The easiest way to strip paint off a guitar

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I never expected a Fender Tom Delonge Stratocaster to have a 7 piece body! IS THAT WHY THEY GET PAINT CRACKS?
The competition I'm talking about will be launched in the next video after I hit 2.5k subs - it will be a free to enter competition and open to worldwide entries. More details to follow.
Anyway... here's how I stripped the paint off my hardtail Fender Stratocaster body and pretty much how to do it for any poly finish.
This stuff stinks, I can't stress enough the importance of wearing protective equipment and only doing it in a well ventilated area.
The next time you see this in a video it will be to refinish it and make it back into a complete guitar again.
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@GC-re3gm 10 месяцев назад

Hey, the reason the original finish cracked that way was due the incompatibility between the sealer and the finish Fender used between the late '90s and the late 2000s. They found out when it was too late and so many of their instruments made in that 10+ years showed exactly that issue. I had a Malmsteen signature (big price tag guitar) from 2006 and it had exactly the same issue, for example. Love the YT channel, keep it up!

@Giant_Guitars 10 месяцев назад

Ok cool that's the first I've heard this thanks mate very interesting to know!

@godsinbox 7 месяцев назад

I have a jim root squire that had the same issue. It was mahogany body, so now it is stained natural. Win WIn

@Stewbert_72 5 месяцев назад

I’m about to do a Strat from exact same era

@diecapsule 5 месяцев назад

@@Stewbert_72 Same! Was playing my 84-87 MIJ 62 reissue & looked at my 2006 MIM ‘72 reissue in Olympic White (one of my favs) hanging on the wall & realized the paint had cracked from the top to bottom & the paint was literally curling over. I wanted to cry because it had a nice yellow tint & nice natural aged look to it which I loved. I decided to start chipping away & had half the front side pulled off within 5 minutes so I don’t think it’s gonna be too hard to remove. And on the positive side it is an all ash body & so far I haven’t found any splices. Maybe I’ll be lucky lucky lucky & have a 1 piece haha. I think I’m gonna paint it black or else go back with the original aged white. Depends on how nice the ash body looks once it’s all peeled off.

@benedekgabor. Месяц назад

@@diecapsuleYou can achive the original yellowed off white color while going with a nitro finish. It’s a win-win situation imo.

@bonnywoodinstruments 2 месяца назад

7 piece body on a guitar that expensive is shocking.

@slimmyjimmy2848 Год назад

I keep finding myself watching your videos and they are very entertaining since nobody else does guitar projects like this. Keep up the great content 👍👍👍👍

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

That's great to hear bud I really appreciate that 🙏🙏 and I will!

@nomoremrnicebry Год назад

Thank you for this. I was researching this method but seeing you actually do it makes it seem so much more accessible.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Glad I could help, thanks for watching and commenting, I appreciate it 😁

@pitchiepeachey Год назад

This channel is growing so fast because of your incredible videos. You deserved it! I'm your silent fan and subscriber

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thank you so much mate, I still can't believe that's possible but I seriously appreciate it 🙏 comments like this keep me inspired and motivated

@Bettys_Eldest Год назад

My 70's Sunburst Japanese Kasuga Strat copy was stripped in 1976 with the intention of refinishing it as Natural. When the french polisher stripped the old finish it revealed 5 mm thick top and back layers, and an eleven piece body. Initially I was ever so disappointed, but nearly fifty years on I have come to love it.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Haha nice, that's good to know 😊

@interested_in_things Год назад

Cool, looking forward to seeing the process.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Me too haha 😂

@NanoGurdian Год назад

OMFG I laughed so loud when you threw it in the trash can!!

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Haha glad you enjoyed it, thanks 🙏

@dougsguitarlounge7927 Год назад

I have a 1974 Fender P bass and it's a 7 piece body. It was black original, but the old finish just was coming off so I stripped it and did a natural finish. It looks cool with all the different pieces of wood showing. Lots of different wood grains. It doesn't have the top piece like yours dose. Good luck with your finish. 👍🎸🍻

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Oh nice, I didn't realise they even used so many pieces back in the 70s too

@stevecassidyguitar Год назад

Thanks for this! Planning on attempting my first strip and refinish this summer - so this vid was super helpful 👍 For the Silver Sky - I'd vote HSS (Chrome covered HB) Creme covered SC's and a Brown Tort Guard 🥸

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

You're very welcome and good luck 🤞 thanks for your suggestion too 😁

@georgyj111111 Год назад

That's absolutely outrageous!

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Lol I know but should have expected it, on reflection

@stevencooper564 2 месяца назад

Finally starting my project of completely customizing a BC Rich Bich I bought with my very first paycheck when I was 18. I just turned 30 and am so excited to have it finally look the way I've imagined.

