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Originally Posted by BrianF
I agree with you Specialty...amber shellac (even mixed 50-50) will make the amp look like a pumpkin. Nitro or tinted nitro is the way to go and more authentic...
Additionally...if you look carefully at the tweed of real vintage fender's the dark thread is a different color that the modern tweed that often is used... The vintage one is more of a bronze color thread and the new ones are more of a khaki or dark brown. When I did mine I took the dark brown thread tweed and bleached it a little to make it look more aged before adding the nitro.
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I did my 5F1 Tweed Champ Clone cab in clear shellac but did my 5E3 Tweed clone cab w/amber shellac. I was worried the later would look too orange but I'm happy with the final results. Never thought of using Nitro but whats done is done and the results weren't that bad.
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