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[djrjems]

Hi all. *I finally finished my RG770SN (SN for van Gogh's Starry Night). *I used a print for the face of the guitar . . . got the idea from the Picasso JPMs.

I put in some new pups too . . . PAF Pro, Fast Track 2 and Tone Zone :thumbsup: *What do you think?



(Edited by djrjems at 2:03 pm on Feb. 27, 2002)

[Drestin Black]

That is sweeet! *How did you put the graphics on? *Is it a print or were they painted on? *Nice job.

[djrjems]

Thanks. *I used a print and glued it to the guitar with spray adhesive. *My work went a little something like this:

1.) took the entire guitar apart
2.) sanded guitar down to the wood
3.) primed it w/ oil based spray primer
4.) spray painted the body dark blue
5.) glued the print to the face and headstock
6.) clearcoated
7.) put it back together

[cerealk]

that looks great- a totally transformed guitar

Great job!

Best wishes

Simon

[Devo]

Im very Impressed,

love your choice of print it really suits the design and shape of the guitar, its difficult to find prints that use the available space well.

Steve

[kirk]

The print didn't give you any trouble when clear coating? *I would have imagined that it would have absorbed the clear coat. *What kind of clear did you use?

Very cool looking. *Congrats!

[djrjems]

I sprayed it with 3 thin coats aerosol polyurethane so I could get the surface of the print to tack up a bit. *This seemed to give the print enough protection to move on to final coating. *

The print was rather thick and glossy, so it may have been okay anyway . . . who knows *:idunno:

Thanks for the compliments all *

[Roland Schemers]

that is a pretty cool looking finish. Nice job!

roland

[RSVampire]

that is a killer modifacation my friend.....simply FABULOUS!!

[ChrisReedSmith]

Please enlighten as to how you turned the Ibanez logo yellow. I want to change the color of my logo to black and another to red. Can I find someone to print the logo for me to clearcoat over or what? thanks

madwell

[djrjems]

Thanks gang * In regards to the logo, I actually went about that in an unusual way. *I've seen threads here on Jemsite that discuss printing the logo on decal paper for laser jet printers (i.e. get a graphic of the logo and have it printed on a color laser jet at Kinko's or something).

I scanned the logo off the headstock before I sanded the headstock down. *I knew if I printed the logo on decal paper, the edges of the decal would likely show through the clearcoat (unless I spent a lot of time trimming the logo perfectly to the letters).

Since I was putting part of the print on the headstock as well, I decided to scan that as well. *I used Adobe Photoshop to lay the logo over the print and made them one image. *I then printed this out on my home ink jet using photo quality and photo paper.

That's how I went about it :biggrin: * If you're only interested in changing the logo's color, it's probably worth your time to search Jemsite for other threads on this topic.

[gitarguy]

I think it looks great!! Good job!!

[jem10]

Incredible job man!!!

What sort of print did you use (what sort of paper). Is it a poster or printed on a laser jet?

Cheers James

[Project Guitar]

Nice job! Is that a Fast Track 2 pup in the middle?

[rickboot]

Very nice work. Do the edges of the print look OK? I ask because most print/fabric guitars have painted bursts around the guitar edges to hide the seam.

Rick

I've got say it -- I'd give my right ear for that guitar.