Just some feedback for the next time, or anyone else reading this :) The mask you wore during spraying doesn't do anything to stop the fumes from entering your lungs. You'd need a respirator with a filter that is rated to protect against organic solvents, and is completely sealed off around your mouth and nose. Please take this seriously when spraying any (especially nitro) finish. Once it enters your lungs it will forever stay there. And probably develop in to cancer later in life. Another thing is that nitro needs to gas off (cure) for at least 2 weeks before wet sanding and buffing.
Thanks for the heads up. I've got a proper one now that you can see me wearing in more recent videos. As for the 2 weeks, I think the spray can nitro is different to the stuff used in factories. This stuff dries almost instantly
Hahaha yeah 🤣 I used to play it lower because it suited my vocal range. But I play it in the normal key now. I even did a proper cover of it a few months ago if you want to see the video 😁
I’m also playing around with nitro but I’m not at your level. I watched a few of your videos after and what you did with that Strat. I’m using a compressor now. That’s a game changer. You should get one if you haven’t already
Good luck! Yeah I keep thinking about it but I always say to myself Im never doing this again because it's so much effort 🤣 yet here we are... I've just refinished another guitar... That's about 7 times now 🤣
Thanks! It's about on par with a fender American professional strat. I had one before I built this and sold it after having both for a bit as I liked this guitar more. But in terms of neck shape and tone they're really close. Feels great to play. I rolled the edges of the fretboard and took the lacquer off the back of the neck so in that sense it's closer to a custom shop
Looks great man. Great work. Maybe copper foil the pick-guard and pickup cavities. I don't play single-coils, so idk if that is needed. but looks good enough for the effort, imho. But now your playing it in the vid and sounds stellar, so maybe not needed at all.
Thanks a lot! You can see that I had copper tape in the cavities when it was pink originally. It took ages to do and I saw no benefit from it as I never had issues with interference before anyway. If it becomes a problem I have some left so will put it back in. I just couldn't be bothered to do it again 🤣
Looks awesome! Well done! Don't you have to wait days for nitro to harden before you polish it? Could I do this in a matter of days? How long did yours take? And which brand of nitro did you use? I'm thinking of buying Nitorlack
Thanks! I think that's the nitro they use in the Gibson and fender factories. This stuff from the can is dry to the touch within about 20 mins. I've painted and wet sanded bodies in the same day before. I left this to dry for a couple of days just to be safe but didn't notice any difference between that and sanding straight away. And yes I used NitroLak for the coral pink. It was the only place I could find in Europe that would ship it. Previously I've used Dartfords and found them to be a great brand as well
Thanks! I don't know about the functions of the electronics to be honest. That capacitor is a boutique hand-made one from Monty's, the company that makes the wiring look I used
Ive used northwest guitars and Dartfords paint before and they're both good. However this colour of nitro is very rare so I had to get it shipped from Europe. This is the only place I could find that would ship it to the UK nitorlack.com/en/barniz/colors/solids/nitorlack-reranch-coral/
I have a 1992 Fender Mexican Standard Stratocaster in crimson red metallic. As far as I can tell it's all original including the finish. However the finish looks like it never got the final sanding and polishing to a mirror gloss. It still exhibits an orange skin texture. This Strat is one of my favorites in my Guitar Herd. I love the Feel of this guitar. The ceramic pups are decent altho I know eventually I will upgrade them to a set of good alnico 2s. Most likely a Twang Banger bridge plus a pair of Alnico II Pros. The Twang Banger is locked in, the A2P is not set in stone yet. I think at same time I will strip the hardwares off the guitar and polish the body so it finally has a glass smooth gloss finish to properly show off that crimson red metallic. In the past I've just played the guitar and enjoyed it so. But that orange skin texture does bother me a bit but I cringed at the thought of hand polishing for hours. Methinks I'll do what ye did and get a handheld polisher and give it a go!
Thanks! Yes I actually touched it too soon on the last coat and left a massive hand mark on the underside edge beneath the pickguard. I almost cried 🤣😭 But it wasn't visible at all after the wet sanding thankfully 🙏
@@AlfieVaughanMusic thank you so much man!! I also have to paint my unfinished strat body but I’m struggling so much in finding these products (and similar) here in Italy, maybe I should fine some “local” alternatives (if they even exist)😭😭
Your guitar looks really fantastic and I didn't expect you could make the body that shiny. I got a body in my basement which I sanded down and wanted to paint in mint green. Now I'm really keen to continue that 😄
Thanks! Yes I liked both but I just really prefer this colour and I also wanted to put a single coil pickup in the bridge so I just did it all at once! The lacquer is from a company called Dartfords. It's on Amazon
Thank you! Thats actually all just amp tone. It's recorded using the UA Ruby which is like a VoxAC30 amp in a box pedal. It's really great! I had the volume quite high so it drives really nicely
