Looks great! Love that the Grain still shows through - at the moment anyway. Hopefully, people will realise now that a 'CNC' shaped body still needs a LOT of hand sanding to finish the body, to remove all the CNC machining marks etc. I still think people don't realise how much 'hand work', how much skilled sanding goes into a guitar body and neck before it can even get to the spray booth. I get the impression that a lot believe guitars are CNC'd and that's a body finished. Even when you think its 'finished', you need to sand some more. Any imperfection will show on a 'body' when its sprayed so it has to be 'perfect'. Can't wait to see this finished...
By the name of the sponsors and the look of the work done at Novo, this is truly going to be an incredible guitar. What about giving it away to an aspiring musician to kick off his/her career ? Like "hey, I gave you this gem. So out of respect for everybody else who wanted this guitar so bad, you should quit your day job and live out of your passion. And remember, there is no plan B."
I remember when this was posted originally there was a follow up video where the pickups were installed and he did a play through but I can’t find it anymore
Epic! I know you are gonna love this guitar and watching the making of this guitar is something super special! Thanks Rhett and sponsors for providing us with awesome content to watch.
Wow. Huge sponsors list, that guitar is gonna be awesome. Wen you said gold I was a little skeptical but being able to see the wood grain at the end I changed my mind. I'm looking foward to see the final result.
This is inspiration for me to start rebuilding a squier bullet that is sitting around. I appreciate this channel because Rhett you have clear opinions and perspectives that you are not afraid to share.
I gotta say, your vids have become one of my absolute favourites here on TH-cam, I love how your passion for what you do shines through in every one of them! Love the guitar-building series! Keep going! Cheers
Man, Aztec / Shoreline Gold are my favourite of the old-school Fender custom colours. Can't even begin to imagine how unbelievable this guitar will look having been dished the Novo finishing treatment. Classy call, Rhet (and the fine folks at Novo!) This is gonna be a guitar after my own heart.
I love the idea of gold. I think Aztec Gold and Inca Silver are two of the coolest colors ever. Watching the paint go on though, I was thinking how cool it might look to just leave it with a thin enough coat of the gold that you could still see through it.
I was terrified when you put a solid color over those beautiful grains, but I absolutely love the look of the gold over the unfilled grains!! I think I might try that scheme on a build of my own!
Dang! My grandparents had six or seven HUGE Catalpa trees in their yard when I was young. We always called them bean trees, because they grow these really long bean-looking things. They had them cut down when I was in my early twenties and I have no idea what happened to the lumber, but it would have been really cool to have gotten a few blanks out of them. I really like the grain.
Wow. I've never built anything with Catalpa, but I have lots of those trees. It's pretty heavy wood, but it holds a lot of water. Interesting that it gets light when dried out. Sure does look similar to ash.
Can’t wait for this giveaway! The Strat being my favorite guitar ever made (ever), I’m very excited for the outcome of this one!! Beautiful guitar finish in that thin coat of Aztec Gold lacquer - can’t wait to see it assembled and all soldered up. Jimi, Stevie, Rory, and John would be proud! Hope it gets out in the hands of another good player 🤞🏼
I've been looking at Aztec Gold strats for a while now, and a beautiful one got stolen just before I could buy it, so you're absolutely teasing me with this!
Trying to get an even sanded finish in dappled sunshine is seriously hard... I've been there working on boats... you end up going by feel. You see how much light Joe had at his bench? That's what you need.
working on guitars is hard!! A couple months ago, i replaced tuners and bridge on my Japanese Strat. Much more work than I ever thought! I'm staying away from it. I need all the time I can get practicing!
At the begining, I was like - you are gonna ruin this beautiful piece of wood painting it. At the end of the video, I'm totally loving it in this color, it's absolutely amazing, loving it, unbelievable paint job. Dreaming about winning it.
Painting that guitar looked easy. And by the Chet Atkins rule, that means that both the sander and the finisher are skilled beyond my comprehension level. Awesome.
This is going to be one fantastic build the color is on point an I would like to win this guitar it`s about time for a upgrade right now what do I have to do to get this one tell me I am ready.
That thing has grain you could park a truck in. It would have taken a coat of Bondo to smooth it out. I’m hoping the gold comes out kinda semi-transparent so the beauty of the wood shows through. Getting professionals to do the paint and finish, smartest decision ever!
Love the grain on that body !! You got lucky with all those sponsers this is gonna turn out nice !!
Looks great! Love that the Grain still shows through - at the moment anyway.
Hopefully, people will realise now that a 'CNC' shaped body still needs a LOT of hand sanding to finish the body, to remove all the CNC machining marks etc. I still think people don't realise how much 'hand work', how much skilled sanding goes into a guitar body and neck before it can even get to the spray booth.
