Fender Mexico Stratocaster Refinish Make it a pink guitar!

Video of pickup replacement, refret and nut making for this guitar • Fender Stratocaster In...
I refinished a friend's Fender Mexico Stratocaster.
Here it is! He sent me to make a Strat like this guitar: / bnhetypggkg
It turned out a little different, but I think it turned out pretty much like this.
Guitarist Shunnosuke Kaneko: / @user-kh4ce5zx5m
All lacquer, of course! It's the same lacquer I've always used, so it'll get more old school as time goes on... I'm sure!
I'll let you know how it looks after a few years.
It's been a while since I refinished a regular paint job.
It's been about a year since I've done one.
The image I received was of an aluminum pickguard, so I simply said, "Let's make a pickguard out of machined aluminum," and it was very difficult.
Pink, pink, pink, and strawberry milk.
And surf green. Surf green, surf blue, and other light colors are popular.
In my opinion.
It's a hard color for painters, though.
It turned out nice.
Also, I got a friend to play it for me. I did it!
My friend's channel: / @user-kh4ce5zx5m
There are a lot of guitars I've tinkered with there, so please check it out.
Thank you very much for your request. Thanks again!
このギターのピックアップ交換、リフレット、ナット制作動画→ • Fender Stratocaster In...
友人のFender Mexico Stratocasterをリフィニッシュさせていただきました。
これ！このギターみたいなストラトにしてと送られた / bnhetypggkg
ちょっと違う雰囲気になったけど大体こんな感じになったかな。
ギタリスト金子シュンノスケ
/ syunnosukekaneko
/ @user-kh4ce5zx5m
もちろんオールラッカー！いつものラッカーなので、時間経過に連れオールドっぽい雰囲気になる・・・はず！
何年後かお伝えできればなと思います。
普通の塗装のリフィニッシュは久々ですね。1年ぶりくらい。
おやすみしてる・・・のですが、色々と条件を飲んでいただくとやることもあります・・・時折。
もらったイメージがアルミピックガードっぽかったんで簡単にじゃあアルミの削り出しでピックガードつくりますか〜なんていったもんだからものすごく大変でした。
ピンクですよピンク、時代はイチゴミルクです。
あとサーフグリーン。サーフブルーとか、淡い色合いが流行ってますね。
(僕の中で)
塗装する人にとっては辛い色ですが。
いい感じに仕上がりました。
また、友人に弾いてもらっちゃいました。やったぜ。
友人のチャンネル / @user-kh4ce5zx5m
僕がいじらせてもらったギターいっぱい出てるので是非見てください。
ご依頼ありがとうございました。またよろしくどうぞ！
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[@lirhaff]

This MIM strat is now MIJ

[@alvinoviandoputra00]

Lol

[@etau]

jeez, i never realized how thick that paint is

[@TheTrollMastah]

I was just about to say this

[@cyrfung]

Jose Soto Theoretically, the wood of a solid body guitar affects the tone and sustain by how much and which frequencies it absorbs from string vibration. The paint that sits between the wood and for example the bridge could also have similar effect. I wouldn’t argue how important the species of wood is, but something like plastic vs wood should sound different in a meaning way.

[@PrimalEmissary]

cyrfung thank you for using the word “absorbs” I think the majority of people have it backwards... Different woods absorb different frequencies they don’t create any. Companies like aristidies guitars though are not made of wood but sound and play amazing... so I’m not sure lol

[@NickB-md1oy]

I did when I dinged my strat pretty good. The dent is deeper than you’d expect, because of how thick the several layers paint is. It’s like the thickness of a pick guard.

[@Olsen-vp5vg]

cyrfung yup, it’s called dampening. I have explained this so many times to people, and many refuse to accept it. If you had a bone but and a brass bridge, but the rest of the guitar was made of rubber it sure as shit would have a different tone. Tone woods may not have a massive effect on electric guitars, but oscillating strings are not a closed system, so they do have an impact. Hell if you can feel the guitar vibrate after striking a chord, there is energy loss occurring, and higher frequencies decay first, of course material properties affect tone!

[@BigBoi9111]

I never knew how much I needed this video until I watched it

[@jorge.az07]

This is so relaxing and satisfying

[@fulltiltgonzales]

I really like the work that you do. I am very impressed, and am going to try out a few of your techniques on my own guitars. Every so often I will find somebody who is a breath of fresh air in terms of working on guitars and you are absolutely in this category for me. Thank you for sharing. It's greatly appreciated!

