphone.

Not even a 50s (pre gibson purchase) model?

 

[Dave Merrill]

Not even a 50s (pre gibson purchase) model?

Are pre Gibson fenceposts even available?

 

[Rex]

Are pre Gibson fenceposts even available?

Contrary to popular opinion, the iconic and legendary fencepost was not invented by Gibson. They had, in fact, been in use holding up fences for several years before Gibson came a long.