painting

Hello, I recently finished my guitar with brushed epifanes clear gloss varnish. It is very yellow because it is quite thick. I am planning to handbuff it with sandpaper and stuff. Will it grind down the finish layers so the yellowy part will become a bit less than before? any advice? Thanks :)

I wanted to paint my rg370 from Black to Jewel blue. I have the strings off, wasn't sure how to disassemble the rest of it. Do the volume, pickup selector knobs pop off? This isn't my go-to guitar, but I want a project and always like the JB finish. So I've got some wiggle room on...

I have a really beat up RG5EX1 I bought on sale and intend to refinish/repaint as a project. I'd like to know if there are there any other RG guitars I see as a visual reference with zebra pickups(not stock obviously), grey headstock, matte grey hardware, and no pickguard. I've been thinking...

I'm throwing together a project, mainly for the practice of it and something to beat around on. Nothing special, it's an RG220 body I got off ebay. Anyway the paint is chipped all the way down to the wood in some spots. So it looks like I'm gonna need to take it back down to bare wood. I have a...

Hey, guys, I have a Jem555 lying around with a broken trem so as soon as I get that fixed, I'm going to get my gf to paint the white body on my Jem so I have a few questions - I want the design to go on top of the already white body so will I have to sand off the laquer on the body first...

Hey, Folks. I have a custom Fireman body that needs painting. I wonder if anyone here would be willing to do a professional paint job on it for a reasonable price? I would do it myself but I just don't trust myself enough to do a good job. Thank you, Feel free to PM me if you're interested...

Anybody ever used Rust-Oleum Flourescent spray paint for their guitar? I was killing time at Home Depot today at lunch and decided to check out the spray paints there because I've got a RG470 that I'd like to paint. As I was looking around I noticed they had a cool looking Fluorescent section...

Hey guys, I've been thinking on painting my Ibanez RG5EX1 (I'll Include pics). I have been thinking about using the purple-ish chameleon paint that changes colors. Or -> Just painting the swoosh mark behind the Ibanez logo blue to match the pups; and paint a blue/black checker-board pattern...

Hey guys, I've been thinking about getting a custom RG body made (HH with multi woods) and was going to have someone draw or paint a picture/image on the front kinda USA Custom like. I'm going to oil the rest of the guitar, for a natural back look. I need to know what kind of paint would...

Hey folks! While I'm still writing my new DIY Guitar Painting and Hotrodding E-book, you guys can follow along with my new blog. I still get frequent PMs and post replies about the book and info, but it's not finished yet. So.....I decided to start a blog that will hopefully help some of you...

goooood day! I've looked and done as much research as i can with the time i have, but cannot come up with concluding results ! D: Anyway, just a few questions. I plan on repainting my strat, (affinity squire-first guitar) At the moment it's black and I'm looking at painting it tropicana green...

For those of you wanting to have a swirl paint job on your guitar or bass, look no further. You have found me. To research my work is simple. GO TO swirltheworld.net . I have a sure fire formula of over 25 years in existence. This formula is known by only me and the originator. All the other...

Hi, I've got a guitar body on the way which is a fixed bridge Ibanez RG321, which I am going to refinish (seperate thread on its way soon :D) I know it will accept AANJ Wizard II necks, however is it possible to convert a locking nut type neck to a fixed one, or are the necks and bridge...

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Hey guys, I bought a strat copy today called Power Beat and DAMN its beat up :D well it was.. So anyway its a 21 fret with rosewood fingerboard...21 fret... so i tried my 21 fret maple scalloped neck in the slot and WOOOOOOOOOo it fits :D so thats going in there. :) Sanded down the body, but...

so, i got this pretty well beat-up ibanez RG470 from ****.. i guess i'm slowly becoming people in this forum... getting more and more ibanezes... anyways, the sound and neck is near perfect thanks to V7 & V8 & S1 pickups... but the body finishes on side and back are worn out like crazy... so i...

So, I recently got a Jem body and a Jem neck (bought it from evil bay, and thank god everything fit nicely). And now I'm at the painting process. I kinda want to chrome my guitar somehow. I forgot the site, but I remember seeing this guy offer to put in a mirror over guitar bodies, but it's not...

So, I started working on my first refinish almost 2 years ago I guess. I've now almost finished 3 RGs so I thought it was time to post some photos. The first one is the 89 RG550 that was Pink Salmon (aka butt ugly). I replaced the pickups, pots, jack, switch, did a refret on it, sanded the...