unclej Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 this guitar probably turned out better than what i had originally intended. i had a black strat body that had a lot of deep dings in it so i bondo'd them and after sanding them smooth i shot a coat of white primer over the black. i then shot three coats of an off-white as my color coat. the original idea was to drop drops of black paint from about 4-5 feet and hopefully they would make a nice splash pattern. i figured 20 or so drops in varying sizes would be pretty cool. didn't work. i had to thin the paint a bit to get it to "splash" and when i did the drops started running, especially on the arm bevel. so i let it cure for a few days and took the old random orbital sander to it and as i started getting the splashes off i was also taking the top coat and the primer off in spots and kinda liked the effect. so i carefully went over the entire guitar, sometimes to the primer, sometimes to the black and sometimes to bare wood. when i got the look i liked i shot my clear coat and here it is. it's not a relic nor was i trying for a relic look. i didn't even take the sanding swirls out of it but it's actually pretty cool looking in person. http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1065862 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american_jesus Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 that does look pretty cool..i can tell you one thing...noone else is going to have a strat like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushy the shroom Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Yeah, that's pretty neat. I would have had a more varying pattern to it, like the headstock, where there are more random patches of finish, bondo, and wood. Very unique though; kinda Vai-esque. "When life gives you lemons, build a Strat" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeli Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 "It's not a mistake, it's a feature." Usually my original ideas share a common ancestor: An error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeli Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 (edited) "It's not a mistake, it's a feature." Usually my original ideas share a common ancestor: An error. It is very beautiful. Edit: The headstock reminds me of a shark, why don't you call it Sharky? Edited November 5, 2004 by aeli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goth_fiend Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I like it as well, ones things for sure: this could be error! but it turned out nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted November 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 thanks everyone...sharkey does kinda fit doesn't it? and i think i found my sig line. "When life gives you lemons, build a Strat" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american_jesus Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 goth...this isn't gcom! and this is just an observation, but the pictures right when you open the links makes it look like it's chromed and there's reflections on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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