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Buck Owens American Restoration
This question is best directed to Dan Erlewine, since he has figured out how to match the blue color paint.
I got this 1969 Buck Qwens American in the shop after the owner’s Mother-in-law left it on a guitar stand in front of a window in the Phoenix area.. for 50 years. It came in just a bit melted and warped. As the discussion progressed I learned the owner wants it to play and look like it did when (he says) Buck gave this guitar to his father in law who was a record buyer for Tower Records back in 1969-1970 time frame.
So far I have no provenance to support that, because then I would not be painting anything on it.
So my question is: Can Dan remember how he mixed the blue color for the headstock? This would really help me and speed up a very slow process on this guitar.
Submitted with Respect and hoping for Dan’s response.
Scott Runde
Scott’s Guitar Shop
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Hey Scott,
This is a great question, but you posted it to a timeline instead of as a forum post. I’ll get Dan to look at this as soon as you get it switched over. Here is the link for the appropriate forum.
https://dev.loothgroup.com/groups/repair-and-restoration/forum/repair-and-restoration/acoustic/
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@ianhatesguitars Hi Ian, sorry about that….FNG….lol. Just joined. I have a lot of ‘finding out’ about this site. I was referred by StewMac Tech support who showed me a video of Dan doing the color match. I’ll click on the link now.
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Hi Scott, as I recall, I mixed the blue with Mixol Pigment into lacquer, and probably used blue mostly, a little white, yellow, and black, but I don’t recall. I think on one of the ones I did that I find a spray lacquer at Walmart that was almost perfect out of the can. Dave Stautde had the perfect idea, going to the auto parts store and matching a car color. Good luck, Dan
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Thanks Dan, for the reply. Something I picked up reading your books and watching you work, and watching the fellow from Rosa String Works…Keep Notes! The tech from StewMac forwarded a video of you doing the job on the Buck Owens American. I have found a vinyl headstock overlay, but it needs to go on a good, clean paint job. In the last 4-5 years since I opened the shop to the public I have been challenged with some of what my friends say ‘the worst fixes in the world, “Why do you take them?”‘. I tell them I think of ir as a challenge. But sometimes I get stumped. So glad I have this resource to use to ask more experienced luthiers. I hope to earn that Title someday soon. Because at 73, I don’t know how much longer my arthritis will let me repair and build. Thanks again for your suggestions. I did try the local auto paint store but they don’t sell lacquer paint. I will look at Walmart for that can of blue lacquer.
Regards,
Scott R.
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