renablistic Posted November 4, 2003 Report Posted November 4, 2003 Ok, it's a 60's archtop, with a lot of odd switches. So with that in mind choose one of these 4 finishes: 1) natural, just like John lennon's late casino. Just a few coats of clearcoat 2) red stain. the wood is pretty good looking, and i think this might be nice. 3) solid red. just a simple red finish to make it look fast. It looks like a an old cadillac now, i want a ferrari. 4) leopard print. Wallpaper the body with an animal print (probably leapord). Then clear coat away.. this is destined to be my stage guitar. The body is small, and super light, like 3 pounds. all together It's about 5 pounds of a guitar. The red stain would be beautiful, the solid red would give it a fast look, great stage presence. Leopard, just awesome.. so? Quote
Drak Posted November 4, 2003 Report Posted November 4, 2003 Go absolutely berserk with it, go Postal all the way, take it as far as you can within your present abilities to be able to finish and one day, play it again. Sky's the limit. But try to pick out a design you will be happy with 5 years from now also. Quote
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 4, 2003 Report Posted November 4, 2003 Go leopard.....wal mart has leopard print faux fur in the crafts dept. Go ZZ Top style! Quote
renablistic Posted November 4, 2003 Author Report Posted November 4, 2003 faux fur!!! OMG!! i never even thought of that!! OMG!! that would ****ing rock!!! so simple, too!!! but then again, it's a hollowbody, would the fur ruin the tone? Quote
Jon Bell Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 It might take a bit of top of the tone but not a huge ammount. Quote
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 Not much...and it would look so cool! Quote
Hotrock Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 I'll post you the neighbours cat if you want real fur. Quote
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 No, I'm a cat person for one. For two, I dont think the yowling sound would be good Quote
Hotrock Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 I'll post the little bastard anyway. You can keep it out of my way then. Fury guitar sounds cool, how about using cress Quote
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 what about the hiss and yowl? Quote
Hotrock Posted November 5, 2003 Report Posted November 5, 2003 Worth a try though! Who needs effect pedels when you can just kick the neigbours cat in the nuts . I still think cress (or moss) is the way forward Quote
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 6, 2003 Report Posted November 6, 2003 You'll need a hefty noise supressor Quote
StratDudeDan Posted November 7, 2003 Report Posted November 7, 2003 in the words of miles davis, "less is mo', man..." my favorite look for a guitar is a nice, simple, clear stain. that's it. on my strat (pictures soon, not my avatar picture, either) i have a clear stain on most of the body, with the side and part of the top and back having an ebony stained fire licking across it, a 1/4" solid black line on it's edge to make it crisp and sharp. because that looks so awesome, all of my stage instruments are now going to look much like it or at least be inspired by it. so my suggestion is this: chicks dig it when a guy is so cool, he doesn't need a guitar with all sorts of crazy crap on it...he just needs something that looks as good as he does... btw, this is not an opening for insults, save that for the slam topic, i'm in there enough... Quote
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 7, 2003 Report Posted November 7, 2003 what about ZZ Top? Quote
westhemann Posted November 7, 2003 Report Posted November 7, 2003 what about ZZ Top? they never claimed to be good looking...only sharp dressed Quote
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted November 7, 2003 Report Posted November 7, 2003 Yeah... but every girls crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man Quote
renablistic Posted November 7, 2003 Author Report Posted November 7, 2003 it's gonna be a red stain, the tone is perfect on this baby. OMG is it nice. I can get ANY sound from it, and don't want to dampen it with faux fur. But maybe, just maybe, I'll put on a racing stripe or flames or something Quote
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