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Guitar Refinishing
We use nitrocellulose lacquer almost exclusively, with water base lacquer as an alternative, over any solid color or stain. Any necessary wood repairs can also be done, as well as modifications such as routing to accomodate new pickups, batteries, or on board modules.
Here are a few recent jobs:
We use nitrocellulose lacquer almost exclusively, with water base lacquer as an alternative, over any solid color or stain. Any necessary wood repairs can also be done, as well as modifications such as routing to accomodate new pickups, batteries, or on board modules.
Here are a few recent jobs:
Surf Green Telecaster
Bass
This 1972 Fender Telecaster bass body came in already stripped and partially sanded. The extra cavities were used for batteries to power the new EMG active pickups. The EMG pickups were slighly wider than the original Fender pickups, requiring the cavities to be routed just enough to prevent friction during height adjustments. Also, a narrow gap between the neck and body was filled with a shim of maple to assure a snug fit.
This 1972 Fender Telecaster bass body came in already stripped and partially sanded. The extra cavities were used for batteries to power the new EMG active pickups. The EMG pickups were slighly wider than the original Fender pickups, requiring the cavities to be routed just enough to prevent friction during height adjustments. Also, a narrow gap between the neck and body was filled with a shim of maple to assure a snug fit.
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Cherry Red SG Special
This 1965 Gibson came in a little mixed up. Without a sealer coat, the NGR stain leached up into the nitro clearcoat, for a startling appearance which actually rubbed off onto your hands!
The bridge location had been changed a few times in the past, so the correct position was reestablished before the refinishing was done.
This 1965 Gibson came in a little mixed up. Without a sealer coat, the NGR stain leached up into the nitro clearcoat, for a startling appearance which actually rubbed off onto your hands!
The bridge location had been changed a few times in the past, so the correct position was reestablished before the refinishing was done.
Custom Artwork - The "Voodoo Bass"
Project
This Fender Sting Bass belongs to a recording artist who wanted a bass with simple electronics. It is played mainly into a computer where the sound is processed by the musician, hence the need for electronic simplicity. Instead of potentiometers, two toggle switches provide three volume settings and three tone settings. This musician also wanted his bas to have a personalized appearance. Our artist was given the freedom to decorate this instrument within the confines of the "tribal, picasso, art deco" genres. We couldn't resist dubbing it the "Voodoo Bass".
This Fender Sting Bass belongs to a recording artist who wanted a bass with simple electronics. It is played mainly into a computer where the sound is processed by the musician, hence the need for electronic simplicity. Instead of potentiometers, two toggle switches provide three volume settings and three tone settings. This musician also wanted his bas to have a personalized appearance. Our artist was given the freedom to decorate this instrument within the confines of the "tribal, picasso, art deco" genres. We couldn't resist dubbing it the "Voodoo Bass".
Although a classic, the Fender Sting
Bass, especially without its pickguard
is conspicuously simple ..........
But not anymore!
The refinishing began with stripping the
Fender tobacco burst finish off, followed by a copious amount of grain filler for the porous ash body. The water base stain
was mixed from Cherry Red and Lemon Yellow and applied by hand.
Then two coats of clear nitrocellulose lacquer locked in the color, and a vinyl sealer coat provided the "canvas" for the artist's acrylic paint. She mixed a pearlescent additive to make these acrylics "Flip-Flop", to reflect alternating hues as the instrument is turned in the light.
The tribal mood carries over from the mask on the front to the figures on the back.
Then two coats of clear nitrocellulose lacquer locked in the color, and a vinyl sealer coat provided the "canvas" for the artist's acrylic paint. She mixed a pearlescent additive to make these acrylics "Flip-Flop", to reflect alternating hues as the instrument is turned in the light.
The tribal mood carries over from the mask on the front to the figures on the back.
It's Alive !!!
Selecting capacitors for
the Tone switch.
Selecting capacitors for
the Tone switch.
A pickholder was requested, and the old
wire tunnel
was the perfect spot. A section of spring steel channel
was bent to the corect tension and screwed in place.
Picks are held fast between the spring and the wood.
was the perfect spot. A section of spring steel channel
was bent to the corect tension and screwed in place.
Picks are held fast between the spring and the wood.
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Blackbird Guitars - 81 Priest Road, Nottingham,
NH 03290
Phone: 603-502-9612
Email: blackbirdguitars@earthlink.net
Phone: 603-502-9612
Email: blackbirdguitars@earthlink.net