Building Keith Richards "Micawber"!

[@jezmez68]

Wow. Even the Affinity is routed for a humbucker in the neck! I was thinking about doing this with a CV 50s Squier. Only not relic it, because I like to keep my stuff looking good. My kid relic'd our 2005 Prius by turning in front of a week old BMW. Now THAT'S how you relic something!

[@rustedwoods100]

Woah! Hope he is OK! You should do it - you will really enjoy the guitar and the sound!

[@hoisin75]

fantastic job! do you sell your relics?

[@rustedwoods100]

Thank you for watching! I dont sell them right now, but an upcoming project will be a Player Telecaster - relic'd like Micawber. I will probably sell that one.

[@rlund]

Nicely done

[@rustedwoods100]

Thank you!

[@leehambridge534]

Nice work mate. I did one of these a couple of years back with a squire classic vibe. It was a lot of fun albeit quite labour intensive with stripping away all of that poly paint.

[@rustedwoods100]

Stripping is the hardest for sure!!

[@giulioluzzardi7632]

Looks really good, the relicing is perfect, so good that you have to drill the string through body holes and add the Ferules. Does the bridge pickup have a base-plate of any kind, I know some Squiers don't have em. With the string holes and the bridge pickup plate it should be a near twin of Mr Richards. I know they put a zinc plate under the PAF and maybe the bridge too.

[@rustedwoods100]

This Squire did not have it. GREAT info on the zinc plate under the PAF! Thank you!

[@ranman58635]

I jaut remembered, near full strength for quick relic on tuners. Oh and i sorta used your idea. I have an old rgt47dx that needed restoration. I removed all the paint and saw several layers so i decided to keep some of them. Nice relic on an old painted and now natural beauty. Thanks again. Ill load a few video's soon.

[@rustedwoods100]

Sounds great! That Ibanez design is KILLER!

[@Brad5344]

😎👍Could you do a video on the neck relic?

[@rustedwoods100]

Ill do another one for sure! It was a different process to get it done, and would have taken too much time in this video.

[@brianekholm6100]

Thought the same, a lot of videos on bodies not so much on necks 😕

[@gb-bp1me]

What is the copper colored tape in the guitar channels?

[@rustedwoods100]

It helps isolate the pickups. :)

[@murpsman]

Seymour Duncan makes a 50's Fender lap steel bridge pickup you should/could have used.

[@ranman58635]

My only concern is the turner's. They're rusty on the inside now. There's a quicker way to do those but th each their own. Good job.

[@rustedwoods100]

They did eventually stop working. Going with Sperzel tuners

[@ranman58635]

@@rustedwoods100 , yeah, I saw a video of how that was avoided. He only brushed them with the solution instead of dipping them.

[@rustedwoods100]

I'm trying that next. On some unused tuners for sure!

[@philjackson519]

10.42 The guitar tech,s name was Jim Barber ...he still lives in England and has a band called The Barbarians .he is on Facebook

[@rustedwoods100]

I have not seen that name. When I google his guitar tech Pierre comes up. Most sites say he is his long time guitar tech

[@gerardbrandenbourger5440]

You have a braided wire on the PAF. Why don't you use that for grounding. That's whow it use to be wired.

[@rustedwoods100]

Good to know! Thank you!

[@gerardbrandenbourger5440]

You're welcome

[@lucyfuir6386]

Bah. Id rather have one that I wore down myself by playing it for 30+ years

[@rustedwoods100]

I just wanted to see if I could make it look like Keith's. Next guitar build will be a full burned guitar body. Watch for that video. Also doing one soon on a "river" guitar with resin.

[@lucyfuir6386]

@@rustedwoods100 those sound interesting