I get the impression that a lot believe guitars are CNC'd and that's a body finished. Even when you think its 'finished', you need to sand some more. Any imperfection will show on a 'body' when its sprayed so it has to be 'perfect'.
Can't wait to see this finished...
By the name of the sponsors and the look of the work done at Novo, this is truly going to be an incredible guitar. What about giving it away to an aspiring musician to kick off his/her career ?
Like "hey, I gave you this gem. So out of respect for everybody else who wanted this guitar so bad, you should quit your day job and live out of your passion. And remember, there is no plan B."
There was something very hypnotic and calming in watching that guy paint the guitar.
Wow that is an absolutely beautiful color and the grain coming thru adds the perfect touch. I'm jealous of whoever the winner of this will be!
What happened to the partscaster?? Looks great but can't find any more recent videos on it!
Did you finish this project? I can’t seem to find any follow up videos
Yeah, what happened ?
The guitar was probably to pretty to give away 😂
I remember when this was posted originally there was a follow up video where the pickups were installed and he did a play through but I can’t find it anymore
Really interested to know... what ever happened with this thing? Been looking for other videos with it and can’t find any.
Same!
@@El-Scorcho I’m afraid we’re never getting closure on this one… :/
@@beatsmithaudio9245 I think he built it, but liked it so much he didn’t wanna give it away.
@@pugforce8315 Haha can’t blame him for that. Still wish we could hear or see it though.
Strong work Rhett! When I'm sanding I go by the rule. When you think you're done you're never done.
Is there a video of this Guitar finished for the giveaway? I can't find it. It looked gorgeous.
Epic! I know you are gonna love this guitar and watching the making of this guitar is something super special! Thanks Rhett and sponsors for providing us with awesome content to watch.
With that finish and the parts and hardware, that's gonna be a sweet guitar.
Wow. Huge sponsors list, that guitar is gonna be awesome. Wen you said gold I was a little skeptical but being able to see the wood grain at the end I changed my mind. I'm looking foward to see the final result.
Rhett - gorgeous color! I love how you can still see the wood grain even after all that paint!
Fun stuff! Thanks Rhett!!
This is inspiration for me to start rebuilding a squier bullet that is sitting around. I appreciate this channel because Rhett you have clear opinions and perspectives that you are not afraid to share.
I gotta say, your vids have become one of my absolute favourites here on TH-cam, I love how your passion for what you do shines through in every one of them!
Love the guitar-building series! Keep going!
Cheers
Love watching the progress on my new Stratocaster!! 🤪
Man, Aztec / Shoreline Gold are my favourite of the old-school Fender custom colours. Can't even begin to imagine how unbelievable this guitar will look having been dished the Novo finishing treatment. Classy call, Rhet (and the fine folks at Novo!) This is gonna be a guitar after my own heart.
That's looking so good!!
This Strat will look amazing! With so many people's work behind this, It would be a dream to play one!
Wow Rhett that is going to be an awesome build man !
Looks nice with the grain showing through
Sounds good! Awhile back there was a clip of a guy making a guitar out of colored map pencils! Came out sounding great as well! Pretty neat!
Rhett.....you deserve way more subscribers man. I love your channel
I love how there is still some slight wood grain showing even after the paint. Looks killer!
Looks cool with that grain peeking through
This is going to be amazing. I look forward to more of your videos on this.
Where's the next part video of this?
can't wait. Classy choices. It pays to know somebody
Whoa! That is going to be one sweet looking strat build!!
I’ve got the blender in my strat- very cool feature
Looks awesome. I would love that
I can't wait to see it finished.
Beautiful color choice... what an honor it’d be to win such a one of a kind masterpiece
I love the idea of gold. I think Aztec Gold and Inca Silver are two of the coolest colors ever. Watching the paint go on though, I was thinking how cool it might look to just leave it with a thin enough coat of the gold that you could still see through it.
LOVE IT! Totally love the grain coming through. This really is going to be “a very cool guitar”...no dought
These videos make me smile 😁
That grain peaking through the gold... it does things to me
That looks really good.
Love the way this is going. Thin finish shows the beautiful grain. Some light relicing rustic elements would look cool.
I need this stray in my life!!!
Thanks to all the sponsors contributing to your Partscaster! It's really coming along!
I was terrified when you put a solid color over those beautiful grains, but I absolutely love the look of the gold over the unfilled grains!! I think I might try that scheme on a build of my own!
Awesome and super satisfying video to watch. That is a gorgeous guitar!
