E-Dog Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Hey everyone I ve been for the last year investigating wood burning as a alternate finishing for drum kits. The other day someone mentioned doing guitar body's which I have thought about but never have desided on doing it untill today. Anyway I thought I would start here and ask you guys in guitarland about what you think about these techniuqes as applie to guitars. My drum works can be see here at Relic Shells . So if you have time I was wondering if you all think it would be coo to start doing guitar body's in some of these similar ways. Although I could do about any type of imagery this is just some that is recent. Thanks hope to gain some good percpectives here. Peace This image was done on curly maple for a cd cover recenlty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 thats beautiful absolutly beautiful. Im more than positive that would work fine on a guitar. WOW PLEASE do A GUIDE! THATS SO COOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Posted December 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 What do you mean guide?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 as in a tutorial for the main page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Posted December 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Good idea once I get a body this month and start work Ill document the process. .Thanks good idea yall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 man thats some seriouslly impressive stuff. i checked out ursite and had a look at the drum body that u got on there, the one where you used to grain of the wood to dothe fish. its bloody well done. i reckon that thisd look pretty sweet on guitars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Posted December 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Yea I love those exotic wood patterns alot. .I like to see the wood and think about pulling things out of its natural state. . which I can't wait to try on guitar. .As soon as I do ill post some pics to get some more feedback. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DividedByJames Posted December 4, 2003 Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 Very sweet. If I were you I'd definately get on the guitar-wood-burning wagon. I've seen a few guitars over the past few years surface with wood burning art. Here's a Custom Shop Jackson Koi scene - second over from right, 3rd row down. How much do you charge for your work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Posted December 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2003 That is a really coo guitar but I think what iam trying to do is do more art that deviates from the typical happy tree;s and grandma;s kitty cats that seem to be associated with wood burning. Right now I don't have a real plan in place but I would charge just based on the amount of time but not strictly. I would just try and figure out with the customer how much detail is required and just estimate and work with the person on seomthing reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DividedByJames Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 but of course--none of that sappy crap...your art looks more Pushead-esque. I always wanted the BobaFett elephant skull (5"x6") wood burned onto the ass-end of a guitar (where the forearm contour would be). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Posted December 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Lets do it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 That's pretty awesome stuff...I've always wondered how you do that? What kind of tools do you use? Because the only wood burning tools I've ever seen are like Opie Taylor's wood burning pencils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 That's pretty awesome stuff...I've always wondered how you do that? What kind of tools do you use? Because the only wood burning tools I've ever seen are like Opie Taylor's wood burning pencils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Posted December 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 I use this tool Wood Burning Pens damn I didnt even notice this place had a front end page of custom work, we should link each other. We have a similar site called Ghost Note that we started for custom drum builders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoG Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 How much damage does the burning do to the wood? I was thinking you could do fretboards. Make or buy maple fretboards and do designs on them and sell them to people building. I assume that you would be able to make a design quicker and w/o material costs, compared to traditional inlay (so that they would be more affordable). You could do designs on spec as samples and also take orders. Might have to stock a variety of radii for the boards. Anyway, very nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Posted December 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Damage can be controled to that of non what so ever. I have a instrument that lets me control the heart be a large range .. So it could be really light burning that doesnt leave any indentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butnut Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Killer stuff. That's art. Be kool to see it on a guitar. That drum set is wild, you guys are mad modders too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Posted December 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 I dont know who the main moderator's are here but I just wanted to say we are putting up a link to this site at www.ghostnote.net. This place I think is similar in what we want to do for the drum world online. Brothers in music Awsome place. .! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 I dont know who the main moderator's are here but I just wanted to say we are putting up a link to this site at www.ghostnote.net. This place I think is similar in what we want to do for the drum world online. Brothers in music Awsome place. .! Ooh! Cool! -- frustrated drummer turned guitarist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DividedByJames Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 Lets do it ? I gotta find a worthy guitar body. I might do a thinline ash Tele...that'd be sweet...like a cattle brand. Aight...lemme try and track a decent one down on ebay and from there we'll get the ball a-rollin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Posted December 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 Divided By James. ..I just orded a simple basic strat body and neck from Warmoth have you cheked them out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DividedByJames Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 Yeah...they're good stuff but a little pricey for my cheap ass. If I scour Ebay I can find a thinline body for under $100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 dang double posting. Brian, is there anyway you could make it so we can delete our posts? That's the second time I've double posted on accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 I would be happy to donate a junk strat, iceman, or rg body to the cause As long as you guys do something cool with it! What about abum art...Like led Zep's firsr album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 Very nice work- my compliments. How much do you usually charge for a shell or guitar body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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