@yhzh2002 Год назад

humbucker + tele neck definitely sounds like an interesting mix. I think doing a mini-humbucker in the neck would also be really cool.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

You're right for sure that would be cool!

@nobuakisato4613 Год назад

Thank you for uploading this video, I can confirm what people say about Fender body is right. I don’t care many number of pieces and surface veneer, this is the effort to produce mass products with similar weight and sound. But if my Custom shop Strat has same body construction, I will be feel so sorry😂.

@allkillergaming5623 Год назад

Nice! New subscriber here (came from following you on IG) and I loved this video - super informative for poly finishes! For the Silver Sky, I vote one pickup 😉

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Appreciate that bud thank you and I'll note your suggestion 😄 you know I love single hum

@Shaun.Stephens 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video. I'm going to subscribe and watch your back-catalogue. Cheers.

@Giant_Guitars 9 месяцев назад

Appreciate you mate, thanks

@devon-aire 11 месяцев назад

I never noticed before, but after seeing you talk about the neck pocket cracks, I went and checked mine. Sure enough, hairline cracks about a centimetre in length. And I think you’re right about it being because of the 7 piece body.

@devon-aire 11 месяцев назад

Mine’s an ‘03 in graffiti yellow. Which is funny, because I like surf green the best. My paint isn’t pulling away from the body at all, but I hope those cracks don’t get much worse any time soon..

@Giant_Guitars 11 месяцев назад

Fingers crossed they don't get any bigger bud, I wouldn't worry all that much though they pretty much all had it - some didn't but it's rare to find now!

@mikefarquhar5063 10 месяцев назад

7 poece- fender using leftover prices of wood probably different kinds if wood or wood left to dry out at different rates of time causing inconsistencies in the overal body after the paint job Is done it can cover up a multitude of sins, these faults/inconsistencies like I said will cause cracks in the paintwork and worse because of the lack of diligence in making sure each piece is the same humidity and density a simple test using a cheap tool can determine the moisture content of each piece of wood used to match them up to prevent these un resolvable issues that fender will blame the customer for, now, that I'd shady as hell.

@jerrymorgan1752 Год назад

A kid asked me one time why almost all my guitars are natural wood. I told him it’s because they have to use the best wood to pull it off.

@JubileeValence Год назад

Hi Jerry! Yep! I predict crickets on your thoughts. All the possible colors and finishes completely shroud reality. Good heavy plywood would suffice just as well in this mess. 2 or 3 piece ash would be more genuine on a painted signature instrument. But we must assume the shared responsibilties of the "assemblers" here. Use up every scrap. Make it solid. Paint it. Sell it. Arrrggghhhh!!!??? Cheers!

@anotheryoutube4635 Год назад

Totally agree. I love a tinted/stained maple neck that's got a color to it, but nothing SOLID that just covers up the grain, I have never understood that. I always want to see the wood grain of the neck of the guitar I'm playing, at a minimum. I don't like solid colors on guitars, really anywhere on the guitar. Love a classic Fender color with a matching headstock, but, I'd get one made from Warmoth before I'd buy a Fender...

@janzelf 11 месяцев назад

Unless, they used photoflames, haha.

@jerrymorgan1752 11 месяцев назад

@@janzelf this far I only have American guitars in my collection. I have been interested in a few Paoletti guitars. Just haven’t pulled that trigger.

@roccocroce 10 месяцев назад

wood doesn't matter for electrics. all electronics baby.

@KennethRrvik 8 месяцев назад

Heat guns are indispensable! Thanks for showing yet another use 😁

@SixString_J5 Год назад

13:15 Thanks for that, lol. Answering the important questions. I always say as a seller:'The pocket crack is just in the finish' but as a buyer:'that crack is in the wood'

@MaayanMorMusic Год назад

I love your approach to the work and the video making. And for the PRS I would love to see you make it with a humbucker-single configuration! Keep up

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Appreciate you, comments like this really help keep the motivation to do more 🙏 thanks. And I'll note your vote for the free PRS!

@nolancassini Год назад

Humbucker and tele single coil as you said would look really good on the prs

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Great minds and all that 😀😀 noted bud, thank you!

@geoffreyadams7619 Месяц назад

Looking to see if there are any videos on the rest of the process for this guitar

@Giant_Guitars Месяц назад

Not yet bud, I've delayed things while I build my workshop which should be done end of this month. This guitar will be one of the first I do after that!

