Maelstrom

my blue gibson lp kit has a matte finish. i used matte Plasticote paint, and i didnt lacquer it. finished it just as you would for a lacquered guitar, but didnt buff to a high gloss.

But doesn't it wear off after using the guitar for a while? I've used regular acrylic black matte laquer. Can I just leave it there without worrying about wearing it off...

I'm currently working on a project that's going to have a matte finish. Can I do this with regular clear coat laquer? Do I just do the touch up proccess until the point when I should start to buff and polish?

Couldn't find any tutorial which deals with these questions, hope anyone here has some answers...

To fit the 707 you have to drill out the pickup spacing a bit. I also made a channel beneath for the cables to run through so it fits perfect.

What did you use to make a channel?

mullmuzler | OSSMT

just use a smaller drill along the bottom of the cavityto the wire-holes.

hezochiah Posted on Oct 18 2003, 11:37 PM

  Nice job  I really like the swirl and it looks great with those colors. Did you use the method in the tutorial section for that finish?

Yes I used a similar method...

Man, that 7 looks f***ing amazing!!! Did you post pics of swirl couple of months ago? EMGs.... who doesn't like them. How much are they and what mod do they need for instalment?

mullmuzzler | OSSMT

Yes I did post pics of it couple of months ago.

To fit the 707 you have to drill out the pickup spacing a bit. I also made a channel beneath for the cables to run through so it fits perfect.

Here is what happened to my vantage:

Before but red...

what do you think?!

earlier project:

Did you get a custom body made { i noticed it only had one volume knob }, or did you just fill the original?

I just filled it... nothing special about that... There is a product called "chemical wood" here in sweden that I used. A type of filler for wood.

The colors I used where Humbrol Urethane Laquer and can be bought at any hobby-store. Clear was hagmans 2-components acrylic.

Ok here she is:

this was the actual swirl attempt...

Now it's pretty finished... Just going to polish it up with some guitarpolish then it's done!

I bought this great liquidrubbing polish that made wonders to the finish...

Now the finish is so shiny and cool that I might skip the buffing procedure, what's the point when you already have a sparkling finish?? (this is where YOU tell me why I should buff) LGM, some words of wisdom???

Let me get this right...

You used plain spraypaint?

No... Humbrol Laquer... Like Colors for hobby-stuff. Just let it drip into the water...

Did it dry hard? I've experimented a little with different paints and the ones that turned out good didn't dry while the ones that dried hard looked like mud when finished, all the colors ran together and mixed and turned brown

If the paint starts running, then the color coat is to thick...

I've been to London for a couple of days, but now I'm back...

The way I did it, was just add borax to water(the tutorial way). Then I used urethanlaquer, common Humbrol mini-cans, costs like $1,5 a can. So swirling guitars this way is pretty cheap! And with the cheap laquer, you can fool around alot to learn how the different colors react, without spending more than $10.

Is this the same 7620 you refinished earlier with the black and white graphic

Yes it is! The back of the vampire hunter graphic guitar was awfull, and I couldn't live with it! So then I stripped it again and painted it metallic blue.

But that was to boring so I stripped it yet another time and did the swirl...

:o very very very good looking... is this your first swirling attempt?

Looks really great

It sure is... I had to test a lot to learn how the different colors react... It was worth while though!

So I tried swirling my RG7620, well here are the results:

I'm pretty pleased with the results. Tell me what you think!

So I was sanding my guitar down to the bare wood and when I stopped I saw that I've sanded to far into the body by the cavities, almost down to the cavitie-rest.

What would you recomend me to do in a situation like this?!?

Thanks!

Ola

I'm thinking of swirling my rg7620 body and was wondering how the basswood will answer to when I dip the body into the water, how should I prepare it?

And I read something about not using regular clear laquer, what should I use then?

Thanks!

I'm having another project going on and I was wondering, I'm in the laquer stage and should I after I've sprayed some coats, sanded between the layers, spraying, sanding leave it at that and let it dry for a couple of weeks. Or should I sand it down to almost polished state and then let it dry for a couple of weeks???

I'm using acrylic-laquer for the job.

Also give me some tips and pointers on how to achieve a good result!

"Hi Bill, I used some sort of special paper which you can print the logo on

with any kind of printer. After that I used a steam iron to transfer the

logo onto the wood. There is a special layer on the paper that will come

loose if you heaten it. Oh yeah, you should print the logo mirrored. The

shop I bought it from had several special paper. For woods or metal or

plastic etc...

How are the results using this method? And isn't there a chance of burning the actual wood when ironing?

I consider this method cause I don't have a laserprinter.

you can use any stereo output jack it doesn't matter but it has to be stereo cause that's how it keeps the battery from being on all the time.i put emg's in my ibanez and i left the old jack in and it works great.

ok thanks

I recently bought a emg-707 to my rg7620, now can I use the stock stereo-output for it or do I have to use the one that came with the emg? I noticed tha one that went with the emg pickup was a lot shorter than the stock one, and it wont work unless I carve out some wood.

Thanks!!!

Is the artwork a Vampire D(cartoon anime thing?) picture?

It looks like that vampire guy, thats just AWSOME.

Great job, what RG model was it before?

Yes it is! It's D from Vampire Hunter, as said in another post I scanned the DVD-cover of that movie.

And it was an RG7620 before... Now it's an RGV7620

Well here they are! Hope you enjoy!

Before!

Sanding done phew!

For great spraying results, try do it just outside your bands rehearsing room.

They will be pleased by the smell, and inhaling laquer will only make your rehearsing even more fun!

Cover on and first laquer-coat has been sprayed...

same here

well back into the box. After numouros layers of laquer this baby is getting her

beauty sleep, for about 2-3weeks. Then I'll start polishing for real..

bonus

bonus

thanks to this site I actually did all this by my own! I've never done anything like it before and I'm pleased with the results. It's not perfect, there are lots of stuff that I would like to do over again. But now I need a ****ing break!!

bloodlust!!!!!!! its one of my favorite dvds!!!!!!!! ok im all giddy now, yea, i should do a tenchi muyo themed electric guitar, that would rock!!!!!!!

Only difference between Tenchi Muyo and Vampire Hunter D is that Vampire Hunter is cool, tenchi not

i was thinking of making my entire guitarcollection anime-related...

That would be cool...

I'm going to win the anime contest by saying:

Vampire Hunter D

So am i right?!?

If that were my guitar, i would save up some cash and send the neck away to Jeremy or someone; how sweet would it be to have cross inlays { like the tombstones on the guitar } instead of dots?!? I think it would look great!

Yes you're right!

It is Vampire Hunter... And yes it would be cool making crosses in the neck but I'm not really to happy with the backside of the guitar though. Because it was my first project, I encountered numouros problems, one for using a thick laquer that made the white surface yellow, ruining the whole project... So I had to sand of that laquer, which wasn't the easiest thing to do. Also the fades on the side of the guitar was a little tricky to do.

But considering it was my first project, I'm pleased with the results...

Here is the first crappy pic of my first ever project. I will post better ones later but for now here's a sneakpeak. It was an black RG7620 untill 2 weeks ago when I started sanding. I composed an image scan(guess what anime?!) and made a photocopy of it, and transfered it to the guitar, similar to the material-tutorial. I couldn't have done it without this site...

Tell me what you think!