Xplorer Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Just wanted to share... Another buddy of mine was impressed with the camo paint job I did on my Warlock, so he asked me to do his ugly purple Ibanez for him. I gladly accepted! Here's my warlock: http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g30/scmcfaul/000_0258.jpg Here's some pics of the Ibanez: http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g30/scmcfaul/Repairs%20-%20Finishing/redux005.jpg http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g30/scmcfaul/Repairs%20-%20Finishing/redux006.jpg http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g30/scmcfaul/Repairs%20-%20Finishing/redux007.jpg http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g30/scmcfaul/Repairs%20-%20Finishing/redux008.jpg What a horrible night to have a curse.
Sleaze_Disease Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Holy haberdashery, Batman!!!! That's really cool!!! Lyrics-wasted time between solos.
picker Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Great job, dude. Looks as good as most pro refins I've seen. Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.
Trucks Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Yeah man that looks good! What technique do you use? Soundclick Myspace
Xplorer Posted June 22, 2006 Author Posted June 22, 2006 Thanks guys!! Seriously, I just cover the entire guitar in masking tape, draw on the camo pattern, cut it out, and spray! It takes 2 days to get the colour down, and then just follow standard topcoat practices. Both these guitars were done with a flat finish for effect. The warlock is right flat! I'm looking forward to the opportunity to refinish more guitars. What a horrible night to have a curse.
Darklava Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Good job The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.
The Big G Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Top job looks very proffesional, nice one. Love life, some twists and turns are more painful than others, but love life..... http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=592101
Caevan O'Shite Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Well done! Looks very vintage "Woodland Camo"! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/icons/icon3.gif Maybe it'd look good with a (faked) sewn-on, embroidered-patch lookin' logo-tag on the headstock, and perhaps dog-tags inlayed at the 12th-fret and engraved on the neck-plate 'round-back there... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _
Xplorer Posted June 22, 2006 Author Posted June 22, 2006 Originally posted by Caevan O'Shite: Well done! Looks very vintage "Woodland Camo"! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/icons/icon3.gif Maybe it'd look good with a (faked) sewn-on, embroidered-patch lookin' logo-tag on the headstock, and perhaps dog-tags inlayed at the 12th-fret and engraved on the neck-plate 'round-back there... Good call dude! I'm going to play with that idea for the warlock! What a horrible night to have a curse.
Pappy P Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Now Ted Nugent will never see you coming. www.birdblues.com My Stuff On Sound Click
Scott Fraser Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Dude, I don't see any guitar. It must be so well camouflaged it blends right into the surrounding forest. I like all my guitars camouflaged so they blend in with all the tobacco sunbursts around here. Scott Fraser ps. actually a very nice paint job. Not my style, personally, but very well done. Scott Fraser
fantasticsound Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Cool refin work. And I don't generally like camo, but those are very good. But please edit your pics in the future. Your work is so much better than the graphic representation above. I cleaned them up a little. (Bear in mind I don't know what actual color tones are present.) http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/1796/redux00813th.jpg http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/5585/warlock10bb.jpg It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd
Ricardo. Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Originally posted by Pappy P: Now Ted Nugent will never see you coming.
Xplorer Posted June 22, 2006 Author Posted June 22, 2006 Originally posted by fantasticsound: Cool refin work. And I don't generally like camo, but those are very good. But please edit your pics in the future. Your work is so much better than the graphic representation above. I cleaned them up a little. (Bear in mind I don't know what actual color tones are present.) http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/1796/redux00813th.jpg http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/5585/warlock10bb.jpg Wow man, that's much better! Did you use photoshop? I'm at work, but have photoshop at home. How do I go about cleaning up the pics? What a horrible night to have a curse.
fantasticsound Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 I used Photoshop Elements to quickly erase the background and crop to each image. Then I used Picasa, a program you can download for free from Google for tuning the brightness and color. Picasa provides simple, yet powerful editing. I like that it divides brightness into overall fill light, highlights and shadows rather than brightness and contrast, though both sets of controls do much the same thing. It also has a color temp. slider. Without that, I'd have had to make manual color bumps in another program to regain the saturation and balance that was lacking in the original files. It also great because it's non-destructive editing. Every change is saved without altering the original file. You can then export the file, which is just a fancy way of saying resave it as a separate file. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd
Xplorer Posted June 22, 2006 Author Posted June 22, 2006 You really made the details come to life there bro. The warlock used to have a tailpiece style bridge. I had to rout out the body for the floyd rose. What a horrible night to have a curse.
