Need Vintage Amber to my Tele, Recomendation?

Hello this is my "home made" telecaster, i bought the body, and is not in virgin wood, it have like a lacquer over it, i dont understand so much about painting, i am starting, the point is that this is a cheap one so is nice to try without f** everything ahahah.

I read some things in this forum, and my idea is using The Stewmac Vintage Amber liquid stain over it, then use, True oil.

The point is, if my guitar is not in virgin wood will it works? and more over do you recomend me to use Clear Lacquer to finish the vintage amber and then tru oil?

Here i have some pics of my guitar, the one is less lighting is how it is now and the photo that is more lightning is "MORE OR LESS" how i want it.. i will like it to look like a fender vintage tele...

Tele right now:

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/6914/dsc0161dw.jpg

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7153/86987440.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6656/56148340.jpg

Tele how i spect to be...

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8232/61389714.jpg

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7960/26582935.jpg


More over i have to say that i just change color in photoshop to make me an idea... the point is that i see the wood little dead i want it more bright!

Thanks!

I would think that you will want to decide if you want lacquer or tru-oil as a finish. They both do the same thing.

I can tell you that tru-oil is the easiest finish I have ever done. The below body is basswood with 3 coats of tru-oil put on with my fingers, dryed, sanded with 600 between coats and then 1000 on the final coat and polished. No stain or colors. It definately darkened the wood. Basswood is very white to start with. You could also mix some tru-oil with stain to get the color on the finish rather than risk different porisities of the wood to darken at different rates.

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r127/Jackffr1846/100_0342.jpg

If there is already a finish on the body you cannot apply a dye or stain. Stains need to soak into the bare (virgin) wood. What you can do is use the dye to color a clear finish such as lacquer. The easiest way to do that is by using a Preval sprayer: http://www.preval.com/

If you are just looking for a small darkening of the color Tru Oil could be a good option. And if you put it in the Spanish sunlight for several days it will get even darker. Depending on what finish is on the guitar now, exposing it to sunlight could darken it slightly as well.

Thanks!

I think i will use tru oil, because to use amber it have to be in virgin wood, the point is that i saw that video and i fall in love with the vintage amber... and to use it is very simle!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Vpq7DLweE&lc=Ux2N-tskA3IkJ9pWXUGKYKHi6u2o6pYmatFZ5b5ySLI&feature=inbox

I think the easiest thing would be to overspray the existing finish with fresh-mixed shellac. Start to finish in one day and it gives a very authentic aged lacquer look.

I think the easiest thing would be to overspray the existing finish with fresh-mixed shellac. Start to finish in one day and it gives a very authentic aged lacquer look.

What do you mean with fresh.mixed shellac? and where i can purchase that? thanks!

Buy the garnet flakes from shellac.net, dissolve in either Everclear or denatured alcohol, apply with a cheap Preval sprayer.