@dlux703 7 месяцев назад

The 7 piece with maple veneer is common these days in Fender products, in fact I have a 90's Squire Fat-Strat that I stripped that has the same construction and veneers. I sanded off the veneers on mine and actually got some nice semi-matched basswood underneath that I shot a transluscent color over. Then I burnished the paint to make it even more transluscent and paste waxed and buffed the finish. What I like about the burnished and waxed paint is that it has the actual feel of wood even though it is painted. It feels and looks more natural to me. This can produce loads of character in the guitar because each one is eunique.

@Tobajjass Год назад

Great tip removing lacquer with plastic scraper. I’ve always dented the wood in the past. I vote for a Shell Pink refinish, love that color. On the SilverSky, you could do a John Mayer PRS hybrid and do a SuperEagle II setup with Humbucker nickelcover - mini humbucker/singlecoil black - humbucker nickelcover. Add some coilsplitting switches. Regular 3 pcs white pickguard. That would be a pretty cool guitar.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thank you bud, yeah I discovered that one by accident last year when I was moving house and packed up all my tools so the only thing I could find was a plastic silicone scraper and it worked a treat! Never looked back. And great suggestion thanks 🙏

@spythetired 7 месяцев назад

that is shockingly exactly what i'm going for, this was scary

@edesbalazs Год назад

That came off super clean! I tried this with a Harley Benton, maybe I did something wrong, but the paint and underneath the wood started burning before they would even consider flaking off. Maybe wasn't a poly finish, I don't know. Only way we managed is carefully sanding it, but it took almost the whole day.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Oh yeah I've had to remove finish by sanding before too and it's horrible lol 😆 I don't envy you on that one

@flashpadxxx 5 месяцев назад

What Modell exactly was it?? I have a green Harley Benton Fusion 3 and want to remove the paint...

@AndrewGonzalesArtistry 5 месяцев назад

@@flashpadxxxI’m about to sand off the light blue finish on a fusion III.

@The_Macaroon 11 месяцев назад

New sub here. Great video, im amazed at how easy that came off, ive been putting off doing a similar job for years, lol. Might just go for it now

@Giant_Guitars 11 месяцев назад

Definitely try it bud, just take it slow and don't dig into the wood!

@deanmccaskill5495 Год назад

Good job. I’m going at a Tele in the same way shortly. Wish me luck. I even ordered a plastic scraper on your advice

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Good luck bud 🤞 I hope the plastic scraper does the job for you

@vav413 Год назад

Humbucker tele single coild would be really unique! Cool idea

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thanks 🙏 this is the most popular choice so far I think

@quru1 Год назад

Man, it'd be cool to see that PRS with a single+humbucker setup! Excellent video, thanks for sharing!

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thank you too bud

@chrisbec3313 5 месяцев назад

Quarter-sawn wood is straight and very stable, better than just a slab. In that mix of wood there are very little to no voids/defects and just solid stable wood with an organized grain structure so good for stability and I'm sure it sounded great.

@thegigwiga6693 Год назад

Again i find my self stuck on the first step of my new endeavor and voila you got the video for it

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Glad I could help 🙏

@fluffytoaster427 Год назад

Tried doing this as an absolute amateur, and it definitely shows on the body I used😅Glad to see a better execution of it for the world to see *Definitely* a solo humbucker for the SS mod

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

My first one was the worst thing you'll ever see 😂🤣 I hope this helped and you keep trying ☺️

@mikemccourt6225 Год назад

I think you’re on point with the 7-piece having a hand in the paint cracking. Fender is kind of notorious for not drying their lumber properly. For the Silver Sky: you could do a double P90

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

It's such a shame but we'll make it better now! And thanks bud!

@specialkonacid6574 Год назад

You can actually tell from the end grain how a piece of wood will move. Quarter sawn wood is the most stable . Wood from the same board should be used or at least boards with similar grain structure. When I glue up a table top I flip grain orientation 180 degrees for every second board to add stability to the top. 🍻

@homeboyjon4885 Год назад

I second double P90’s!

@dunk3793 Год назад

I can't believe the body was made from 7 pieces! I would love it see a humbucker single coil combo, with volume and tone controls :)

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Volume and tone! Noted. Thanks bud 🙏 appreciate it. And yeah not what I expected on a pretty big signature model guitar lol.

@guitarandcamera3392 Год назад

Glad I've found your channel. Similar content that I tried to make. Keep going. 😊👍🏻

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thanks bud 😊

@owenmayes2128 Год назад

Multi-piece bodies are fairly common and don't usually suffer from paint cracking like that, I think its more likely to be an issue with the paint-curing process. Polyurethane paint is especially prone to shrinking if the temperature of the curing process isn't carefully controlled.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Fair enough, I actually just bought a 2003 MIM Fender recently with the same large cracks so maybe a factory issue around that time too

@tomasbalke9318 Год назад

The more pieces of wood, the better the sustain, the Chinese make guitars from sawdust, this is an endless sustain, the Americans should strive for this

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

@@tomasbalke9318 I've never heard this before, what's the logic behind it?

