RELICING AND UPGRADES, MAKEOVERS , etc...

IF you have a guitar you want given an aged/vintage look ,mods/ upgrades , etc...                                                                                                                                

NOTE: Fender Decal's will not be applied to any headstocks. All those images with decals are genuine Fender guitars

Fender®, Tele®, Telecaster®, Strat®, and Stratocaster® is a trademark of Fender Musical Instruments Corp (FMIC) FVcustomguitars is not affilliated with FMIC

Certainly a 100% thin nitro finish is easier to work with. But we've come up with some great techniques now to relic even a guitar with a poly finish !  So if you a less expensive guitar that you are attached to, but would like to improve  it in someway , give us a call to see what is possible

usa 70's strat .....   refin, reradius, refret,    relic'd, etc...

Fender Highway One with a refin, aluminum gold guard added, vintage tuners, fralin pickups,  etc.. aged to a  medium level

Highway one neck aged with vintage tuners put on. tear drop fingerwear, and Fenders decal masked and darkened like vintage necks do over time

custom order heavy aged blonde on top of sunburst

 Poly finished guitars with aging

customers polyfinished sonic blue  an aged tweed deluxe  clone we did

poly finish strat w heavy aging

poly tele burst with aging

bakelite style covers

Photo below was contrasted to easier see the subtle blade checking

imitation of early bakelite style aging on covers and knobs on a  mary kay style strat

Our customers are always amazed at how thier necks feel after we take down the finish, stain Properly oil the back. And since we are aging the guitar , we can really get in there to roll and soften the fretboard edge and fret ends

tuners changed to vintage correct, string tree mod,finger wear ambered, decal highlighted, etc...

Mahogany neck with ebony board

 getting rid of the locking nut put on a 70's vntage strat

heavy distressed covers

heavy aging on a mim strat

Gibson LP with Floyd before and after

high gloss buffed down, aging, blade checking, etc...

Custom engraved metal plates

customs with a built in amp (see link below to hear the amazing sustain and feedback out of this)  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVp-bvo6KrI

buffing down the high gloss and aging this Eastman hollowbody

customers request refin over, heavy aging, decal, metal engraved plate

custom natural finish with aged tinits

carved sawtooth design border on many of our custom models

One piece wooden pickguards

Mahogany neck with ebony on a with a black body

Marshall Seese's custom build (great singer songwriter who plays lefty but with strings like a righty) with custom brass pickguard 

aged tele pickup

getting rid of the production off the shelf look on this Sambora strat

   BEFORE

    AFTER

this one was upgraded with gold tuners

BEFORE  (MIM tele with a poly finish)

AFTER ....    buffing down the high gloss and mild aging

BEFORE

AFTER

customers decal requests

decal requests

NATURAL hand rubbed finish's that get better with time

aged metal back plate for LesAul

Lazered Initials

Customers dog tag inlaid

heavy aged  new Fralin pickup

brass block

pat. pending  dualtone board (maple and  rosewood)

GIBSON SG makeover on a lefthanded guitar

hand carved saw tooth pattern

Robbie Robertson pickup configuration

Customers EPI spirit makeover

wood turned trem arm tips

Case aging

aging on cases

Also lacquering/ambering/aging tweed covered amps

Amber Lacquer and aging new tweed amps

CALL 770 806 1717