| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3223.1 | good to the last drop | RICKS::CALCAGNI | like lightning giving birth | Tue Jul 30 1996 13:42 | 7 |
| I don't know how Fender does, but a homebrew method that's supposed to
work well is to soak them in coffee. You need to experiment on a
couple of throwaway pieces to determine the best brewing time, but it's
usually on the order of hours.
/rick
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| 3223.2 | Tried it. Disregard my SP mistakes :) | PCBUOA::ANDERSON_R | | Tue Jul 30 1996 14:18 | 9 |
| Rick,
I've tried coffee, tea, tobacco (boiled, drained and alchohol added)
and u v lights. Now, I've had some fun playing like a kid with a
new chemistry set, but no go. I finally painted some with a yellowish
translucent varnish, and although they did'nt come out to bad, I'd
like to know how Fender creates thier vintage look.
Rich
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| 3223.3 | Another thing... | PCBUOA::ANDERSON_R | | Tue Jul 30 1996 14:31 | 3 |
| I forgot to mention that I bought a set of vintage pickup covers,
and in performing some of my experiments...I managed to REMOVE
the vintage look!
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| 3223.4 | how about this one? | RICKS::CALCAGNI | like lightning giving birth | Tue Jul 30 1996 14:58 | 10 |
| No go on the coffee eh? Okay, here's another tip direct from a friend
of mine in the city. Blow some cigarette smoke into an airtight
container and seal the plastic part inside with the smoke. This is
totally serious. You might want to use something like a glass jar so
you can watch the progress; the smoke darkens things up rather quickly,
on the order of minutes. I haven't tried this one myself yet but have
been told it works quite well.
/rick
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| 3223.5 | ps | RICKS::CALCAGNI | like lightning giving birth | Tue Jul 30 1996 15:00 | 4 |
| and of course, you get that authentic "rancid smokey bar" odor as well
:-)
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| 3223.6 | Pay me, I'll beat up your Strat! | PCBUOA::ANDERSON_R | | Tue Jul 30 1996 15:22 | 6 |
| I can't afford one of those brand new aged Fendor Custom Shop
beat up guitars, but there is something "cool" to beat looking
Strats. Yea I guess I'm going for the rancid smokey bar look.
I don't want to pay $2k plus for someone to beat up a guitar
for me!
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