@guitarmissionary Год назад

@@Giant_Guitars don't buy that bs, wood makes virtually no difference in solid body guitars. Just record yourself and listen to it afterwards, don't let the feeling of the guitar against your body fool you, or its unplgged sound.

@panzerlieb Год назад

@@guitarmissionary well yes and no. The key piece of wood is really only between the bridge attachment and the neck attachment. The entire rest of the body really doesn’t matter that terribly much apart from comfort and playability. There was a guy on RU-vid that started hacking chunks off a strat body to see if the sound would change. It didn’t change until he started cutting into the area I previously mentioned. Then the sound got really thin and sustained was severely limited. From that experiment you can surmise that as long as you maintain the integrity of that central block of wood, the wings could be made of anything and the sound would not be appreciatively effected.

@cancelbubble6535 Год назад

Good video, looked like a bit of a chore, but not as bad as I thought it would be. I wouldn't think the number of pieces on the body would matter in regards to contracting/expanding/causing the cracks. It's all kiln dried wood so the moisture content is very very low. Fender used 7 pieces on this for economics - they're in the business of extracting as much profit as possible. Most solid color guitars are multi-multi pieces, that's why they're solid colors (so you can't see how many pieces it is). It's the transparent finishes that get the 2 piece bodies. And remember, you're not paying $2k for the body, you're paying $2k for the headstock :)

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Haha your last line on that comment is true, I bought one of these necks for $400 dollars last year which I made into a pink delonge but only 2 piece body so it's totally not authentic 🤣🫢

@lesblack413 Год назад

Multi piece bodies and necks are generally more stable as they are laminated. One and two piece bodies are prone to cracking and splitting due to the higher stress levels inherent. This is why solid table tops are never screwed rigidly down to the fame. The need to contract and expand with the different weather and humidity.

@gar1109 Год назад

Love it 🔥

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Cheers big son

@bazzathegreat3517 Год назад

If wood is properly dried the amount of pieces doesn't matter. And for a painted guitar if done properly there is nothing wrong with multi piece bodies. One of my favorite guitars I had was an old Electra X-260. The called them their Workingman series. The were intentionally made with cost in mind. The gave them natural finishes and you could actually see how many pieces of wood they are made of. It was a great guitar. I had a Les Paul around the time as well. The Electra was better than the Les Paul. Even with what some people consider inferior construction. Finishing is less about what is used and more about technique. And better finishes take a lot more time.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

You make some excellent points 👌

@lesblack413 Год назад

Right on mate. Everything you said I agree with!!

@kingbrutusxxvi Год назад

It's scary that those things are going for $2,000 used right now and Fender has that many pieces of scrap wood making up the bodies. Certainly doesn't make it a bad guitar but you'd tend to expect a single slab (maybe a two-piece) for that price point. As far as the PRS I actually think a humbucker/P90 combo would be cool. Cheers.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Yeah it's a bit sad really that they weren't better build quality but I suppose Fender wouldn't have known just hope big they would get, let's hope the re-release ones are better!! And thanks for the suggestion 😀

@ramencurry6672 Год назад

It’s fine I think. However I have an import cheaper G&L guitar with a clear coat and it looks like 3 pieces. That’s a fantastic guitar

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

@@ramencurry6672 I suppose for bulk made factory guitars multi piece has to be expected. 3 piece is reasonable!

@ruminantmelanoid5444 Год назад

If it has that big "F" on the headstock, they can get away with most anything. I have a 2012 FSR American Standard Tele that has a three piece body with a *stained finish.*

@charlescowart5423 Год назад

There’s no way any MIM fender body with a solid color is going to be a two piece at least from back then. Good for them in a way. There’s no sense wasting wood.

@jaymax3201 Год назад

My American Performer Telecaster honey burst 2021 has a 4 piece body. Of course, I bought it with that in mind, because it was well connected and the wood grain was beautiful. And it goes without saying that the sound is the best for me.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Yeah I mean on reflection maybe I shouldn't have expected more from them (or less if we're talking about numbers of body pieces) lol

@matthewridgeway9250 Год назад

Hammer finish could be cool. I painted my kit Les Paul a Hammer Finish blue. Looks awesome.

@mrfacephone Месяц назад

Went to the pawn shop years back and bought a Dean LP style for $40. Took it home, stripped it just like this then dyed the wood a blackberry burst color, took it back to the same pawn shop and sold it back to them for $80.