[@deadspeak1126]

Hey man, thank you for the videos. They are both entertaining and educational.

[@Dead-Eye]

Great video. Really nicely edited. And that guitar looks amazing.

[@pg123ab]

Perfection. Great job and great playing 🙏

[@gersh1642]

Absolutely fantastic, well prepared video, thank you. Gerwyn.

[@SHGZR]

so satisfying. great work!

[@endyprasetyo4479]

That’s look like a brand new guitar....redone a brand new guitar is insane! But when the result is as beautiful as that, I would do the same. Amazing work!

[@emanuelben9565]

Sorry to be so off topic but does anybody know of a trick to log back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly forgot my login password. I love any tricks you can offer me

[@emanuelben9565]

@Sage Hudson I really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out atm. Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.

[@emanuelben9565]

@Sage Hudson It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy:D Thank you so much, you really help me out :D

[@sagehudson2408]

@Emanuel Ben happy to help xD

[@lukecuxton1514]

The workmanship is like the fender custom shop, amazing Andy

[@cafesociety8525]

And he has the pride of having building it himself. Win, win.

[@TheWGLOVER]

Wonderful camera work and editing. I loved that rendition of 'I Want You Back'

[@spyrospapanastasiou2968]

excellent work, looks great! Well done!

[@estring69]

Wish is was a easy as you make it look. I like the care you showed in stripping the poly off. There's probably money to be made with an authentic Fiesta Red Strat refinish. You took an already great product and made it custom.

[@guitarbobification]

Great refinish job! I was hoping you would replace the bridge saddle height screws - and you did LOL. Very nice playing demo at the end. Nice video

[@Sirtmen]

You are the Wizard!👏👏👏

[@somearchitectTX]

Beautiful work!!

[@tacotele6819]

Love your channel !! I really like how you record the process without the distracting music like other channels do. Very calming and insightful and your work is amazing. Thank you.

[@BadChizzle]

Love the new color.

[@blindhtownkilla]

Very therapeutic and satisfying to watch. Thinking about having this done to my MIJ 62 reissue strat (currently finished in a sunburst poly) and having it refinished with nitro in either the same sunburst or aged Olympic white

[@6StringPsychedelic]

I was looking at Hendrix monterey strats, looking to build my own and realized i have a 68 MIJ RI that would be perfect.. has perfect colored neck and the yellowish old wood looking headstock? Daaang thinking about it man haha.

[@robertreynolds1489]

Very nice! Great attention to details 👍.

[@Marco_Bocini_vibbo]

Amazing job!!!

[@mam1627]

Color is so so...video however is top notch and your work is IMPECIBLE!

[@Z4Zander]

Exactly.Just needs a Hello Kitty transfer.

[@itsjavaman]

It really is beautiful!

[@railmastercnr]

Incredible work

[@QS-si3cq]

Nice on the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back."

[@brin57]

Just a note to anyone else wanting to do this. If all you're after is a color change, a poly finish can take paint quite well as long as it is fine sanded a little so the new paint can stick. There's not need to go through all the work of stripping it back and then prepping it, and the bonus is you already have a very smooth finish to start with as a base.

[@cgavin1]

Thanks for this. Mine is also a MIM from the 90's and has that black basecoat. I was worried I'd have a hard time with a heat gun.. but it looks pretty straight forward. Phew!

[@dfgivens]

Great video & great paint job! Leo Fender perfected this "bolt-on neck" design LONG ago. However, having built a bunch of these Mexi-Strats, I can say that replacing the stamped saddles with solid brass or stainless steel units is a super improvement. They sound better and are FAR more comfortable. Also, that metal pickguard will shield the pick-ups better against noise. Lining the body routings with copper tape will complete the job. It will help reduce hum & noise noticeably. Finally, I always add a body protector under the neck plate. They save the body from being dented or getting paint cracks. In some cases, they improve low- and mid-range attack.

[@maxfreitas9333]

Good job Andy!!!!

[@hgostos]

Loved it!!!!

[@javiceres]

Beautiful

[@robritoboy]

Very nice, love it.

[@jeffdunnomaybealdo7812]

This should get more views

[@FOCH_U]

Wow. Amazing

[@usualsuspect5173]

Very nice work...excellent..

[@MrQaspok]

This is the first guitar repaint video I have seen without obvious wood grain showing through or other defects. Nice work!

[@zsrm4578]

Awesome!

