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ESQUIREoholic · March 2nd, 2009, 08:46 PM

Well I've been drooling over this Esquire Pic for years:

Well I decided to build one using...OH NO...-my thinskin Tele-...Yep.
So I stripped the neck headstock and then the whole neck sealed and tinted. The white blonde was cut down with some 400 paper and air-brushed with amber lacquer to try to acheive the buttermilk-burst of the 1961 Esquire:

I'm pretty happy with the results so far.

In the first picture of the 1961 Esquire you can actually see the grain much like the grain on my 62' Thinskin. The amber was sprayed on enough to get the effect but retaining some of the grain to show through.

BritishBluesBoy · March 2nd, 2009, 08:59 PM

Oooh... Now THAT'S gorgeous...

I'm on a similar tack with my 60's Classic. It's being remodeled after this pic of a '59 Telecaster:

I'm keeping the neck but all the hardware, wiring, pickups are being upgraded and I have a new body coming from Tommy at USACG in a nitro vintage blonde... Tommy say's it should be ready late next week. Just in time for my birthday!! I can't wait!

ESQUIREoholic · March 2nd, 2009, 09:08 PM

Hey, that looks really cool. Please post your progress or finished project. I like your vision

I love to see how yours turns out, too.

BritishBluesBoy · March 2nd, 2009, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ESQUIREoholic

Hey, that looks really cool. Please post your progress or finished project. I like your vision

I love to see how yours turns out, too.

Great minds think alike as they say!

Absolutely - you make sure to post your progress too. It's looking really nice so far!

Hiflyer · April 25th, 2009, 07:30 AM

Any news about your projects ?

March 2nd, 2009, 08:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 1,049	ESQUIRE Project progress Well I've been drooling over this *Esquire* Pic for years: Well I decided to build one using...OH NO...-my thinskin Tele-...Yep. So I stripped the neck headstock and then the whole neck sealed and tinted. The white blonde was cut down with some 400 paper and air-brushed with amber lacquer to try to acheive the buttermilk-burst of the 1961 Esquire: I'm pretty happy with the results so far. In the first picture of the 1961 Esquire you can actually see the grain much like the grain on my 62' Thinskin. The amber was sprayed on enough to get the effect but retaining some of the grain to show through. __________________ Alright, hand over the Tele...and no one gets hurt!

March 2nd, 2009, 08:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
BritishBluesBoy Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 6,511 62 Photos	Oooh... Now THAT'S gorgeous... I'm on a similar tack with my 60's Classic. It's being remodeled after this pic of a '59 Telecaster: I'm keeping the neck but all the hardware, wiring, pickups are being upgraded and I have a new body coming from Tommy at USACG in a nitro vintage blonde... Tommy say's it should be ready late next week. Just in time for my birthday!! I can't wait! __________________ BBB. Last edited by BritishBluesBoy; March 3rd, 2009 at 01:33 AM.

March 2nd, 2009, 09:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
ESQUIREoholic Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2005 Location: Silver Spring, Md. Posts: 1,049	Hey, that looks really cool. Please post your progress or finished project. I like your vision I love to see how yours turns out, too. __________________ Alright, hand over the Tele...and no one gets hurt!

April 25th, 2009, 07:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
Hiflyer Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Calais, France Age: 40 Posts: 433 2 Photos	Any news about your projects ?

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