@PastelComGini Год назад

I guess if my $200 Tagima has less pieces. But anyway, I don't think that it would make a difference in tone, and I believe that your cracks are caused more by the type of paint than the body joints.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Probably lol, my Harley Benton £79 Tele kit has less pieces

@Tonetwisters 10 месяцев назад

Graffiti Yellow is a fabulous color! In the '90s, they were made from several layers stacked up. The 2000 American Series was the first in at least a decade, to not be made from multi layers ...

@Giant_Guitars 10 месяцев назад

Like a plywood body? I've an old MIJ plywood Squier body somewhere

@bldallas Год назад

You’re there! Humbucker Bridge, single coil mid and Tele neck pup, sort of a Nashville style combo, would be pretty cool.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

The pickguard is here!

@Marco-HidalgoMusicRecords Год назад

SO WE PASSED THE 2500 SUSCRIBERS!!! ✌🏻😜

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

And some!! Thanks 🙏 guitar comp will be launched in the next video!

@themiz1os818 Год назад

@@Giant_Guitars bro you just hit 3.2k! That’s impressive!

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

@@themiz1os818 it's insanity!! I can't keep up lol

@TimTrOn3000 Год назад

Cheers, mate

@metalliholic Год назад

Congrats!

@JohnBoy-Ramone Год назад

The trouble with polyurethane is that (unlike nitrocellulose) it basically hermetically seals the wood, which normally shouldn't be that much of a problem, but when you combine that with the multi piece body and what looks like a seriously thick layer of paint, then I think it may just have created a perfect storm resulting in the wood contracting under a finish that was too thick and hard to move with the wood.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

So going with nitro for the refinish like I plan to should be a better choice?

@JohnBoy-Ramone Год назад

@@Giant_Guitars the nitro will eventually sink into the exposed joins in the wood, if my '70s Les Paul with a 3 piece maple top is anything to go by.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

@@JohnBoy-Ramone 🤔🤔 decisions

@JohnBoy-Ramone Год назад

@@Giant_Guitars I've just done a Four piece body (Chinese kit guitar) with nitro a few months ago... it's fine so far, but it's early days.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

@@rossforrest I was actually thinking about this yesterday and I might use resin!

@johnhart79 6 месяцев назад

awesome !!

@SotR59 Год назад

I used this method on an OLP bass. The first half I messed up cooking the paint and making a gooey mess in the initial heated areas also burning the wood some but I got the hang of it and the last half looked nice and clean. Glad I tried a cheap instrument first.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Yeah I even melted a bit of paint doing this one as well, it's easy done! Glad yours worked out 😁

@creepingdeeth Год назад

100% the cracks are caused by the multi-piece body. Fender just trying to be as cheap as possible, no real concern about longevity and that's a shame. Good video and look forward to seeing the spraying too Humbucker and single would be my preference for the silver sky btw! Oh and shout out from Tyrone!

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Figured that! Made sense in my head haha and I appreciate it Mark 🙏 nice to see some local people on here 😀 even if I'm a fair bit away from you! I agree with you about the HS, I've done the single humbucker thing already on one of these and I don't think anyone has went HS yet!

@dp9550 Год назад

If you count the two veneers its a 9 piece 😆

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Haha you're right 🤣

@rustyaxelrod Месяц назад

Wow! I wold have never guessed that would work like that! Is it because of the type of paint? I have a Jackson Pro Series I painted (badly) back in the ‘90’s that I would like to try this on. Very nice playing and sounding guitar but a bit of an embarrassment in appearance. The original paint was in good condition, looked very thick and deep but it was purple, I gave it a quick scuff, primer, sand and finished in an enamel. I’ve considered trying to sand back to the purple (it is still intact under there I believe) but for several years its been in the case under the bed because I wasn’t sure how I wanted to proceed. Any suggestions?

@MrJackrockerman Год назад

Humbucker (bridge) and single coil (neck) is the best combo for PRS.. Subscribed

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thank you and thank you 😊🙏

@metalliholic Год назад

First off, great video! Secondly, Hum + Single coil would be cool for sure!

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thanks, it's done! Goes live tonight

@metalliholic Год назад

@@Giant_Guitars heck yea! About to watch.

@viktorlieszkovszky9683 Год назад

Very interesting video! I sanded and then painted with nitro! I now use a 2-component varnish.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Nice one 👌 I'll be doing nitro refin too

@masonianbund Год назад

I like the tip about using a plastic scraper!

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Hope it helps 🙌

@PlottingTheDownfall Год назад

I never thought of a heat gun. I had a mid 80s "metal" strat I needed to refinish. I ended up taking a plumbers torch to it to melt off the finish. Had a 3 piece body of Ash... looked cool.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Whatever works mate! That sounds great, I find ash grain lends itself to being more subtle in multi pieces, just my own opinion.