[@markrenzrillorta2562]

OMG ur playing israel houghton “everywhere that i go” fave song bro!👍🏻

[@pierrebonnenfant2611]

fantastic video !! great job !! congratulation !! !!

[@donaldscheer5206]

Nice Job! And The Video Is Perfect! No BS You Got Right To The Point!

[@Andybassguitar]

ありがとうございます。

[@ParsevalMusic]

beautiful

[@elvis_chen]

Watching your video is so satisfying...

[@darklinkforever506]

Yes, especially if you know how to appreciate the good work

[@maksqwe1]

I'm glad the paint came off so easily on your body, but for anyone wanting to try this, try not to pull up on the paint too much. I heated mine up, it was coming up just fine and then a splinter pulled up along the grain and ruined my plans to do a burst. It doesn't take much, as I pulled the loose piece of wood off the paint. I found it best to push instead of pulling up. Learn from my stupid mistake!

[@jimivandebeek]

Great video! Love it

[@nicoshine3353]

hard worker...good job

[@TabeNeea]

Nicely done !. May you tell us what lacquer used and how you seal the wood grain. Regards.

[@SJBBlues]

My mim strats finish wasn't that thick when I started taking it off , that looks crazy thick!

[@nicks.8003]

My 92 MIM strat looked like that too. Stripped it and lightened the overall weight by over 1lb.

[@kevinvandenberg5548]

How exactly did you paint this guitar? What steps, how many layers and did you sand in between certain layers?

[@mrfatbobrider1969]

Man I can't believe how easy that coating comes off.

[@u2dva]

That's because of the thickness of coating and the nature of coating material. It is also because of very well prepared surface before coating.

[@mrfatbobrider1969]

@@u2dva I take it this wouldn't work on a normal paint surface then or would it?

[@TerryMasri]

It's the heat. The thick coat is obviously Polyurethane. It's very hard to remove cold, even with a heavy sander. Apply enough heat to anything and off it comes... except my wife's nagging! LOL

[@The_Absurdistt]

@@TerryMasri That's ironically funny, I was thinking the same thing about my mistake... I mean dear wife, LOL!

[@Andybassguitar]

So the paint on this guitar is polyester, not polyurethane. It's a pretty thick paint job, but it's easy to peel off.

[@codyconrad7333]

That paint just flies off with a little heat

[@xernonymous]

Absolutely in love with this video. I like your paint stripping technique versus the chemical stripping or sanding I’ve done in the past. That kind of chisel do you use? I haven’t seen one like that at the hardware stores I’ve been to.

[@Andybassguitar]

This is a scraper from a Japanese manufacturer called Olfa.

[@quandovcestivernoyoutube]

Você é um artista.

[@user-gr3by6nx2c]

きれいな仕事をする方ですね❗️非常に好感が持てました❣️😀素晴らしい💕

[@CHR1S1S3M0]

Great job

[@nasat8]

ASMR - 10/10 full marks :D

[@azaz321able]

It really hurt my soul watching you rip that.white finish of but I'm glad that in the end it looks good so good job lol

[@DS-yg4qs]

I like your style.

[@davidmacfly]

Amazing video. It is incredible how thick was the paint int this model, the guitar could not "breathe"

[@u2dva]

It's the standard polyurethane coating, commonly combined with the alder wood.

[@stratocactus]

It doesn"t really matter on an electric guitar. On an acoustic it would be really bad though.

[@zeroman614]

Myth.

[@aschneider70]

732 body wood pieces LOL1. Nice work!

[@bryanchan420]

fellow left handed player, yeah sub

[@alfiehenshall688]

Why did you fill in the strap button hole with dowel ? I'm sure you could have left it - save you re - drilling another hole 🎸

[@brentjones9961]

Fabulous

[@ChengLi1979]

Such a thick laquer. My Samick for 100 € in the nineties got a much more thinner laquer.

[@donnyhall2535]

Why did you fill the CNC indexing holes? That's how you know it's a true Fender body and which plant it was made.

[@edwardprete]

Nice work

[@mahdiyussuf9804]

Hot strat!

[@sunnys3325]

Great job!! I'm wanting to do this on a 04 MIM body but I'm trying to figure out the best way. I've figured heat gun was the way to go but I see you used a iron. How much heat from the iron and how long. Im worried about the glue joints on the body coming apart. I have only heard of this by others but never actually seen it. Subbing!

[@jonathanmartin3375]

You'd have to leave it on there a really long time to soften the glue enough to break apart.

