wedel1

What do you have going on in the pic Ryder? Is this guitar in progress? If not do you have any finished pictures?

That's why I asked the question. I wasn't sure if the black edges would be the way to go or if I could pull off a blue transparent to blue solid kinda burst. I got the idea off of the "poor man's burst" tutorial on the project guitar site this forum is attached to. It suggested various shades to use as a undercoat or base for the burst and then use the transparent to color the white to the shade of blue I desired. Reranch does have a packaged(read: in a can) blue translucsient. As for the black grain stain, I was planning on incorperating that to put the contrast in the grain, to really make it pop out. Thanks for the input. Its nice to be able to bounce ideas off of experienced people before I waste materials and time stripping a body back down. The Avatar is nice, Wes. And there was no offence taken, Nordic.

Ummm. sorry. I guess if we both thought of it, its a great idea......... I am planning on filling and sealing the body, then bursting the edges white. Over that I plan on applying a translucient blue then the clear top coat that is availible from Reranch also. What, in my mind, I should end up with is blue tinted grain bursting to bright blue solid on the edges. I am feeling out whether my idea will actually translate to a finished product. I'm looking for a darker blue than the caribean blues I have seen......Meduim blue to royal blue kinda shade.......

I'm refinishing an ash strat body and would like to keep the grain showing through the finish. This was originally a sunburst body, and edges of the body have some ugliness issues, which is why Fender 'burst it any way, so burst it will be again. My vision: Blue translusent in the center 'bursting to a solid blue edge. Will bursting the edges w/ white then coating w/ translucient blue get my desired effect ? Anybody got a pic of a similar guitar? I'm using Reranch products and it is my 1st refinish. A little input for a novice please?