@DonzHFCustomz Год назад

Awesome tip! I’d go with the Humbucker and tele lipstick.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thanks and thanks 🙏

@davidgriffin8482 Год назад

I reliced a guitar and put some big gouges in it and changed my mind later and stripped the finish and scraped out the finish from the gouges and used one of those clothes steamer and they all came out like nothing ever was wrong. Lol. I'm surprised you got crack I always heard that a lot of pisces out more stable that glue joints are stronger than the wood is itself. But wood is a living thing and may not mix well with different ages or parts of the tree out candy from example Hartwood vs new big growth stuff from a farm. The three hundred year old trees are all gone so that's the way it goes that's why I try to rescue anything from the garbage that is old hardwood on its way to the dump. It's often the best stuff that is worth 20 or 30 dollars a board foot. Doors and tables are often mahogany and maple even rosewood and walnut. The old dark walnut. Thanks for your video. I hope this inspires some of you to get dirty. You always feel funny pulling out some thing from the pile on the street as people are going to dinner and drinks and you're going for a dumpster dive. Lol

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Sounds awesome bud and yeah I appreciate turning old stuff into new things, I've started collecting free hardwood tables and cabinets to use the wood for guitar builds too

@justinTime077 9 месяцев назад

My original TD Strat also had cracked paint in the neck cutouts or whatever you’d call them. I think you’re right. Eventually big chips of paint came off all over the damn thing.

@junglemast3r 11 месяцев назад

I was using this technique to repaint a Jazzmaster and it chipped the guitar multiple times even using a dull paint scraper. also using the heat gun caused bubbles under the wood veneer that popped into splinters. If I could have redone it I would have just sanded especially because if you are repainting you can actually save time sealing the guitar and making sure the wood grain is sealed, just use finer grits around the edges or hand sand to reduce the risk of reshaping the body. Also making sure the wood is sealed and an even surface is 100% necessary especially if you are spending good money on high-quality paint. If you are doing a DIY paint job I recommend watching the stew mac tutorial, they have tons of great advice.

@Giant_Guitars 11 месяцев назад

Aw sorry to hear you chipped out your Jazzmaster with this method, it's why I use a plastic scraper, very hard to do with that! And yeah gotta watch you don't heat it too much too. I totally get your logic in sanding it down and suppose it comes down to personal preference, I prefer this method and then doing that extra work to seal it again. Both ways will work just fine 🙂 thanks bud 🙏

@ABCDEF-ks5op Год назад

love your videos, been thinking about removing the paint on my Fender American Performer strat, but I´m not sure if its going to be that easy ,like in your vid ^^

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

I appreciate that 🙏 and good luck with yours, just take it slow and be patient with it

@musicfromakido Месяц назад

I have a Mexican Fender Cyclone from around 2006. I don’t know if this is normal, but it’s like the lacquer never really clanged onto the wood. It’s still on there, but if I want to remove it, I could just peel it off like an eggshell.

@yoshikigrg8 3 месяца назад

I'm planning to do this as well. 😎 👍

@Giant_Guitars 2 месяца назад

Best of luck with it bud 😊

@briankeenan4901 15 дней назад

I've seen paint cracks on guitars since the early 60s. It seems to happen more on cheap butcher block multiple piece guitars. So, you are correct in assuming that.

@rocanrola Год назад

My father has a 2006 Fender Stratocaster MIM sunburst with maple neck and have a veener. I discovered it by removing the jack. The body seems to be in one piece but against the light you can clearly see 3 parts but I'm sure it has 5 or 7. Even so, it is very resonant although a bit heavy.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Seems to be an early MIM thing, not sure if the new ones are still so many pieces. I might have to experiment!

@sunnys3325 Год назад

I thought theres another thick coating of some sort under the Fender poly finish. I have an old MIM body i want to do this too. Ur giving me inspiration

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Some of them probably do but I'm not sure which, I also think some of them used a clear primer. Chances are if there is any coating it will come off as one piece with the paint when doing this anyway!

@1980JPA Месяц назад

7 piece body on a $2000 guitar while my $100 '93 Peavey Raptor (international series) is a 1 piece body with a perfect burst finish to this day. Still would like to own a Strat one day. The Peavey is my "strat" in my "the big 3 styles" collection and I've been pleasantly surprised that my cheapest guitar has become the one I reach for first for some reason. I've compared it to my friend's MIM strat and the quality is perfectly on par in comparison, except I've got a real rosewood fretboard.

