Venom300 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 A guitar I am working on as a hobby.. Some one let me know what you think of the idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 that is a really cool finish....very van gogh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Wow, I really love it. Makes me think about having my sister do an acrylic painting on the back of one of my next builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzar_Guitars Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Nice! How did you do the swirly pattern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!WOOD!! Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Nice paint!!I love the unusual Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwhiteandthemaple Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 omg. that's so nice. Yea.. How DID you do those swirls exactly if it's not a top secret of yours? I am trying do a swirl effect, less swirly then yours and 1 gigantic swirl in the middle of a Kelly.. but I don't know any cheap way to do. TELL ME!! PLEASEE!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom300 Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 My girlfriend did the swirl and the idea was from a van gogh. Its really simple to do. just buy some brushes get some paint. Draw circles on the guitar, paint the out line but don't go all the way around skip some spots and work your way inward. Start with one color and then move to the next... actually it doesn't take much painting skill at all. thanks steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neocon58 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 It makes my heart sing! Tehehehehehe!!!!!!!!111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Whoa, that's amazing! Almost reminds me of the Hendrix inspired Flying V by Gibson: http://www.gibsoncustom.com/inspiredby/inspiredby.html Very psychedelic dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american_jesus Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 that is very slick. i like it a lot...definately looks like something you'd see some hippy draw on a strat in the early 70's...very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom300 Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 I appreciate it. Thank you I only hope is sounds as good as it looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lietuvis Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Nice finish, but you shouldn't have gotten paint in the neck cavity! (or did you tape it up?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 I like that a lot! You don't see too many hand painted guitars around here--usually it's dye or a burst or something-- so this gets a lot of points in my book just for the originality. It's interesting too that it was based on Van Gogh's work; the moment I saw it, it just screamed Starry Night at me. That said, what are you doing for the electronics/neck? Purple pickup covers, perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom300 Posted February 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) I like that a lot! You don't see too many hand painted guitars around here--usually it's dye or a burst or something-- so this gets a lot of points in my book just for the originality. It's interesting too that it was based on Van Gogh's work; the moment I saw it, it just screamed Starry Night at me. That said, what are you doing for the electronics/neck? Purple pickup covers, perhaps? No Purple Pick cover... I think thats just too much purple.. i wanna find like a hendrix cream pick guard to match the fender stacked humbucker pickups that i am going to put in it. I like to do a lot of hand painted stuff i think everything that you guys see of mine will be reall wild. Someone said something about getting paint in the neck cavity (sorry i hate being a newbie) ? Is that a problem and if so is there a way i can fix it? I appreciate all the feed back Steve this is another project i am working on. The only colors sprayed on here are black (for the back ground), Red for the back ground in spidey, and the blue for his legs.. everything else was done by hand! Edited February 8, 2006 by Venom300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~john~ Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 I love the spider man one, are there going to be painted pickguards on any of these, it would make them look that bit better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom300 Posted February 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 I love the spider man one, are there going to be painted pickguards on any of these, it would make them look that bit better. I would like to paint on the pickguard put i find that i run into the problem of the airbrush paint flaking off. I would do it if i knew there was some way to get them on there and stay on there! I would love if someone could tell me if there is a spray i could get? steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 I'm guessing someone will suggest a coat of shellac, since apparently it sticks to everything, and everything sticks to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Epoxy primer also sticks to everything. Unfortunately, everything includes your lungs. It's best to spray something like that in a paintbooth with a positive pressure air supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom300 Posted February 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Epoxy primer also stick to everything. Unfortunately, everything includes your lungs. It's best to spray something like that in a paintbooth with a positive pressure air supply. actually when i get my own place here in a few months my dad was talking about helping me build a paint booth. So im hoping to be able to do a lot more complicated stuff here reall soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrgeo Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 I love the spider man one, are there going to be painted pickguards on any of these, it would make them look that bit better. I would like to paint on the pickguard put i find that i run into the problem of the airbrush paint flaking off. I would do it if i knew there was some way to get them on there and stay on there! I would love if someone could tell me if there is a spray i could get? steve You could do it the same way that the RC car guys do. They use clear bodies and paint them from the inside. This way the clear material provides the protection and gloss. It takes some pre-planning as everything is done in the opposite order. Hobby shops carry paint that actually bonds to the lexan and stays flexible. Their are both solvent based and water based types. the solvent based (Pactra, I believe) come in the same size jars used for most airbrushes. The question would be if you can get a clear pickguard. It looks like pickguards.com offers clear acrylic, that may work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Stewmac sells clear pickguards. Anyways, making a pickguard is a piece of cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom300 Posted February 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Nice finish, but you shouldn't have gotten paint in the neck cavity! (or did you tape it up?) Nobody every answered my question to this? I didn't know you couldn't paint the neck cavity. Can i just sand the paint out or is my guitar ruined? I'll definately check out the clear pickguards... if i were to use plastic paint on the guitars would it stick to the plastic and could I clear over that just like a guitar? Because I have an airbrush gun (alll be it a crappy one) I saw an airbrush guitar on this site, pickguard and all. So its gotta be possible I'll work on it. But The next question is what should I airbrush on this Pickguard. I was originally gonna put hendrx in sillhouette form somewhere on the guitar. (it was origianlly wass be a van gogh based artistically but hendrix influenced by sound) Should i try it on the pick guard? Let me know what you think? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 I think you'll get the most durable results painting the design in reverse order on the back of a clear acrylic pickguard, like mentioned above. As far as the neck pocket goes, if your neck fits in their perfectly and is totally uneffected, then there's not problems. However, odds are that won't be the case. Simply sand away the paint in the neck pocket so the neck fits in it propperly. For future reference, just tape the thing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom300 Posted February 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Alright I gotta another question for you guys. Do think that I got too much over spray in the pattern of the guitar or do you think that it looks okay? I would appreciate as much feed back as possible. Thanks. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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