james supplied the '63 neck, and i took delivery of a '62 body from ebay today, which i got for £80. the plan is to finish it off as cheaply as possible, so the only other vintage part i'll be using is a bridge. i got spangled out of one badly last week, it'll just be a matter of time and perseverance before i get hold of that... the rest of the parts will likely be aftermarket stuff, whether new or second hand, whatever i can scrape together really.
the neck's fine, all i need is some conversion bushings for the klusons i'll eventually get, as i think it's been drilled for bigger tuners at some point.
the body however has been stained with some sort of disgusting brown varnish, it looks fucking awful- like the guitar version of a dirty protest:
![Image](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i85/blackinternational/guitar%20stuff/IMG_0549.jpg)
![Image](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i85/blackinternational/guitar%20stuff/IMG_0550.jpg)
i'm about to start stripping that muck off tonight, i think i'll refinish it in daphne blue nitro with an aged clearcoat, with the end result looking a bit like this mockup, hopefully:
![Image](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i85/blackinternational/guitar%20stuff/mockup1.jpg)
exciting!!