Foggy Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Here's a guitar refinish I've been working on for a while after it's first coat of finish. Really pleased with how this one has come out so far as there's been a lot of experimenting involved. The finish is a bit rough at this stage, but by the time she's completely finished, polished up and the hardware refitted I reckon it'll be one of my best yet.......... As you can probably tell I'm quite pleased with this one!! lol Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 beautiful work. is the white circle below the bridge humbucker a moon or a camera flash reflection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 and the back jim!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae3 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 WOWZA! I remember the start of this project a while ago, turned out really well. Do you airbrush or paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foggy Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 and the back jim!! Thanks for all the positive comments guys, I have to admit I really do kinda like this guitar myself (and that's not always the case!) WezV, haven't taken a decent picture of the back since it's had the Kanji lettering applied and after the first finish coat, this was taken after the sealer coat was applied over the Samurai figure and rubbed down with 1000 grade wet and dry (so it looks flat). I'll whack a piccy of the back up once I've taken some pictures after clear coating and with the backplates back in place again Frazer, the white looking circle is the moon, it reflects back a little like a camera flash because it's silver leaf with a transparent white painted over the top, the idea was to give a kinda luminous effect so....... Whooo Hoo...............must be working! ae3, Yes, been going on a while this one , it's a combination of airbrushing, painting with a brush, gilding, lots of tinted lacquers and very much a case of keeping everything crossed through most of the stages One day I'll hopefully actually know what I'm doing and maybe then the old nerves will get some respite! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 So great...really...I love the paws sitting on the pickups and the trem...and the wave flowing down the angled body to crash against the edge of the guitar...very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPA or death Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Wow. Quite a work of art. I've never seen one of these Kramers before. Any info on the original? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadovfor Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Fantastic work Foggy!! I'll be keen to see what you can produce when you know what you're doing. How does the placement of the dragon go once you have the pickup rings in place? It looks like you'll lose some of the claws and neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 How does the placement of the dragon go once you have the pickup rings in place? It looks like you'll lose some of the claws and neck? looks like the pickups are direct mounted, look at the screw holes under the pickups feet area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foggy Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) Wow. Quite a work of art. I've never seen one of these Kramers before. Any info on the original? IPA or death, here's a link to Kramers specifications page for this guitar. Kramer 'Kramertorium' Specs The guitar is very light and the neck is very slim, though the overall finish on this particular guitar was actually pretty poor (straight from the makers). That may possibly have been because they knew I was going to be refinishing it anyway.......... at least, I'd like to think that's the case and that they're not all like this one was. The guitar is so light weight, and the wood used for the body that soft and so easily 'dinged' that it almost feels like balsa wood, again though, this might just due to the guitars shape, very soft basswood not really ideal with those prominent pointy tips! Other than that it's actually a nice shaped guitar that does grow on you. Dadovfor, As WezV rightly say's the pickups are directly mounted. That was really the reason the dragon ended up being laid up that way in the design, as you say, with pickup rings it wouldn't have worked out so well. Jim Edited March 18, 2009 by Foggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadovfor Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Dadovfor, As WezV rightly say's the pickups are directly mounted. That was really the reason the dragon ended up being laid up that way in the design, as you say, with pickup rings it wouldn't have worked out so well. I've just learnt something (once again). Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz guitar paint Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 very nice well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Petrucci Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 That is awesome. One of the best paintjobs ive seen..... ....oh and a big hello to daddy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I've never seen one of these Kramers before. Well, as you've probably seen in the link, it's because it's not a Kramer. It's a Gary Kramer guitar. Different brand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foggy Posted March 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) I've never seen one of these Kramers before. Well, as you've probably seen in the link, it's because it's not a Kramer. It's a Gary Kramer guitar. Different brand... RAI6, Yup, I stand corrected, this is indeed a 'Gary Kramer' guitar and not a 'Kramer', as in a Gibson, Epiphone factory produced Kramer I'll just toddle off now and hang my head in shame Jim Edited March 18, 2009 by Foggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brcck Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I've been following this on your website, I had no idea you were here on PG. It looks great! So cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kammo1 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 That is amazing Jim and its nice to see fellow UK members work, it just goes to show you haven't gotta cross the pond to get killer work done! looks like I might have a paintjob to do for me Jim when funds permit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foggy Posted March 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 That is amazing Jim and its nice to see fellow UK members work, it just goes to show you haven't gotta cross the pond to get killer work done! looks like I might have a paintjob to do for me Jim when funds permit. Thanks Kammo and brcck Just let me know Kammo and I'll see what I can do Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 It is beautiful...I was not familiar with this guitar...it's what a corvus could have been... needless to say the artwork is superb and it needed a guitar like this to make it so effective...well done, and don't forget to post picks with the hardware and stuff when you're done... pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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