When Bruno asked me to customise a Tele Guitarbuild body and one Hosco neck, I told him "Yes" because we work for a while together and he has already bought several pieces of my work. He wanted an Orange relic'd finish in the front, and a tinted transparent lacquered finish on the sides and back. I remember doing (almost) that in 2016, in one of my first projects - see my old blog MXKTGUITARS - when I painted a red Tele body, but I was so tired of removing it because of finish issues that I left the back in red and all the rest on a grunge natural look.
For years and years Orange was my favourite colour, but not on guitars... Once the boy finished, honestly, I didn't liked it that much. Rothko and Frost hadn't Capri Orange in stock and I've ordered Orange Aniline powder that I mixed with plain Artic White nitro. My spray gun doesn't like Aniline powder that much in fact. Since he wanted, at first, a light relic job, I've done several coats so it could be really thick. The problem was, that he saw a Tele body I had done for another client with an heavy relic on it - not posted yet - and fell in love with it. Man, I lost the number of hours spent only with the front of this body!!
The neck has a hand-tinted and (very much) rubbed finish with transparent lacquer, awesome effect! At the end, once the shades done on the body and all, I changed my mind... I still don't like orange guitars that much, but this one turned out great!
For years and years Orange was my favourite colour, but not on guitars... Once the boy finished, honestly, I didn't liked it that much. Rothko and Frost hadn't Capri Orange in stock and I've ordered Orange Aniline powder that I mixed with plain Artic White nitro. My spray gun doesn't like Aniline powder that much in fact. Since he wanted, at first, a light relic job, I've done several coats so it could be really thick. The problem was, that he saw a Tele body I had done for another client with an heavy relic on it - not posted yet - and fell in love with it. Man, I lost the number of hours spent only with the front of this body!!
The neck has a hand-tinted and (very much) rubbed finish with transparent lacquer, awesome effect! At the end, once the shades done on the body and all, I changed my mind... I still don't like orange guitars that much, but this one turned out great!