[@BloodBoughtMinistries]

Glue softens with steam, ull be fine with a heat gun

[@sunnys3325]

@@BloodBoughtMinistries thank u🙂🙂

[@andrewrussell991]

I had better luck recently with leaving a hot halogen work light shining on it closely.

[@auntjenifer7774]

@@sunnys3325 I once put a squier tele body in the oven to peel the paint and it did sound much much better after ! I guess that thick finish kills the tone !?

[@ABDELLAHBOUGHROM]

Please what do you use for polishing. Nice vidéo

[@SrDeMaFp]

Mother of God that finish is super thick! What the hell are they thinking?

[@fredscofield180]

yeah, that original finish looked like it was sprayed on with a garden hose. That was 20 mils at least !

[@pab1it05]

I don't know guys... I think it could do with another coat...

[@majingazetto5147]

I think not all of it is actually lacquer. Some of it should be wood grain filler.

[@mikemccourt6225]

"fullerplast" is its name - cheap and easy to apply

[@maxirwin6915]

I think there’s an old coat of black that was painted over

[@angkit216]

Good job

[@77bovi]

really like the brushed metal pickguard. Just hearing you work is very smoothing. By the way, what would you recommend to turn glossy neck to a satin finish?

[@johanjerkhag6654]

Scottish swamp

[@martine.210]

@@johanjerkhag6654 One of my neighbors once cleaned her car with a "Scotty". The result was... well, not so shiny.

[@richsackett3423]

Like the idea of doing a clear coat and ~1000 grit between the white primer and color. Seems like you had to use a crap-ton of color to hide the grain. without an opaque primer. The grain might come back, you know.

[@RelleK41]

Do you have a list of tools anywhere that you used?

[@texanleons]

Nice job.

[@meisei5859]

渋い動画・・・音が、作業音の響きがたまらん

[@ShifT818]

ahhh the intro is tingling my brain i want you back?

[@Mcsteveberry]

wow very interesting

[@fernank017]

can you go over what your process is after you remove the paint? how long do you wait to sand between coats?

[@Andybassguitar]

Let the lacquer coating dry for one month before sanding.

[@MINOMIGLIARDI]

Hi! Great video! 👍 Please tell me, how do you remove the bushings tuning? I need to replace them but don't know how to take these bushings off.... Thank you 🙂

[@EvelcyclopS]

Is there any paint coming out that gun?

[@dirkdiggler1242]

The plain maple grain looks nice too! Does the metal pick guard change the sound or sustain compared to the plastic?

[@Andybassguitar]

This time I changed the pickup along with it, so I didn't know exactly what I was doing. It's also heavier, and I'm sure there will be some change in the sound.

[@martine.210]

It will definitly sound more metal 🤘🏻

[@scottdunbar4898]

Beautiful! Thanks for the video.

[@duplog7602]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@gibsondrummer]

Prefer the regular 3 ply white pick guard on coral pink

[@rezakhan8290]

Almost 50 pieces of wood!! Damn it Fender. Nice Job Andy. Where are you located?

[@DanielDias33333]

Nice job qnd nice video

[@Eternity909]

I have an FSR player series in shell pink

[@richw.6296]

I wonder if that was a pet project, of if it was for a customer. Either way, he did a great job.

[@richw.6296]

Never mind, its probably his left handed guitar.

[@XPhantomLord]

Was the first coat a clear primer?

[@user-mq8bw6ur3h]

リフィニッシュ 待ってましたよ！素晴らしい腕前で惚れ惚れしますなぁ。 アルミのピックガードですか‥アルミナット製作した際、もうこの素材は いやや！って思ったもんです。 しかし メキシコ工場のフェンダー、FRP防水のような塗膜の厚みですねぇ。

[@Andybassguitar]

ありがとうございます。 まだまだ納得行かない点もあったりするのですが、精進します。 ポリエステル塗装のようなのでかなり厚く吹けるんですよね。うちでは無理何で逆にやってみたいですね。

[@romanmathez9259]

🤙🏻🤙🏻👌🏻👌🏻very nice Work🙏🏻🖤🖤🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@JohnLloydDavis]

I would love to send you my old guitar to get refurbished and watch the video of you doing it, that would be well worth the postage :)

[@destiny-theseries]

A new kind of ASMR...

[@allstopblue5717]

Absolutely

[@Alex19II]

And what is the price for this work? Like a new strat?

[@Andybassguitar]

The price is secret.

[@armanzakwan1898]

How much did all that paint weigh

[@jgpie]

Is that an iron?

[@athathoth01]

That is a very excellent job you did.