Dang! My grandparents had six or seven HUGE Catalpa trees in their yard when I was young. We always called them bean trees, because they grow these really long bean-looking things. They had them cut down when I was in my early twenties and I have no idea what happened to the lumber, but it would have been really cool to have gotten a few blanks out of them. I really like the grain.
Wow, the body looks great.
Wow. I've never built anything with Catalpa, but I have lots of those trees. It's pretty heavy wood, but it holds a lot of water. Interesting that it gets light when dried out. Sure does look similar to ash.
Dude that thing looked sick after it was finished with sanding and the first coat was done. Pretty excited to see how this thing turns out 🙂
I can't wait to see the finished product. This is a really cool idea.
Where's the video where he went to the guitar show and bought this body and the tele body? I can't seem to find it.
I've noticed a few others of his videos that disappeared too. Including the finishing of this guitar and give away
Can’t wait for this giveaway! The Strat being my favorite guitar ever made (ever), I’m very excited for the outcome of this one!! Beautiful guitar finish in that thin coat of Aztec Gold lacquer - can’t wait to see it assembled and all soldered up. Jimi, Stevie, Rory, and John would be proud! Hope it gets out in the hands of another good player 🤞🏼
WoW 😮 that guitar is gonna be sick!
So cool. Can't believe they are painting it for you. That's very cool of them. Totally rare lol
Man I don’t play guitar I play drums and I want this guitar! Rhett you are the man !
I searched but can't seem to find the competed video for this aztec gold super strat? url please.
I entered this the second it came up. I'm a big strat guy, hope I can gig this beauty around Canada ;)
I hope to make a visit to Novo when we got to Nashville in June
Dars gold in dat dare Strat!
That's gonna be a nice one. Love the grain too!👍😎🎸🎶
Oh man.... beautiful already
Was this never finished? Never saw and cant find a follow up video?
Catalpa... What a cool name. Never heard of that wood before.
Excited to see how it comes out!
I've been looking at Aztec Gold strats for a while now, and a beautiful one got stolen just before I could buy it, so you're absolutely teasing me with this!
Wow, how exciting is that!!!
Trying to get an even sanded finish in dappled sunshine is seriously hard... I've been there working on boats... you end up going by feel. You see how much light Joe had at his bench? That's what you need.
When is this project getting complete? I’ve been waiting a minute😩😂
Dang. Joe's good. That's the part I'm teaching myself now, how to spray. Boy, does he make it look easy.
Aztec gold strats are sick! Cant wait to see the finished product!
This looks so good!
Man, can't wait to watch the progress
Looks sweet, can't wait to see it finished!
This is going to be so badass.
Thank you.
Dude, really cool!
Cant wait to see how this turns out
This is going to be such a funky guitar. Damn this looks good.
Great video as always! Can't wait to see how it turns out.
Looking forward to seeing it done! That aztec gold is sick!
working on guitars is hard!! A couple months ago, i replaced tuners and bridge on my Japanese Strat. Much more work than I ever thought! I'm staying away from it. I need all the time I can get practicing!
Gorgeous lookin finish. I love the fladers in the aztec gold 😍
At the begining, I was like - you are gonna ruin this beautiful piece of wood painting it. At the end of the video, I'm totally loving it in this color, it's absolutely amazing, loving it, unbelievable paint job. Dreaming about winning it.
Gold is the best color of any guitar!
Is there a part 2?
Painting that guitar looked easy. And by the Chet Atkins rule, that means that both the sander and the finisher are skilled beyond my comprehension level. Awesome.
dang, yeah, this is going to be one *sick* guitar!
add scalloping to the neck like blackmore's strat makes a strat even more of a blast to play for me/
Such an awesome video! Really great to see it built.
That finish!! ❤️
This is going to be one fantastic build the color is on point an I would like to win this guitar it`s about time for a upgrade right now what do I have to do to get this one tell me I am ready.
Beautiful! 👍🏻
Okay, I give up! Where does one find the aforementioned posted links on how to qualify to win the finished Stratocaster?
Omg! At first I didn't care about this, now I WANT IT! Im checking in to G.A.S rehab :)
That body is sick, I love the grain!
That thing has grain you could park a truck in. It would have taken a coat of Bondo to smooth it out. I’m hoping the gold comes out kinda semi-transparent so the beauty of the wood shows through.
Getting professionals to do the paint and finish, smartest decision ever!
I will take 2 and a bottle of anything. To go!
Is this going to be an international giveaway??
Felix Apps yeah?
I bet if it gets a rosewood board, it can't leave the US. Bummer, that.
Rhett if you read this, you have a lot of international followers who would love to get in on this.😁
That’s so cool! Are you going to distress it or keep it brand spanking new?
Dude, great job! Keep that thing in town, I think I should have it 😎😂
Oh boy I want it