Spider-Skot Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Hey, everyone. I've only posted here a couple of times, but I have been lurking in the background picking up some hints and tricks. I have to say, that this is a great site, and some of the work you guys do on guitars is very inspiring. I decided about a month ago that I was going to give my 84 Destroyer a total makeover for her birthday in January. I had been looking at the floral Jems, and liked the fact that they had fabric finishes. It opened up my eyes to a world of possibilities. That's when I came across this site. It had everything I needed to know to do this. This is what she looked like before: See, I had done a slight makeover on her a couple of years ago, and was kind of inspired then by a combination of Gibson's Gothic Explorers (flat paint, all black hardware) and Spider-Man. I ended up with a flat black Destroyer with a gloss black web. Here's a pic of that incarnation: Anyway, I went for a fabric finish with a black "poor man's burst". The back and sides were painted with "spatter paint" that you use for car trunks and then painted over with gloss black spray paint. I love the texture, because it looks cool, is easy to finish and it keeps the guitar from sliding around on your lap too much I was going to do a 3D type of inlay of the Jem vine variety, but gave up after cutting out the first piece of acrylic. What I ended up doing was cutting out the pattern, then filled it back in with epoxy that I had mixed with a darkish red metallic car touch-up paint. It's not the best, but it's my first time, so... For the headstock, I made my own Ibanez logo using those clear address labels for injet printer. You can't really tell that good from the picture but it's red, and it almost looks pearlescent in sunlight. Well, now that I've typed your eyes ot, here are the pics of the final product. Hope you like it Thanks for looking, guys Skot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 im impressed very good job!! i like the vine, very cool! the spatter paint at the back looks pretty cool also! congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidgec94 Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 I like it! The spiderman finsh looked really pro as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Exactly what fidgec94 said. The uniform vine inlay also gives it a nice touch, me mucho likey. so long ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Curious as to what you used to clear over the flat/gloss web finish. I'd think a satin finish would dull the web and a flat finish would gloss up the gloss. But maybe it doesn't matter anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Skot Posted February 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Thanks, guys. Glad you like it. To answer the question about clearcoating the web, the solution was very simple. I didn't clearcoat it. I knew that doing that would render the web invisible, so...there ya have it Thanks again SKot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 No clearcoat? How durable was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Skot Posted February 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Well, it lasted until I sanded it off Pretty soon, I'll be posting pics of another guitar I modified for a friend of mine. I think you'll like that one too. I'm working on it's brother now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 to be honest, I liked the spidey one better than the cloth one... oh well, this site is all about branching out, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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