Stone Gossard ( Pearl Jam ) Strat Finish

[johnn_h]

Hi guys , this is my first attempt posting ( since i got in to guitarbuilding i was wondering if i could be first posting at " finished work / in progress work " , but somethings are not the way we want ;D )

Im intending to be at guitarbuilding for now on , i built myself a telecaster , and im building an acoustic guitar and a jazz bass model. Those first tries did show me that it wasnt as simple as i used to think. But here comes my problem :

A friend of mine , who is a huge pearljam fan , want me to build a stratocaster with the same details contained in the picture below:

http://www.mikelull.com/Stars%20Guitars/stone.htm

Is it possible to make the finish similar to that? ( as for the chips and marks )

Does fender sells that hardtail bridge ?

I live in Brazil , Sao Paulo city , and as for the price , one used am. standard strat is about 1100 US$ , one new is about 2,500US$ , due to taxes and stuff .

What about the price of making one similat to that could u guys suggest?

I already have some pieces of ash , maple and rosewood for the neck.

thank you

Edited December 10, 2005 by johnn_h

[Mattia]

Do a search on 'relicing'. Basically: finish it thin so it'll wear off really easily.

[Ghwar]

that is one ugly, fake looking relic

[Nitefly SA]

i thought it was ugly too

[GregP]

It's fugly. I like reliced looking guitars a lot of the time, but this one was ick.

[Nitefly SA]

relics that look like they were played and worn look great, relics that look like some idiot attacked a guitar with a blow torch and sand paper look terrible, example: http://www.mikelull.com/Stars%20Guitars/stone.htm

[soapbarstrat]

I have to hand it to you for picking that particular look as what you'd like to copy. I mean that's the type of "wear and tear" that people will keep asking : " what the hell happened ?"