Restoring a 1958 Fender Stratocaster with NOS 1950s Lacquer!
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Published 2022-12-01
In this video we'll go over the finer points of the guitar, Joe's process for prep, spraying, and aging a finish, as well as what it's like working with real-deal NOS 1950s lacquer! Big thanks to Joe for letting us bug him, and for all of the restoration work he's done for us over the years. He's one of PNW's best.
Catch Joe Riggio's miraculous work here: www.instagram.com/riggioguitars
Check out the finished Stratocaster here: mmguitarbar.com/products/1958-fender-stratocaster-…
All Comments (21)
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Man that’s one of the best spraying techniques I’ve seen…almost mechanical movement!
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11:36 it looked incredible the way it was here
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That was fantastic to watch Joe spray that finish, they way he did it was very precise, I imagine he's done it countless times.
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Amazing sympathetically aged refinish, a true artisan at work. Nicely played at the end too, sounds soo sweet!
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Lol, I swear my uncle’s ‘56 Buick was that exact colour!
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The fresh respray looked incredible before it got messed with. Like a Closet Classic
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Don't know what's the coolest party of this video,the delicate reliving and refinishing, the lovely 1958 Strat or those beautiful cans of real 1950s nitro
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A true artisan work… watching you spray paint the guitar with 1950’s lacquer opened my eyes to how much I would enjoy doing that for a living.
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Holy duco and lucite! I’ve only read about this stuff in books and old hot rod magazines. Great eye for detail on his restorations.
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Wish you had left it alone. You all can do good work tho. Best Regards and Best Wishes for 2023!
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Nice to see my refinished purple paisley Gibson Victory Bass in the background. Joe is a master craftsman, and I’m really happy with the end result.
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Love that he used NOS paint. Green is not my first choice but it looked so nice as he was laying it on. His spray technique is so smooth. The relic job looks reliced. They never look right. A guitar has to earn it's wear the old fashioned way. A refinished "closet queen" 58 Strat would have been way cool.
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Save a can for gibson so they can make a custom shop model with vintage lacquer and charge $20,000 for it lmaoo
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I enjoy watching anything restored. Guitars, cars & vintage gas pumps. Joe knows what’s up, particularly with his authentic vintage porcelain signs in his shop. Killer!!!
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This was a pleasure to watch. Joe is a master at his craft.
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I love the green, not typical but not so wild as to be off-putting either. I hope all the old lacquer works out just as well
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Incredible skill painting the body, every movement was calibrated, almost like a robot.
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You can definitely tell that he has painted a ton in his life . Very nice!!!! Still super cool that you was able to acquire all of that old paint and it held up... I bet if you took 5 cans of paint these days and stored it for the same amount of time, that it would be unusable. Products these days seem to never hold up and last....
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i could watch this all day. Absolutely stunning, and such a unique NOS color and finish. You are a lucky man.
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Awesome job... looks amazing.. very natural.. Kudos to Joe
