What model is this body? Anyone?

[Wound_Up]

I have a duplicate Strat body that I was going to build into a twin, unfortunately, the build quality of the body (imported) is not up to par with the paint job.
Once I get a decent work area cleaned out, I'm going to have to do some filling and redrilling of a number of holes to make it right.

What's the best way to drill into a painted guitar without cracking thr paint? Obviously a very sharp drill but anything else? Turn the drill CCW to start a point to drill or something?

At some point I'm going to replace my T-style pickguard and it'll have to have a few holes filled and redrilled so I was just wondering. Luckily I realized that if I buy a 5 hole pg, it might work in my favor. Less holes to be out of place and I can add the other 3 with a drill and countersink bit. Thanks, brother!

 

[CB91710]

What's the best way to drill into a painted guitar without cracking thr paint? Obviously a very sharp drill but anything else? Turn the drill CCW to start a point to drill or something?

At some point I'm going to replace my T-style pickguard and it'll have to have a few holes filled and redrilled so I was just wondering. Luckily I realized that if I buy a 5 hole pg, it might work in my favor. Less holes to be out of place and I can add the other 3 with a drill and countersink bit. Thanks, brother!

Brad point, and yes, go reverse until you cut through the finish.
I've had good luck with using step drills for switches and pots.

I'm not too concerned on this one, as the neck and neck plate will cover the neck mounting holes (they're at an angle!), and the bridge pivot holes may or may not be correct.
Right now, if I mount the bridge, it will not pivot... the rear of the block hits the opening. I'm suspecting that the paint is simply too thick and I can shave down the leading edge of the opening enough to clear it, but before doing anything, I'll be laying a template over the body to confirm everything... will need that to drill the neck mounting holes in any case.
The pickguard and neck pocket seem to line up properly with the bridge pivot holes... I've been sitting on it for a couple of years and it's not been a priority. It and the Tele are/will be basically wall-hangers, but I want them both to be playable.

 

[Skinny Nitro]

Pickups are Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Surfers, hand signed as usual by the man himself. They are meant to be distressed!
There's a great review from Antigua here

Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Surfer Set, Analysis and Review

http://www.seymourduncan.com/pickup/antiquity-ii-surfer-strat-set This is Seymour Duncan's AlNiCo 5 distressed Strat pickup set. I like the results I get with them. They look really cool, it's a shame they spend all their lives hidden. The tarnished wire, the blackened screws and pole...

www.strat-talk.com

 

[Sparque]

Back in high school, my future brother in law Jerry drove a Chevy Nova SS in that paint scheme.

It looked a bit like this one.

 

[Murdog]

Nice find! That's a pretty cool paint job!

 

[Exhead]

Pickups are Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Surfers, hand signed as usual by the man himself. They are meant to be distressed!
There's a great review from Antigua here

Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Surfer Set, Analysis and Review

http://www.seymourduncan.com/pickup/antiquity-ii-surfer-strat-set This is Seymour Duncan's AlNiCo 5 distressed Strat pickup set. I like the results I get with them. They look really cool, it's a shame they spend all their lives hidden. The tarnished wire, the blackened screws and pole...

www.strat-talk.com

Thanks for the link. I will check it out. Wow the link to the pup spreadsheet on Antigua's signature is extensive.

Back in high school, my future brother in law Jerry drove a Chevy Nova SS in that paint scheme.

It looked a bit like this one.

That is a nice looking muscle car. Yep looks similar to guitar.

Nice find! That's a pretty cool paint job!

Thanks. I really like it myself.

 

[Exhead]

Also Shawn at Guitarpaintguys replied back to my info request from their weblink and I sent pics via email to him to check out and let me know what he knows about painting this guitar for the former owner. I will find out how many were done like this if I can too. I did not find another in my searches like this, only the option image on their site came up, nothing "in the wild".

 

[John C]

No completely different place very near me though. This is just the first guitar I bought yesterday, I bought 2 at the same place but only working on discovery of this one right now. The other one was a great deal with a few bonuses when I got home.

There was one of these there too.
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All the pedals and amp are all smelly of cigarette smoke. Anyone who is not a smoker would have to work a little hard to clean it all up.. The amp would have to set in a garage for a year before you could bring it in.

I hear you about the smoke - my dad was a smoker (actually he was one of those smokers who would light one, take a couple of drags and then let it burn down in the ashtray, then repeat the process - so 2.5 packs a day but really smoked about 1 pack out of the 2.5) but I never did; I can't stand to be around heavy smoke these days and would have to air-out anything like that before I brought it into the house.

 

[Exhead]

I hear you about the smoke - my dad was a smoker (actually he was one of those smokers who would light one, take a couple of drags and then let it burn down in the ashtray, then repeat the process - so 2.5 packs a day but really smoked about 1 pack out of the 2.5) but I never did; I can't stand to be around heavy smoke these days and would have to air-out anything like that before I brought it into the house.

Stopped 23 years ago and if its drenched in nicotine its repulsive. So glad I quit more money for guitars!

 

[Exhead]

Got her all together and I am in love. Plays great, sounds great and inspires. What more could you ask for really. Very happy with her.

 

[Yves]

Looks amazing!!

 

[Exhead]

Looks amazing!!

A little elbow grease and some love and she sings. Thank you

 

[Exhead]

Got a message back from guitarpaintguys.com.

"
Hi,

Yes! We did finish this one. Probably a little over 10 years ago.

It was a refinish of the factory guitar body, and I have included some pictures of the finish from that time for you to check out.

Sad to hear that the original owner has passed. I do recall that he absolutely loved that guitar, so no doubt it was played A LOT!

Looks like you have got it looking good again.

Thanks for sharing the recent pics, and I hope that guitar treats you well!

Have a good evening!

-Shawn
GuitarPaintGuys
[email protected]"

My next question via email" How many of this paint scheme did you produce?"

Shawn said:

"Hi,

You have a unique 1 of a kind!

Thank you so much for sharing, and enjoy that guitar!

-Shawn
GuitarPaintGuys
[email protected]"

This first image is the image one their website that is the only image I can find of a guitar exactly like this. I appreciate the history and the guitar itself.

 

[crawdaddy]

Great story and a great looking guitar....I love the racing stripes....congrats and enjoy....

 

[Exhead]

Shelby Cobra Daytona......lol

Actually called Chrome Blue per the painters website.

 

[Eagle]

Shelby Cobra Daytona......lol

I was thinking Beach Boys, but that's more like it!

 

[Exhead]

Holy toledo the deceased had a whole music store!
Not the cheap stuff.
Coulda been any one of us here...

I asked about the deceased. He was only 45 and passed in a car accident. Tragic.