gibsonsg26 Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 (edited) hey guys i just started work on a silvertone that the other guitarist in my band has im doing it at cost but its coming out cool. It had a really cheasy sunburst on it so i painted it a solid blue for him were aso putting in blue pickups and a yellow pick gaurd. Ill post pics soon. hope you guys like it! silvertones website pic (the first color) basecoat Edit: just wanted to add a funny little bit about silvertone quality control. When i took the bridge off to refinish the body i found a piece of masking tape. I got a little confused and asked my friend if anyone had done finish work on it before. he said no. I peeled off the tape to find out they had drilled the holes for the trem wrong and had covered there mistake with blue masking tape. There were like 5 holes drilled crooked above the straight "right" holes. (who knows if there dead on i still havent checked. has any one else run into this kinda stuff with silvertone? Edited July 6, 2007 by gibsonsg26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 (edited) started the first coat of yellow on the old white pick guard it should look pretty sick with a very 80's vibe. Edited July 5, 2007 by gibsonsg26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 I need you guys opinion do you think blue pickups and green knobs would look good on the yellow pickguard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAK Guitars Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Yeah I think that would look cool or maybe green pickup covers and green knobs. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Thanks for your oppinion.we talked about that combination we will probably paint the old covers to the silvertone pickups to see what looks best. were a glam style band so we really want are guitars to stand out from the crowd and tracking down an 80's axe that isnt bruised and abused is getting very diffucult so i started moding are guitars. Im hoping it will look really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 I'm sure you're aware of this... but if you paint the pickup covers, the paint will wear off from the guitar pick. It's a cool look if you like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 ya were only painting the covers to see what looks better blue or green it will ultimatley end up with dimarzio pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 does anyone know the best way to finish the rosewood that has been scalloped if not we are leaving it unfinished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Are you sure that isn't maple stained darker? If you're leaving it unfinished, just go over it with some wood soap to clean it up and then maintain your fingerboard as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 yah im pretty sure its rosewood were would you find that type of soap because i would really like it to all match up. Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted July 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 got the body all wet-sanded and its going in to clear coat tommorow (if it stops being so humid) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted August 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 started clearcoat a month latter then i planned humidity has been horrible here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonsg26 Posted November 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 well great news after all this time the paint cracked during the curing time and i have to redo this guitar for my friend out of my own pocket. Also i have to make a new pickguard because we tried to relic it and i was using a torch to burn the wood and complete brain fart left the pickguard on Plastic+fire=melty mess. This could not go any worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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