@DaveFerg47 Год назад

Loved this when it was released in Daphne Blue, had a real guitar crush on this & the Hoppus Bass. Mad it’s 7 piece, this surely has to be done for cost? It’s not as if it’d be known for killer tone 😂 Love the Silver Sky, would always go for single humbucker with coil tap if mine, but had a 2001 Tele & still miss that neck pickup! (Thanks for the advice on Insta the other day around pickguards too - ended up ordering hardware for my PRS build!). Edited also at end - a candy Red could be cool? Know the cheap Fenders usually end up with this, but can look nice if done right?

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Yeah you see I had that same feeling but for the Graffiti Yellow one! And anytime dude with the advice, hope it helped 🙏 red is definitely cool when it's done right like you say 😁

@colinmiles9390 Год назад

I like your idea of the Tele pickup on the neck with a rear humbucker with a dual switch to change it to single coil. PRS are a fantastic guitar and I’ve never been able to afford one.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thanks bud, I did it exactly that way!

@j6nighttrain 11 месяцев назад

Just about to try a heat gun to remove the poly finish on my squier strat se. Starting tomorrow. Wish me luck. I’m thinking surf green for the refinish. Gonna do an aerosol nitro finish.

@Giant_Guitars 11 месяцев назад

Good luck bud, you'll do great!! Let me know how it goes, I'll have a video of aerosol nitro finish for mine in the next few weeks

@UrzaTron707 Месяц назад

I have a Highway One strat, body of 4 pieces.. Ngl it sounds amazing!!

@snock5487 11 месяцев назад

What you said about 7 piece "moving" is true, every piece captures a different amount of heat due to density/composition and thus, expand more and less with it

@Giant_Guitars 11 месяцев назад

I agree with you and still think this plays a part 🙂 despite mixed opinions in the comments here

@fondoman3884 Год назад

.. a humbucker at the bridge and a single pick-up at the neck would be very nice .. one for vol, one for tone ppts .. a three way pick-up switch .. looking forward to see your next vid!

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thanks bud 😊 I am waiting on the pickguard coming, hopefully arrive this week!

@peachmelba1000 Год назад

And maybe for the PRS a stacked humbucker at the bridge and one of those wide range style Tele humbuckers at the neck.

@amphlett7 9 месяцев назад

I have a 2006 MIM jazz bass which had the same finish issues. Stripped it and refinished pink, then had my then-girlfriend do some cool graphics on it!

@Giant_Guitars 9 месяцев назад

Sounds awesome bud

@dp9550 Год назад

Excellent! I had a burgundy mist that cracked the same way , I peeled the whole thing with a 1mm pick took awhile for sure but normally with the poly I would have to use the heat gun and a scraper. Either the paint had seen a drastic temp change or there was a problem with the adherence with the base coat.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Oofff that's some patience you have to do that all with a pic 😯 nice one though

@dp9550 Год назад

@@Giant_Guitars It came off quite easily actually.. just a little time consuming it definitely had paint bonding issues.

@leftleglimp9110 10 месяцев назад

Will you be doing a video on spraying using the cans? I have a basswood Harley Benton kit guitar I purchased over lockdown but haven’t built up the nerve to paint yet. Just found the channel recently great to see an NI guitar channel.

@Giant_Guitars 10 месяцев назад

Yes mate I plan to do just that! I also have a HB Tele kit to do so there will be a video on that at some point

@leftleglimp9110 10 месяцев назад

@@Giant_Guitars Perfect hadn’t owned an electric guitar for 30 years and bought a tele kit for something to do when we went into lockdown. Now have an squire strat & an Epiphone LP in the house. It’s addictive 😂

@Giant_Guitars 10 месяцев назад

@@leftleglimp9110 it sure is haha

@TheComedyGuitarGuy 9 месяцев назад

HS is my personal favourite pup config. Single volume. Nothing fancy.

@Giant_Guitars 9 месяцев назад

I like this setup too in fairness

@virginia.malone Год назад

I would LOVE to see 3 mini humbuckers in the PRS! Chrome pickups with a black pickgaurd and black hardware. Contrast the "moon white" with dark hardware and punchy humbuckers Just found your channel (thank you algorithm.) Love your work

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Awesome ideas and thanks for the compliments, I appreciate it 🙏

@jimthethirdprobably Год назад

For the PRS, I think it would look great with a P90 in the bridge and a Tele neck pickup.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Ohhh 😯 I like this idea

@philipbeasley72 Год назад

The prs with single humbucker is nice!

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

It was a beast 😁

@Sprenklefish 10 месяцев назад

I would like to try this but start with a coat or 4 of black then go pink over top and then try to get the sander on it to relic it and bring out both colors. After that I might even coat it with about 10 coats of poly.