Xplorer Posted June 22, 2006 Author Posted June 22, 2006 Originally posted by fantasticsound: I used Photoshop Elements to quickly erase the background and crop to each image. Then I used Picasa, a program you can download for free from Google for tuning the brightness and color. Picasa provides simple, yet powerful editing. I like that it divides brightness into overall fill light, highlights and shadows rather than brightness and contrast, though both sets of controls do much the same thing. It also has a color temp. slider. Without that, I'd have had to make manual color bumps in another program to regain the saturation and balance that was lacking in the original files. It also great because it's non-destructive editing. Every change is saved without altering the original file. You can then export the file, which is just a fancy way of saying resave it as a separate file. It's going to take me awhile to digest that, but I'm definatley going to give it a shot. Thanks for the pointers man! What a horrible night to have a curse.
fantasticsound Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 If you can learn to edit pics as well as you paint instruments then you'll be more than skilled enough to quickly edit your photos. It's amazing how much detail can be hidden in a picture that, for one reason or another, displays too dark. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd
Greg B. Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Great job. I'm not much on camo either, but I really do like both of these. Kinda has that George Lynch Kamakazi (one of my all time favorite guitars) vibe going on. Very cool. Avoid playing the amplifier at a volume setting high enough to produce a distorted sound through the speaker-Fender Guitar Course-1966
LPCustom Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 That's some beautiful work, Xplorer. Very nice woodland camo. Born on the Bayou
caprae Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 You'd have a good future in the South! I'm still waiting to see a Duct Tape guitar. I know I've seen someone who did that, but can't recall where. Raise your children and spoil your grandchildren. Spoil your children and raise your grandchildren.
Xplorer Posted June 23, 2006 Author Posted June 23, 2006 How about a duct tape version of Eddies 5150? What a horrible night to have a curse.
Tone Taster Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 You da man !!! Is it true that if you use laquer, the tone is better than w/the poly finishes?
Xplorer Posted June 23, 2006 Author Posted June 23, 2006 Originally posted by yZeCounsel: You da man !!! Is it true that if you use laquer, the tone is better than w/the poly finishes? Damn, good question. Anyone know this for sure? What a horrible night to have a curse.
Dr. Ellwood Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 It is said the the laquer is so much thinner that it makes for better vibration hook up with the body. The laquer IS ALLOT thinner there is no doubt so there could actually be something to it. Any finish is by definition pretty much non resonant (or is mittagated or has insulation characteristics) SO logic says the a thinner coat would be more resonant. http://www.thestringnetwork.com
fantasticsound Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 Actually, you may have read where I posted that, LP. It has little to do with the thickness, Lee. Lacquer is not a great sealant. You can stain laquer, even after it has cured, because it breathes. Polyurethane finishes, from what I've heard and read, encapsulate the wood in rigid armor. Wood definitely resonates better with a laquer finish, but I have no idea if it truly adds something to your instrument over polyurethane. Gibson would certainly have you think so, as would fine violin, viola, cello and other wood classical instruments. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd
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Scott Fraser Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 <> I believe this is the case with acoustic instruments, but doesn't really come into play with a solid body. Scott Fraser Scott Fraser
Dr. Ellwood Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 I have four Strats, well five if you count the aluminum one, but we can't count that one in this discussion. All four of these Strats have a completely different sound when unplugged. they are louder or softer or more bassey or more trebley, the pickup cavities are identical and the pickguards are identical pretty much the string gages are exactly the same, even the same brand on all my guitars. SO... if solid body instruments are not resonant why do they all sound different? of coase on a acoustic it is more pronounced. http://www.thestringnetwork.com
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