I know it doesn't compare to Dominus' 42,817,319 peices he's done, but whatever. 
My drummer picked up a cheap little Squier from 1996 a few years ago at a garage sale, and after he lost interest in it he just gave it to me. I tried to sell the neck to Dominus for one of HIS projects about a year ago, but UPS damaged the package and rather than return it to me, lost the package on the way to the return pile. :banghead:
So I've had this body and some assorted hardware just sitting here for a while and I've decided to repaint the body and build a parts-o-caster around it.
I had some spare time today, so I decided to start stripping the original finish today. This time the stripper worked RIGHT away... none of this bulletproof elephant hide from hell my MIM had.
The previous owner tried to rout out the body for some reason and did a horrific job in there. It looks like they actually started to punch through the back of the guitar in a few tiny pinhole sized spots. I think what I'm going to do after stripping it is drill out those holes and try to plug them with some dowels and wood glue, as well as rerouting the body to do it right.
Here's the front of the guitar as is, and the back immediately after using one round of chemical stripping.
I had my drummer pick out the color... he chose this neat surfy blue that matches his favorite Zippo lighter.
I'll probably finish stripping this after I get back from LA and then start the wood repair. More pics to follow on each step!
My drummer picked up a cheap little Squier from 1996 a few years ago at a garage sale, and after he lost interest in it he just gave it to me. I tried to sell the neck to Dominus for one of HIS projects about a year ago, but UPS damaged the package and rather than return it to me, lost the package on the way to the return pile. :banghead:
So I've had this body and some assorted hardware just sitting here for a while and I've decided to repaint the body and build a parts-o-caster around it.
I had some spare time today, so I decided to start stripping the original finish today. This time the stripper worked RIGHT away... none of this bulletproof elephant hide from hell my MIM had.
The previous owner tried to rout out the body for some reason and did a horrific job in there. It looks like they actually started to punch through the back of the guitar in a few tiny pinhole sized spots. I think what I'm going to do after stripping it is drill out those holes and try to plug them with some dowels and wood glue, as well as rerouting the body to do it right.
Here's the front of the guitar as is, and the back immediately after using one round of chemical stripping.
I had my drummer pick out the color... he chose this neat surfy blue that matches his favorite Zippo lighter.
I'll probably finish stripping this after I get back from LA and then start the wood repair. More pics to follow on each step!
