Jimi Hendrix' White Guitar (that He Used In Woodstock)

[cukaracha]

Does anyone know how to get the colour of Jimi Hendrix' white guitar that he used in Woodstock.. the colour seems like the Fender Artic White but has a tinge of some other colour.. is it yellow..? how do get that colour using either translucent spray cans or dyes..??

[marksound]

It's Olympic White, a standard Fender color. You can get it in rattle cans from Reranch.

Here's Fender's 2002 clone of the Woodstock guitar:

http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/arc...0183.html#clone

[cukaracha]

Olympic white..?? it looks a little different, no? kinda like an 'aged' look.. i was wondering how to get that sort of look...

[croaticum]

it is olympic white, but you could consider ivory white. It is yellowish so you might like it more if you are aiming for a slight aged look.

[cole]

Its olympic white, but with vintage guitars, due to UV ray and smoke the outer clear coats become yellowed giving it that aged look you are speaking of. To do this I would use a very weak coat of Lacquer+Thinner+stain. I would really dilute the lacquer like 2 parts lacquer 1 part thinner. I use the ready to spray behlens instrument lacquer so depending on what lacquer you use you might need to dilute it more. When mixing the stain remember you can always put more coats of yellow to get what you want, its not so easy to take them off. A little yellow goes a long way especially on white. Hope this helps

[hotgoalie11565]

Or if you used nitro that does not have UV protection mixed in, you could put it in a tanning booth or leave it in the sun for a while.

[cukaracha]

leave it in the sun...? is that advisable..? also, i recently came across the Jimi Hendrix Monterey Pop Festival guitar and the it looks really cool. i would really want to do a refinish like that but i can't get a pic big enough to be able to see the design clearly.. any help?

Edited August 10, 2007 by cukaracha

[cole]

here's a good one

http://www.stratcollector.com/images/news/...xatmonterey.gif

[cukaracha]

any pics clearer/bigger than this?

[marksound]

One from FabGear (aka jokerace72):

[cukaracha]

sweet! thanks, bro..

[cole]

The fender reproduction isnt exactly like Jimi's but it that doesnt matter than its not a problem

Edited August 11, 2007 by cole