It cost me around 250.00 for the relic job.Bluesman vintage did it for me.There is none better at the relic job than John.Im not sure if he did and entire strip or not. I think he did because he had to put a tummy cut in it.
That's actually a really good deal. I wonder if that's his going rate or if that was a "friend deal"?
John just told me that he layed the nitro over the poly. He said Fender has done that since the 60's.
I'm surprised he got it to check like that. The whole poly undercoat thing on Fender has always confused me. I have had a few of the U.S. 62 reissue Fenders which are nitro over a poly undercoat and I cannot get those finishes to check at all and I've been told that it's because of the poly undercoat. But then I have also been told that Fender always used a poly undercoat even in the 60's but all the vintage Fenders I have seen have checked over time. I have also done a few 100% nitro refinishes over the years with the Reranch stuff and those check easily too so clearly the poly undercoat has something to do with it.