mattdude

Thank you very much for your response Jim!! I have a lot more clarity to reference from as far as what I should be doing . . . A coupla quick questions come to mind: --Why is it that you say I should know before having the body filled whether or not I will be stripping the whole thing? --Should I strip the whole thing? It seems that just scruffing up the existing poly could save me a lot of Time and Money --Would there be a noticeable sacrifice made in terms of the guitar's tone by having the extra amount of paint clinging to the wood? (BTW -- It is not too late for me to change the course of the body-filling as my tech has not started that yet -- Plus he offered to email photos of the 'before' condition! so...) Thanks for all your tips -- I will definitely use as a reference! Matt How much clear coat should I buy? =)P

Olympic White looks pretty white to me -- -- I'm looking for a good white for my RGX A2

here's an rgx a2

Ok I was just wondering should I use a) automotive paint??? nitrocellulose; or c) 'poly' which is how I believe it's currently done -- only I don't know where to buy white 'poly' Thank you for any suggestions!!! mattdude

Hi Jim -- Thanks for your reply -- I cannot take picture at the moment as the body is being filled by my luthier -- However -- I am thinking that due to the extensive amount of filling he is going to have to do -- I intend to go with a SOLID WHITE COLOR finish . . . Could anybody comment on: 1) Would it impact the sound of the instrument to just paint over the existing poly? 2) Should I strip it to bare wood? 3) As far as painting -- I do have access to a spray booth as my brother works for a kitchen manufacturer and they spray their own doors there ... I was thinking - one of their kitchen styles is called 'AUTOMOTIVE' -- and I believe they use actual automotive paint -- Could I spray my guitar with this??? Ideally I think I'd like to respray a poly on there to make it how it's 'supposed to' be, but I would be open to any recommendations as far as nitrocellulose vs poly vs automotive "kitchen" paint -- and where to acquire such paints --- (I'm in Canada) --On an interesting note -- there is a website with a guy who painted a classic car with Tremclad Paint using a foam roller with great results! Here's the explanation: http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread/t-117715.html and the photo: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d...in/DSC02769.jpg Anyone tried this on a guitar?? Thank You! Matt

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Hi! I have recently acquired a badly beat up Yamaha RGX A2. My luthier is going to patch up all the holes in it and I would like to paint it myself. Does anyone have a recommendation as far as type of paint -- how much stripping to do -- I would like to preserve the tone of this instrument -- Also I would like to preserve the horizontal and vertical lines on the body that seem to be part it's current poly finish -- Thanks for any help! mattdude =)