Respraying a SET neck guitar

[yellowfellow]

Hey all. I've been going through some threads here on soft regarding respraying or re-'coloring' your guitar. And most of them comes with bolt-on neck. So i've been wondering for quite sometime already, is it possible to do the same thing on a SET neck guitar such as a lespaul or even a SG (heh!).

Yeah hope someone can enlighten me on this. And if it is possible, is there anyone in SG who does these services at a low price??

 

[lightice]

Yes it is possible to refinish a set neck guitar.

Tape will be your best friend.

Just tape off the neck and refinish the body.

Then vise versa.
Being careful helps a lot too.

 

[Gr3y]

Patience will be your buddy.

Along with it you need loads of this thing called research

 

[fgl]

if your neck and body has binding - pray extra hard

 

[Dime]

how about removing the glossy finish?is this possible?

 

[yellowfellow]

Hmm.. 'cause i'm considering removing the finish on my SG and change some stuff. But i'm pretty new at this and i need as much info as i can get before starting. Of course it would be better if someone experienced does the job for me.

Btw, mine's a set neck G-400. Im not sure whether it has binding lol. So... yeah.

 

[Dime]

nope.the g-400 got no binding.

 

[Faizalhacker]

make sure capture plenty of pictures before doing it and label BEFORE and AFTER so that you can show your effort....

 

[Gr3y]

this kind?

 

[niteblade]

yeah i think its that kind

this is his sg

 

[Gr3y]

ooh. nice... never seen a yellow 3hum sg b4...

anyway yup masking tapes will work wonders

 

[yellowfellow]

Hey yeah, but wont masking tapes make the fretboard sticky after that?

I had a hard time removing the stickiness of the 'PAID' sticker by sweelee on the neck when i got home. =\

Oh and does anyone local do such jobs at reasonable rates??

 

[Gr3y]

no.. masking tape are not meant to stick in tt manner.. they are meant for temporary taping.. good masking tape will stick well when u apply and peel off like banana skin when you need to!

Of coz if you are willing to spend, there are a special kinda masking tape that is meant for painting, 3m. The will not cause bleeding of the paint and will leave u a smooth sharp edge where u mask. I've got 1 huge roll but.. lost in a gig while trying to tape my song list to the floor.. argh..