Custom T style metalflake Sparkle guitar body
Hot Rod Flames

$389.00 USD

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Here is my most popular custom painted body designs. Hot Rod Flames over super sparkle silver metalflake really come alive under the lights! This paint looks a mile deep with it's multiple coats of clear Poly topcoat and transparent candy apple colors and really sparkles! It is polished to an ultra high gloss that is mirror smooth and looks like polished glass. Pictures cannot do this paint job justice. Because of it's brilliance Metalflake is very hard to photograph. Please excuse the flash any subtle distortions in the pictures- these are just reflections. This paint job is like the most custom chopper you have ever seen and is guaranteed to turn heads.

This is a NEW custom painted Alder body patterned from a vintage '69. The neck pocket is a standard 2-3/16 wide at the base so Tele replacement type necks and standard necks that are 2-3/16"at the heel should work fine. All routes, bridge and wiring holes are drilled. Buyer must drill holes for control plate (and clear pickguard if you decide to use one). String ferrule holes are 5/16". Weight is under 4-1/2 lbs.
This BODY is MADE IN THE USA by ME and painted in the USA by Me. ( Sorry I keep repeating myself but people continue to ask me where I get the bodies ... I MAKE THEM ! ).

It is very time consuming to make and paint a body like this. There are nearly 20 hours making the body and painting it. Once I finished making the body I apply a sealer coat which is sanded once dry. Then I start with a silver base followed with metalflake over the body silver. Several coats are applied then a thick clear coat over the top because alot will be sanded off to get it perfectly flat. After sanding the clear coat flat, the The flames are laid out, masked off and airbrushed in various candy apple colors. Once the design is set, it is painted by a clear coat and will sit several days. Once cured it is completely sanded and then given the final Polyester clear coat. Once it has cured it is completely sanded flat starting with a 600 grit wet sandpaper and and then progressively sanded with finer grits until I finally reace the stage of a 2500 grit wet sanding. After this it goes through several stages of polishing until it looks a mile deep and shines like polished glass.

I am Tony DeLacugo, the guitar builder himself. I am a professional guitar builder and I make and paint all the bodies. I have sold over 100 metalflake paint jobs and custom painted metalflake bodies on ebay in the last few years and every buyer has been very impressed with the product. Only top custom painters are capable of a paint job like this, so expect to pay big bucks where ever you go. A complete "Custom Shop" guitar with a finish like this can bring $3000.00 or more. You could save THOUSANDS by starting with this body and then adding your neck and hardware.

...oops...sorry about the polishing dust still in the pickup and control pocket....I'll clean it up before I ship it !!!!

USA Buyers:

Payment to be made by "USPS Postal money order" (the kind you get at the post office) and I will ship immediately. All "Other type" money orders or personal checks I will hold for 12 "working days" before shipping. No Paypal, No Paypal. (Don't even ask me to use paypal, I won't respond to your email ! )

I ship by USPS Priority Mail to all of the US. Shipping is $25.00. That includes Insurance. Signature is required upon delivery to you. If you are not home the post office will leave a note at your door and you can pick it up at the post office. The post office will hold it for about 14 days.

International Buyers : Pay by money wire transfer or Western Union . No Paypal (Don't even ask me to use paypal, I won't respond to your email ! )

Shipping by USPS Express mail international with insurance is $75.00 USD to the UK, and $35.50 USD to Canada . Shipping to any other country the body is only insured to "customs". After that you are on your own. If you ship by FEDEX the package is covered to your door and it must be signed for. However the shipping rate will be about $120.00 usd to $150.00 usd. That is just an estimate, email me for exact charges.

Email me for all other international shipping rates. Once I receive funds I will ship anywhere in the world. There will also be an extra $20 handling fee for international shipments (the cost of the incoming wire transfer and extra paperwork for customs.

All international buyers are responsible for all Customs fees, and taxes etc.

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