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01-24-2011, 12:28 PM
|  | Born in the '90s, please ignore | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northfield MN | | | That 70's natural look...
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I tried searching, but I couldn't find the answer which is probably obvious.
I love the look of stripped '60s fenders, ala this. 
How would I get that look with a new body?
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01-24-2011, 12:57 PM
| | | | well... the neck is maple and you want to come up with an amber dye to give it that golden colour, then lacquered;
the body looks like alder, and thats the colour of alder, sooo, ya;
buy a tortise scratch guard and your good!
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01-24-2011, 01:24 PM
| | Born in the '90s, please ignore | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northfield MN | | | Is that really the color of alder?
I thought fender stained their bodies with something...
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01-24-2011, 02:51 PM
| | | | no, thats straight alder; 100% although different lacquers; especially old stuff had a yellowing effect on the wood;
the 'butterscotch' finish your reffering to was mostly for the ash bodies; because the colour would be so inconsistant from boeard to board; and the slight chance they used it on this body, a natural finish would prolly end up being closer than if you sat there all day trying to match it with stains
my $.02
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01-24-2011, 02:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego, CA | | | That's just yellowed finish, methinks. Back in the day, guys would often just belt-sand their instruments off - taking off any tint in the grain...
If you wanted that now, lots of great options above... But back then, the goal was just a "natural" look that Fender, for some reason, didn't produce enough of.
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01-24-2011, 03:05 PM
| | Born in the '90s, please ignore | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northfield MN | | | I figured tinted finish would be the answer.
But I've seen some aged artificially tinted finishes and they look unnaturally orange, is there any way to avoid that?
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01-24-2011, 03:15 PM
| | | | finishes that produce little yellowing; usually strut this fact on the labels, varnishes will usually go very orange, in my experience
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01-24-2011, 03:17 PM
| | Born in the '90s, please ignore | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northfield MN | | | So would my best bet be finishing it with untinted cheap shellac and letting it age by itself?
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01-24-2011, 11:34 PM
| | | you should finish it to the best of your abilities, and eventually it will look old 
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