Fender Deluxe 8
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Fender Deluxe 8
I found this Stringmaster style Fender Deluxe 8 for sale. Was salmon pink an original Fender color. NR
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I'm now the, er, proud new owner of the pink dlx 8. One look and I can tell you that the pink finish is not original, as it was quite a sloppy job. Unfortunately the pink paint also covers the inside of the tuner cavity, hiding any date notation there.
She'll be going in soon for a professional refinish back to the original white.
Even dressed in pink she sounds marvelous.
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Lynn Oliver
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She'll be going in soon for a professional refinish back to the original white.
Even dressed in pink she sounds marvelous.
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That's a nice lookin' salmon you got there Lynn - very appropriate here in the PacNW.
I'm curious about the re-finish work and if you'll take it all the way down to the bare wood? (and then re-apply a new white finish)?
Nice purchase - let's get together and jam!
-mt
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I'm curious about the re-finish work and if you'll take it all the way down to the bare wood? (and then re-apply a new white finish)?
Nice purchase - let's get together and jam!
-mt
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Mark I considered doing it myself and spent some time checking out the Reranch site. It turns out that the difference in cost between doing it myself and having it done professionally is only about $150, assuming I screw up at least once (not a bad assumption).
I'd rather use the time to practice--Orville seems to have stepped up the pace a bit lately.
I suspect they will have to take it down to bare wood unless the original finish was perfect when the pink finish was (mis)-applied.
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Lynn Oliver
I'd rather use the time to practice--Orville seems to have stepped up the pace a bit lately.
I suspect they will have to take it down to bare wood unless the original finish was perfect when the pink finish was (mis)-applied.
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Lynn Oliver
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The original finish might still be there under the salmon pink. I got lucky with this eBay buy; under the Brown paint was the original Blond finish. I know it looks really beat, but I like it, and probably doubled its value!
Brownie before...
After removing the paint, the guitar formally know as "Brownie"...
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Brownie before...
After removing the paint, the guitar formally know as "Brownie"...
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It's worth a try! But be warned…your final result depends on how the new paint interacted with the original finish, if it is even there at all. I also have a Champ that was painted black but it had to be completely refinished because there was no original finish to be found.
There are a number of different chemicals that you can experiment with to see what works best (lacquer thinner, naphtha, mineral spirits, etc.) but denatured alcohol was the first one we tried and it worked so well we never got around to trying the others. With the alcohol, the brown coat came off beautifully in one or two passes when scrapped with a razor blade.
To get the fretboard off use a wide thin flat blade knife like a putty knife and pry ever so gently under the metal board between the fretboard and the wood body and not directly on the nails. Be careful and take your time.
BTW, the work on Brownie was done by David at String Theory string instrument repair in Boca Raton, Fl. I can't praise his work high enough!
There are a number of different chemicals that you can experiment with to see what works best (lacquer thinner, naphtha, mineral spirits, etc.) but denatured alcohol was the first one we tried and it worked so well we never got around to trying the others. With the alcohol, the brown coat came off beautifully in one or two passes when scrapped with a razor blade.
To get the fretboard off use a wide thin flat blade knife like a putty knife and pry ever so gently under the metal board between the fretboard and the wood body and not directly on the nails. Be careful and take your time.
BTW, the work on Brownie was done by David at String Theory string instrument repair in Boca Raton, Fl. I can't praise his work high enough!
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