The body was aged by the manufacturer to start with. I used amber shellac to add "patina", although I went a bit overboard with it and Hamish chose to wipe it back to a cleaner look. You can rub the finish down with sand or even plain old dirt to degloss it a bit. It takes a lot of work, but looks better than half arsed steel wool tricks.AiRdAd wrote: Can I ask what you use to make the guitar look older please?
NGD! Esquire again
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Re: NGD! Esquire again
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Re: NGD! Esquire again
Thanks heaps Adrian,ash wrote:The body was aged by the manufacturer to start with. I used amber shellac to add "patina", although I went a bit overboard with it and Hamish chose to wipe it back to a cleaner look. You can rub the finish down with sand or even plain old dirt to degloss it a bit. It takes a lot of work, but looks better than half arsed steel wool tricks.AiRdAd wrote: Can I ask what you use to make the guitar look older please?
I'll give that a blast
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