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Post subject: painting my own guitar
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:05 pm
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hey im currently saving for my first strat, im either going to get a mim reverse headstock strat or a standard lefty strat. after i get it im going to hand paint it in my own custom paint job or like a monterey strat.

does any one have any painting tips on things like types of paint or finishes i should use?

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Hello Nikko14,

Best of luck with your project.

Put up photos when your ready.

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:29 pm
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nikko14 wrote:
hey im currently saving for my first strat, im either going to get a mim reverse headstock strat or a standard lefty strat. after i get it im going to hand paint it in my own custom paint job or like a monterey strat.

does any one have any painting tips on things like types of paint or finishes i should use?

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This might help http://home.flash.net/~guitars/index.html

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wow thats a great site thanx for the info cvilliera (hope i spelled that right :? ).

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wow thats a great site thanx for the info cvilliera (hope i spelled that right :? ).
Ya I have used there stuff when refinishing guitars in the past. The main thing is the prep work you do first some poly finished guitars are a pain to strip and prep sometimes. I have only done it a few times most people don't wont to pay the cost because it does take time to refinish and a air brush design that much longer.

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:19 pm
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actually i was just going to hand paint over the paint on the guitar and possibly put a finish or sealler over that. kinda like what jimi hendrix did on some of his guitars.

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Post subject: Re: painting my own guitar
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:37 am
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nikko14 wrote:
hey im currently saving for my first strat, im either going to get a mim reverse headstock strat or a standard lefty strat. after i get it im going to hand paint it in my own custom paint job or like a monterey strat.

does any one have any painting tips on things like types of paint or finishes i should use?

thanxs

Hi,
Good luck with your project. Here's another site fthat might be useful.:wink:
http://www.stewmac.com/


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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:25 am
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so the project has changed. now im making a guitar i,ve already built a body over the weekend its pretty sweet. i built it in my granpa's shop. hte rest im going to buy off of pickers parts and ebay. im getting all real fender parts.

i would post some pictures but i can't figure out how. [/img]

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nikko14 wrote:
so the project has changed. now im making a guitar i,ve already built a body over the weekend its pretty sweet. i built it in my granpa's shop. hte rest im going to buy off of pickers parts and ebay. im getting all real fender parts.

i would post some pictures but i can't figure out how. [/img]


OK, we need to see those pictures. So what people here do is this: head over to http://photobucket.com/, follow the instructions and set yourself up a free account. Upload your pictures, again following the instructions. At a point in that process you choose the size you want the pics to be - be kind to the format here and don't pick something too enormous.

Finally, once the pictures are uploaded your album will display and beneath each picture are four lines of code. Simply highlight and copy the bottom one, labeled "IMG Code" and paste it into a post on this Forum.

Presto: pictures for free. Off you go...!

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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:16 pm
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okay heres my pics. i hope i did this right.

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heres the body so far i have it all routed and stuff. it just needs the rest of the guitar and paint.

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this is how the guitar will look once its finished, but with my cool paint job and also possibly a rosewood fretboard if i cant find a cheap maple one.

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and here is the awesome paint job designs. this guitars going to look freaking sweet when its done.

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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:17 pm
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that turned out alot bigger then it was supposed to, i think i did the resizing wrong. dope! :shock:

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Finding a reverse headstock neck in rosewood is gonna be a difficult task. I don't think fender made one.

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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:33 pm
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Im not getting a reverse headstock neck. I'm just going to get a left handed neck, i dont use those dots on the side of the neck anyways ijust use the ones on the fretboard.

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Voodoo strats used to have a rosewood fretboard option. But those necks go for a lottttt of money on eBay.

I would recommend Warmoth if you want a reasonably price reverse headstock, right handed neck as opposed to a lefty. But if you find a lefty neck that suits your needs, then by all means go for it.


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nikko14 wrote:
so the project has changed. now im making a guitar i,ve already built a body over the weekend its pretty sweet. i built it in my granpa's shop. hte rest im going to buy off of pickers parts and ebay. im getting all real fender parts.


That body looks great. How did you do it so fast? Did your Granpa have strat templates just waiting to go?

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