Kiko Loureiro and MY SWIRLS!!! Check the guy at my swirlin' stand...

Tubarão Guitars · #1 04-08-2006, 01:46 PM

Yeah. This is a couple of pics of my swirls i did for a very big brazilian guitar brand, Tagima Guitars.
Those shoots we're taken during the ExpoMusic in São Paulo - Brazil.
The ExpoMusic Brazil is the biggest musical instruments fair in South America, and i was showing some of my swirl on the biggest guitar stand booth, with more than 200 Tagima guitars around.
Very important and nice people lurkin' around when Kiko Loureiro of band ANGRA stoped by and started to ask who's the swirler.
We talked a lot and, well: Kiko want's his signatures guitars SWIRLED!!!
He asked about a gray and silver swirl and i promised to work something out for him!
Now, i'm just waiting the custom bodies from the Tagima's factory to start.
During the show, he went NUTS with my blue/purple/white Tele.
Check this out and send your comments on the swirl, please!
Tubarão.

This is some of the swirls i did.

Me and Kiko.

Me sayin': yeah, we can work something out, dude!

Swirl detail

Back detail.

Tubarão Guitars · #2 04-08-2006, 01:49 PM

Headstock details.

Tubarão Guitars · #3 04-08-2006, 01:51 PM

More headstock. Pay attention to the swirled PAW at the foreground.
More pics of the swirling process and unfinished body tomorrow.
Thanks everyone.
Tubarão.

zEr0 · #4 04-08-2006, 02:16 PM

Wow, COngrats man! Kiko is definetly one of the best players out there and in my opinion one of the few real exponents that prove that South American guitarists KICK @$S!

It's great that he has recognized your work cuz it's always been top notch. And I'm not that much into swirls...

The Euphor · #5 04-08-2006, 03:15 PM

Congrats! That's huge man! Good luck with the prospect.

Hopefully he'll dig it!

Eggy · #6 04-08-2006, 03:39 PM

Hey Tubarao! That PAW swirl is exceptional !! The colours are realy vivid. Nice work bro !

Ben

Tubarão Guitars · #7 04-09-2006, 10:52 PM

Yaw. Thank you everyone.
I'm waiting the custom bodies and i'm very elated abouthat!
Here's the unfinished body pics.

Tubarão Guitars · #8 04-09-2006, 10:58 PM

Just look the details at the back of the Tele...

Tubarão Guitars · #9 04-09-2006, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eggy

Hey Tubarao! That PAW swirl is exceptional !! The colours are realy vivid. Nice work bro !

Ben

About the PAW babe, it's really impressive.
I'll be showing her on the next thread. Stay tunned.
Thanx.
Tubarão.

mi2tom · #10 04-10-2006, 12:14 AM

Really cool man!!!

Flobanez · #11 04-10-2006, 12:40 AM

Congrats! Impressive work as always, Tubarao. I love that Tele....

Lefty Robb · #12 04-10-2006, 01:31 AM

Awesome swirls...to bad your in brazil, I'd send you my 550...

About that tele, I love the blue swirl but the white PG has to go, it throws the whole thing off, it really needs a clear one or none at all...

fettouhi · #13 04-10-2006, 02:30 AM

Sweet man, congratz!!!

Regards

André

ibanezcollector · #14 04-10-2006, 09:51 AM

Hey Tubarao how about a more detailed swirling tutorial than whats up at project guitar..

That would benefit this community 1000%, Your swirls are first rate I love seeing your posts..

So can ya hook us up with a tutorial?

Tubarão Guitars · #15 04-10-2006, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ibanezcollector

Hey Tubarao how about a more detailed swirling tutorial than whats up at project guitar..

That would benefit this community 1000%, Your swirls are first rate I love seeing your posts..

So can ya hook us up with a tutorial?

About doing a nice home-made swirl, i think the P.G. tutorial is alright.
To be honest, everyone who wants to swirl at home need to go "wrong" times to times, doing lots of diferent attempts. And just trying and trying.
To make some NIIIICE swirls, you just need to swirl and swirl over and over.
To make a UNIQUE attemp, i really recomend a pro help, just like Darren or Herc.
If you want, i can make my tutorial version.
Cheers,
Tubarão.