Jer, really like the finish on the body pre relic.
I think that the finish on the body is really thin, and it would naturally relic in no time with normal usage.
Gotta say I agree with that. Otherwise, that pickguard really matches the body color extremely well indeed.
Yeah it looked killer just white, but full transparency, nothing makes me want to throw a Strat style guitar down a flight of stairs more than a fresh clean new one. Lol! It definitely would have worn over time as we do use thin sprayed lacquer/nitro on all the aged/relic’d models.
When it comes to Strat/Tele style guitars, I’ve always liked them beat up. I started GAS’ing super hard when I discovered Luxxtone. I think Jerry is the king for sure.
When I became part of this endeavor with my drummer, who is actually the owner/builder of the brand we knew we’d be doing all levels of new to annihilated looking builds. He asked “alright sh*tbird, what’s your model going to look like? Totally rhetorical as he knows whenever I see one of our clean ones I’m like “killer build but… ewww!” lol.
I kid of course as we’ve done some sick color combos, I just need my stuff beat up like Johnny Dep’s bed sheets.
Tortoise over white is
Yeah I had seen a few Olympic White Strats with tortoise and I was like “that’s hawt”.
I’ll start anging all my hardware and fretwork today. A little more aging on the body as well to even out the paint transitions so you don’t feel a “bump”
I am doing a matching headstock as well. White top and black in the scoop behind the logo.
Here’s my main squeeze for reference. I did this finish all myself as well. Not to sound like “that guy” but I think I’m developing a good eye for aged finishes.
