paint ur guitar?

[ItAcHi]

anybody have their guitar paint with your own band logo or pic??
how much did u spend??

 

[Jayshen]

if u want to DIY and paint.... very cheap.... but must got skill one... and a lot of confidance.... later screw up ur guitar....

but easiest way is to Air brush.... but very $_$ . i got a quote from music factory at parklane there.... $300 to just change the color of ur guitar....

But tts for electric.... if urs is an Acoustic... pls do not i repeat do not ever paint ur guitar body..u will spoil ur guitar . dun be shocked to know tt there r ppl out there who actually paint their acoustic...

 

[ItAcHi]

i wanna add a pic on my electric...how long will it take normally??

 

[nebo1981]

i've repainted my guitar ....

Painting is the easiest part (excluding design) ....~!

Removing the varnish on most guitars would take really long if u dun have sanding tools ~
I've tried block sanding but dat take too long so ... just sanded it all off with 200 grit paper .... gotta know wat u're doing ... u might accidently sand off too much ... giving ur guitar a funny shape ...

change to a higher grit paper ard 400-600 when u've gone through the varnish ... u'll know when u've gone through the varnish, when u sand abit ... den can see wood ....

Now ... u gotta block sand the paint ....

u'll notice some faults in the wood ....
mine was made of alder , so ... quite abit of wood filler was used. Not allowing me stain and varnish to show the grain....

i'd advice adding a base coat .... but they dun come in sprays ... so ... guess u gotta paint it on... den sand to level ... (i didnt do this, should have though)

left to spray ur backgroung colour... and design ....

Varnish ....

i tried lacquer but ... it's not very good on paint ... maybe if u just wanted to stain ... it'd be okay ...

Now i've got a problem .... if my guitar gets knocked slightly ...(by a sharp edge) the paint comes off ... (just the small part ... luckily i painted it black .. filled the nicks with black marker.... hahaha)

i dun understand why ... coz i've put at least 7-9 coast of spray varnish ...
maybe someone could advice me on how stock guitars get such thick coats ?

 

[man_kidal]

I saw a girl wearing a g string today she chaokeng in the canteen.

 

[anep]

But tts for electric.... if urs is an Acoustic... pls do not i repeat do not ever paint ur guitar body..u will spoil ur guitar . dun be shocked to know tt there r ppl out there who actually paint their acoustic...

wad does it mean by "spoil the guitar"?
does it spoil the sound or is the guitar gonna break apart?

so if i can't paint my acoustic guitar, is there any other way for me to change the looks of the guitar?

 

[MrE]

I saw a girl wearing a g string today she chaokeng in the canteen.

Hhaahah... good on you, but wat has that gotta do with painting a guitar? :lol:

 

[pooo]

WAY off topic...

 

[man_kidal]

*thinks of ways to link* She'd look great painted on a guitar?

 

[MrE]

*thinks of ways to link* She'd look great painted on a guitar?

I'd like to see that happen! 8O

Reminds me of this guitar i once saw in sweelee showroom a long long time ago, got a playboy girl airbrushed on it. Anyone remember what guitar it was? Back then I wasn't so much into guitars so I didn't notice. Wonder if it is still there....

 

[hofner]

play boy special edition

 

[rottenramone]

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yeah... that was like when i was in sec sch some more.. it was on sale for like $12K man

 

[chiagerald]

About repainting guitars, I found this rather interesting link on the Net

http://home.flash.net/~guitars/

I'm thinking of repainting one of my axes too... thinking of getting some of the products from this site to experiment

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