croaticum Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 I got my hands on old gibson les replica guitar and im thinking to re-finish it completly. Now.... I would like to do a snakeskin finish on it but not a material finish but more like patern snakeskin finish(Like that Dimebags guitar in pantera's home video) So guys let me hear your idea's pf how would you do it! I'll post pics as soon as i find out what to do. Since i am member to this forum for few years, well i dont post so much but i read allmoast all the posts, im confident that you will come up with a solution. thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Airbrush dude! I'm sure LGMGuitars can do the job but I wouldn't even know where to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaticum Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Yes i know, but it is kinda hard to send my guitar from Croatia to USA for painting and then back. I figure if i decide to do that it wold be cheaper to actually buy snake skin and do skin finish. LOL I have airbrush (martel or something) it is a PRO peace of equipement but i cant draw. I even thot to do designe in photoshop or corel and send it to a printer to print directly on guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Yes i know, but it is kinda hard to send my guitar from Croatia to USA for painting and then back. I figure if i decide to do that it wold be cheaper to actually buy snake skin and do skin finish. LOL I have airbrush (martel or something) it is a PRO peace of equipement but i cant draw. I even thot to do designe in photoshop or corel and send it to a printer to print directly on guitar. ← You could try copying this tutorial (click here) and using some mock snake-skin fabric. Enough clear coat etc and it could look like an airbrush design at a fraction of the cost. Of course, the difficulty comes in finding snakeskin fabric that looks how you want.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaticum Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 I really am not fan of fabric or material finishing 'cos you are allmoast allways left with some little detail that you see just after you finished your guitar. LOL And local airbrush artists are mastered cartoon caracters and some even fantasy pics but as i seen their work i really dont want to give them finishing for a guitar as i know it wont look good. WOW i guess im too picky LOL and acting like spoiled brat but as you know the sigh of victory and satisfaction over a well made job is to rewarding and it kinda created a adiction to me. The thing with material is that i cant find good enough glue qand i am fairly afraid to screw everything up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenhoneywell Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 My "radical" solution 1: Remove guitar top 2: Replace with a lacewood (sometimes known as london plane) top 3: Bleach and stain as appropriate. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaticum Posted January 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Yes, i would love to do that but here where i am is really hard to find wood even for body and not to talk about fine wood. So that solution is off. And i am really sorry that is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenhoneywell Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Yes, i would love to do that but here where i am is really hard to find wood even for body and not to talk about fine wood. So that solution is off. And i am really sorry that is! ← I got some from Germany and it worked out cheaper than getting here in the UK (including postage) Try http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=19579. Lot's of companies that I didn't know existed listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaticum Posted January 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 thy for a link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american_jesus Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 if you've got a good hand, you could paint the body a solid color, and then just draw on the scales. i know you said you're no artist, but i do believe you could draw some scales onto a guitar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaticum Posted January 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 LOL You wouldnt belive how bad i draw!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 this is just in theory i thought of this i havent tried it or seen it tried, how about you paint your guitr white or black (personal) then wrap it in plastic fish net type stuff (i dont know what its called but those chocolate gold coins come in it) then spray you snake skin color/details, remove netting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Snakeskin Tolex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 (edited) thats a brilliant idea, a guitar finish made of amp coating, would be textured too Edited January 7, 2006 by Samba Pa Ti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkchoglit Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 this is just in theory i thought of this i havent tried it or seen it tried, how about you paint your guitr white or black (personal) then wrap it in plastic fish net type stuff (i dont know what its called but those chocolate gold coins come in it) then spray you snake skin color/details, remove netting. ← i saw an episode of biker build off where some one did somthing like that on a gas tank. they painted the tank black, and then streched some fishnet panty hose over it, and sprayed the base color (a metallic silver), after that dried they took the fishnets off it and they had a scale pattern in black, but they didn't spray a snake design, they sprayed some candy colors over the silver scaled and gave it a cool alien look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaticum Posted January 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 i did one car hud that way and it turned kinna cool but it dont even resambles snakeskin when it is in front of you. and i would like to do something more like ratlesnake skin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 (edited) well, it depends if you want the skin to be life size, it would be easier if you made each scale about the size of a dime, then you could make a good stencil, wouldn't have to do such small details, etc Edited January 7, 2006 by Nitefly SA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaticum Posted January 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Ok, this is what i had in mind And it looks sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Actually that image is so fuzzy I can't tell if it's snake scale or a funky scrabble board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaticum Posted January 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 he he I took that one from actual video casset hooked it up to pc so i guess it is as good as it gets and i even tried to find it online but couldnt! Trust me it is skin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 I remember watching an episode of the TV show Trucks!. Gibson built them a guitar, to match one of the trucks they built on the show. It had a snakeskin finish, but there wasnt any paint tricks involved. Basically, they took the top and on the CNC cut a bunch of grooves in the body, then painted it with iridescent paint. It turned a whole bunch of colors which was pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 you should check out the jackson snake skin finish, theres is custom airbrushed but there is really good pics on their site or in the custom shop area not sure MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Actually, Algee may be onto something. The biggest problem I could foresee with this finish is getting all the detailed patterning to look clean and smooth, rather than rough and blocky. If you were to carve grooves into the top of your guitar and finish in a shiny or even colorshifting paint, you'd get a pretty cool effect. It wouldn't exactly be snakeskin, but it'd be something close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croaticum Posted January 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Now im getting a new idea how to do this, and am interested in what you guys think of it. Im thinking yes, to carve the guitars front in snakeskin patern and then paint it with pelescent 2 tone color. That should give it great effect, and maybe put a really thick coat of clear and even it up so it is smooth to touch. I guess that would give it a 3d look.The only thing im worried about is if too thich coat of clear would be actually clear or if it would crack??! My friend runs a car painting garage and he is exclusive inporter for 3m colors so i have access to all the colors available on todays market so that's not a problem. Ok let me hear what you guys think of this idea, and thank you for all advices over all this years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 if the wood is dry then the clear shouldn't crack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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