Paint

Cheese · September 2nd, 2005, 01:32 PM

how did you lose the most paint on your tele

i just bumbed my tele into my desk when i picked it up, i cant even find the chip laying anywhere :?

Fatmanstratman · September 4th, 2005, 03:07 PM

.... how to STRIP the paint from your guitar?

Or are you asking about the worst accidental damage?

I'm real careful with my babies, and I don't think I've ever made any serious dings. However, I've just finished relicing a Partscaster body (poly finish), and I found that you can get those really authentic chips around the bottom edges by:

Taking off the bottom strap button
Taking the guitar outside and resting it on a rough concrete path
Grasping the guitar by the neck, tilting the whole thing at an angle of approx 45 degrees
Dragging it gently along the path for about 3 feet
Repeating step (d.) 3 or 4 times with different parts of the lower body resting on the concrete

This tends to create random paint chips, which can then be slightly smoothed off with either a Scotch Pad or some steel wool to create that "aged" feel.

You can also rest the guitar ON its strap button, vertically, about 6 - 8 inches away from a brick/concrete wall, and then "spin" the guitar sharply against said wall a few times so that the side edges get those chips & dings just like you get every time you are not so careful handling your axe when you are in a tight spot!

GUITARmole · September 5th, 2005, 11:43 PM

I have a nice patch down to the wood near the bridge below the pickguard where I pick and rest my picking hand...then there's the incident 3 days ago when I installed a new pickup and found that molten solder blobs melt through the nitro down to the wood in a matter of seconds.

September 2nd, 2005, 01:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cheese Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 139	Paint how did you lose the most paint on your tele i just bumbed my tele into my desk when i picked it up, i cant even find the chip laying anywhere :?

September 4th, 2005, 03:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fatmanstratman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fatmanville, Cambs., UK Posts: 2,933	Are you asking... .... how to STRIP the paint from your guitar? Or are you asking about the worst accidental damage? I'm real careful with my babies, and I don't think I've ever made any serious dings. However, I've just finished relicing a Partscaster body (poly finish), and I found that you can get those really authentic chips around the bottom edges by: Taking off the bottom strap button Taking the guitar outside and resting it on a rough concrete path Grasping the guitar by the neck, tilting the whole thing at an angle of approx 45 degrees Dragging it gently along the path for about 3 feet Repeating step (d.) 3 or 4 times with different parts of the lower body resting on the concrete This tends to create random paint chips, which can then be slightly smoothed off with either a Scotch Pad or some steel wool to create that "aged" feel. You can also rest the guitar ON its strap button, vertically, about 6 - 8 inches away from a brick/concrete wall, and then "spin" the guitar sharply against said wall a few times so that the side edges get those chips & dings just like you get every time you are not so careful handling your axe when you are in a tight spot! __________________ . . . *"Behind every argument is someone's ignorance."*

September 5th, 2005, 11:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
GUITARmole Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,117 50 Photos	I have a nice patch down to the wood near the bridge below the pickguard where I pick and rest my picking hand...then there's the incident 3 days ago when I installed a new pickup and found that molten solder blobs melt through the nitro down to the wood in a matter of seconds.