badasstommyboy Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 On monday i'll be going to meet all the G3 guys. (i won aftershow tickets !!!! ) So i have a guitarbody stripped down to the wood and sanded smooth with about 400 grit paper. I'm gonna get the G3 people to sign it with a permanent marker. 1. Will the marker react to whatever finish i use? 2. What finishes could i do so that i can still see the signatures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Its going to bleed into the wood most likely, check first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorecki Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 On monday i'll be going to meet all the G3 guys. (i won aftershow tickets !!!! ) So i have a guitarbody stripped down to the wood and sanded smooth with about 400 grit paper. I'm gonna get the G3 people to sign it with a permanent marker. 1. Will the marker react to whatever finish i use? 2. What finishes could i do so that i can still see the signatures? Say hi to the boys for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 And pour some water on Yngwie for us too. Yeah, that would be one cool looking guitar to have them sign it. I've seen people just get the pickguards signed before too. Those are a lot easier to take to a show than the whole guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 I haven't had much luck with sharpie's and nitro lacquer. There's probably a trick to getting the two to play nicely but I don't know what it is yet. When I've tried it, the ink starts to blur and it looks horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morben Guitars Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 If they sign the bare wood - it will bleed in and look like crap in 3 months.. You need to have the body sealed first. Use a Vinyl Sanding sealer. This is also what you will want to experiment with to coat over it... TEST ON SCRAPS FIRST!! Nitro and nitro based sanding sealer will both eat a sharpie alive. You could go to the art store and buy a paint pen...but I still wouldn't use any nitro/poly topcoat directly on it. They are all nice guys - I have met them a few times. Steve's guitarist is a friend of mine...he got to play my Guitar of the Month a few weeks back.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 from melvyn hiscocks book, it says he signed it with a felt tip pen and laquered over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badasstommyboy Posted June 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 from melvyn hiscocks book, it says he signed it with a felt tip pen and laquered over it oooh what page?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 it doesnt go into detail, but its the caption to the top picture on page 106. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 it doesnt go into detail, but its the caption to the top picture on page 106. He doesnt go into detail for a reason, and that is because you will have difficulty finding a lacquer that will work over the ink. Practise on scrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 maybe a non washable sharpie, and a waer based laquer might work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 how about shellac?just a suggestion to try..i don't know for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 i tried, though it was with a ball point pen, it kinda smeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badasstommyboy Posted June 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 i just tested a very small section on a part of the guitar that would be covered by the scratchplate. It bled a tiny bit, but you had to go very very close and have good eyesight to see it. The pen is a big chunky black pen, and is waterproof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 well....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki swordsman Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 i know it's too late but another option would have been to get them to sign a blank transfer, then you could worry about it later, and you could put it wherever you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themikestro Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 I did the signature on the headstock of my guitar with one of those silver/gold gel pens, let it dry for a while then laquered it with plastikote acrylic laquer, no problems there. But do: Leave the pen to dry for a while Don't spray too thickly or it will run and look crappy. Do: Take more than one pen because they are tempramental. I did write over black laquer though, don't know if it would work on bare wood.... Party hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denny Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 What Mike said! I've written on top of acrillic paint with one of the silver felt tip pens, and acrillic laquered over the top of that and it seems ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morben Guitars Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Forgot to mention that I've had good luck sealing signatures in using "EF Lacquer"...waterbased stuff I got at Rockler for a piece of furniture. Not a huge fan of Waterbased lacquers..but this actually worked well. I used the sanding sealer then a satin topcoat. Came out well with both a paintpen and a sharpie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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