@Giant_Guitars 10 месяцев назад

Very interesting

@AnimalJohn85 11 месяцев назад

I wish I'd used this method to get rid of the paint of a mates bass it's so much less hassle and safer on the contours. Damn you you clever fella ;)

@Giant_Guitars 11 месяцев назад

Haha well thank you bud

@Asmuk 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the ivdeo. I'm still on the fence about paint-stripping my Squire Mustang bass. Looking at your video, it seems so easy and neat with a heat gun. I paint-stripped a Harley Benton bass some time ago, no heat gun by that time, and it was one of the worse experiences in my life. It took so long, so messy, so much trial and error. Now, I've bought a heat gun, but after reading some comments here about a possible incompatibility of sealant and paint in your guitar, and another dude who even with a heat gun had a hard time stripping a HB, I'm not so sure. Which temperature/adjust did you use?

@Giant_Guitars 6 месяцев назад

I had it at about 75% temp I believe. I can't tell you what that is in C or F sorry but what I will say is I've done this on multiple bodies with varied results but always found it to be the best option. Hope you work out a good way for yourself bud!

@bastianbeivers7997 Год назад

I am going to do this step myself to change my Strat to eggshell white instead of arctic. This video helps very much. Thank you for your work The PRS would be interesting in a SHS (yes not vice versa) config. I saw that in some surf'ish bands and I am very curious about this

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thank you mate and good luck with yours! That's a very interesting suggestion for the PRS! 😮

@bastianbeivers7997 Год назад

@@Giant_Guitars Will take some woodwork but it would def. be unique tho :)

@johnniecameron8829 Год назад

Wow ok. That worked really well ....

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Turned out good yeah, I'm happy with it

@snell0710 Год назад

Crazy 7 pieces I will for sure buy a non painted one maybe a sunburst love the giveaway single pickup would be cool most people already have one with several pickups would love see what just one nice pickup sounded like

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thanks bud 🙏 yeah the pickguard has already arrived - HS with Tele neck

@johnpick8336 Год назад

You can use Preval Sprayers and mix your own paint and you get moe choice of colors.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thanks bud 🙏

@CastlesMadeOf... Год назад

How about a couple of filtertrons in the SE?

@chrislawlor23 Год назад

16:21 dope tutorial..... Silver sparkle H H for the PRS be cool. Logically that theory on the paint cracking sounds on point

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Thank you dude 😎 I'm not going to paint the PRS though! Just pickups and pickguard

@chrislawlor23 Год назад

@@Giant_Guitars cool, suppose if I win I can go all out 🎉

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

@@chrislawlor23 absolutely

@prigs750 Год назад

I did this several years ago on a Tele body i bought off Ebay. When i hit it with the heat gun, the paint would pop off the body. Hardly any scraping. Under the paint was a gray primer, and it was hard to remove. Heat didn't affect it nor did stripper. Had to sand it off. The body was a finger jointed mess. It was about 30 pieces of unknown wood, 3 to 4 inches long, finger jointed together length wise, then glued together. It was so much work I started making my own bodies

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Wow that's an absolute nightmare of a job 😯 sometimes it's definitely not worth the effort but for a signature model or something you want to keep original parts then needs must. I'm lucky this was so easy for me 😁

@Machine1955 Год назад

I’ve tried multiple pickup combos and configurations in a Strat body. Tele singles, rail humbucker bridge, Tele neck Nashville set up., faux WideRange bridge, Tele neck, Dimarzio Tone Zone S bridge, Injector middle, Protrac neck, Faux WideRange bridge , Injector middle, Duncan ‘59 neck, to name a few. In the end, no question: HH configuration, Lollar Imperial Humbuckers. IMHO

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Very nice, I do like a HH setup in fairness too!

@1988davidsum Год назад

Noice!!

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Cheers bud

@miguelngarcia Год назад

how much time do you spend making all the customization in your guitar proyec?. For that PRS would look good the Humbucker - single coil, or the humbucker with coil split option.

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Far too much time lol 😆 and that's I'll note your vote 😊

@dp9550 Год назад

2:46 a stacked single coil size humbucker in the bridge and a hidden tele pickup in the neck....now that would be clean and cool! 😎

@Giant_Guitars Год назад

Oh very good suggestion

@dp9550 Год назад

@@Giant_Guitars Thank you , I think so too.

@sunnys5150 11 месяцев назад

I keep watching this vid over n over hoping i would get enough balls to do this to my old 87 Squier MIJ Strat. Maybe jus one day ill get enough balls to do this. I REALLY want to and have been thinking about it for a year.

@Giant_Guitars 11 месяцев назад

Haha well good luck and when you do it let me know 😀

@sunnys5150 11 месяцев назад

@Giant_Guitars lool will do my man... its got a lot of sentimental value to me so I don't wanna f it up