Painting an Electric Guitar

RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post By Lane (Guest Post) (11/14/2008) This is the first time I've ever painted a guitar, when I sand down my guitar, and that's all ready to go. What type of paint do I want to use? I want to make the guitar a shiny black with sweet locking star at the end of it. Do I have to use a different type of paint for a design? Then once that dries, do I just put tape over it, and paint the rest of the guitar black? Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post By Benji (Guest Post) (11/07/2008) I recently bought a Ibanez RG321 MH from a pawn shop. I totally agree that you should treasure your old beat up guitars but now I have several guitars and the latest being a once loved RG321. I'm gonna refinish it all white with red blood splatter and a bloody hand print. I hope it works out as well as I am hoping it will. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post By Infantino27 (Guest Post) (01/29/2008) I making an electric guitar with my cousin (a professional guitar/mandolin maker) but since all he has ever made as been acoustic, we don't know what paint will work. We also think that we are going to use guitar lacquer over the paint, so we need something compatible. The colors I'm looking for are deep indigo or blue and a mintish green. I don't care if we use lacquer, i just want some sort of polish. Does anyone know what paint or gloss to use? Thanks. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post By Guitar Chic (Guest Post) (01/20/2008) Hey Steve, if you want to improve the sound on the guitar, and since you say it is an old guitar; if it has lost its tonal qualities do get a new set of pick-ups and maybe change the frets (the metal pieces) as they can be worn down by the strings pushing on them. When it comes to your daughter playing, and wanting it to be softer on her fingers, I would suggest using a set of gauge 9-42 strings. They should have less tension and bending will be easier. Dont change the fret board or anything else :) Oh and no it shouldn't matter if the guitar was left un-stringed. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post by MrkCmblz (1) | (09/26/2007) Contact Hi, do you guys think you can help me with this? I bought a cheap $100 EPOCH Gibson Les Paul that looks like a Black Beauty at a Target store and it just looks plain and boring!!!! Im 15, and I looking forward to painting my guitar. I would like to draw a custom graphic on the back of my guitar since it has more space. Does anyone have any suggestions or experience on drawing a graphic on a guitar? Do I need any supplies to use in painting or drawing a custom graphic on a guitar? Do I have to remove anything from the guitar? I at least need to know how to paint the guitar and probably some supplies and equipment I should use in drawing and painting the guitar. At least show me a link to website. NEED HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The Pic above is the Gibson i bought! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post By Jerry Boswell (Guest Post) (07/02/2007) i have been playing for a few years and my guitar is pretty tore up. so i found a great website that gives advice on how to paint it. check out: http://www.wikihow.com/Custom-Paint-Your-Electric-Guitar. itll help Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post By Mad Hatter (Guest Post) (06/29/2007) i have a guitar with a graphic on it, just bought it, i'm gonna paint it. i'm a good guitarist who doesn't like the graphic. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post By steve a (Guest Post) (04/01/2006) can some one help me ive got an old framus electric guitar i took it to my local music store and they basicly laffed me out of the store but its worth more than any money it self you see it was bought for me wen i was 14 im 40 now and its bin wit me for some tough times in my life it s now time to hand it too my daughter shes 14 and well on her way musically but it needs new pick ups and she wants it painted how hard is this to do and is there any tips on in proving the sound and keeping the fret baord from being hard on her fingers thanks .oh by the way i be came a drummer some 10 years later so this guitar has sat in my rec room un stringed does this matter Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post By guest (Guest Post) (03/02/2006) oh you make me wanna cry....don't paint it. Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post By (Guest Post) (02/26/2006) My observation has been this. REAL guitar players treasure their old, scratched, dinged, scraped guitars just as they are.......and their music is sweet and full and real! Then there are POSERS with the newest, slickest, shiniest, prettiest guitars. Their music is stiff and harsh with no soul! If it were mine I wouldn't paint it........I'd just play it! Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post by ThriftyFun (3717) | (02/25/2006) Profile | Blog! | Contact Hi Tracy, Here are some links about painting and refinishing an accoustic or electric guitar. One caution here, if your guitar is valuable, it might be best done by a professional because you can really devalue an instrument by doing anything but giving it a better tone or action. This site is great for any type of repair or cleaning of your guitar. http://www.fretnotguitarrepair.com/cleaning.htm These sites give instructions on repainting your guitar. http://www.diyguitarist.com/Guitars/SuperStrat.htm http://wiki.ehow.com/Custom-Paint-Your-Electric-Guitar Susan from ThriftyFun Report Spam or Abuse RE: Painting an Electric Guitar Post by thriftyboo (122) | (02/24/2006) Profile | Contact Perhaps you could buff the worn areas with fine sandpaper and gently touch up with model paint or auto touch up paint. Report Spam or Abuse