After I glued the neck on my explorer I finished all the wood/gap/grain filling and then I painted the guitar in a box. I used the tuner holes. That worked fine. (wood primer, sanding, primer and then about 4 coats of color).
After I glued the neck on my explorer I finished all the wood/gap/grain filling and then I painted the guitar in a box. I used the tuner holes. That worked fine. (wood primer, sanding, primer and then about 4 coats of color).
I think most people hang it through the tuner holes. Drashkum is doing that on a build now. I did that on my first attempt. It works best if you have a really big space where you can hand it. I did it in a shed in my backyard. People have used small, but tall, tents, and I think Drashkum is doing it in a bathroom. I do most of my body spraying outside, which I did not find good for hanging due to dust, insects, leaves and other things that liked to land on my paint.
I build a rotisserie that was attached to a pickup cavity, and have seen MUCH better looking examples on-line. The trick is to get enough counter weight on the platform to counteract the weight of the guitar. I used cinder blocks. Or to put legs out under the guitar to support it's weight.
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ght=rotisserie
The rotisserie was an adaptation, in my case, of the rotisserie I had used for bodies, and a stand that I made to paint the back of the neck and sides of the guitar.
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...t=5339&page=17
For what it's worth, the rotisserie did not have any trouble holding the bass firmly enough to turn and do the painting. The stand was also useful in leaving the bass to cure. Took up a lot less space in my garage than the rotisserie!
FWIW ;-)
Thanks a lot for that. I think I will be hanging it from the tuner holes
Will post pictures when done (it will be this weekend’s project to at least get the primer in )
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Have finally been able to apply the color and the design. Going to add the clear to seal and then level the surface so the waterslide decals don’t show so much. But it’s starting to look there.
The idea will be to use the normal clear coat to apply 5 coats and then sand all level. Then add the remaining couple clear coats with a 2k clear (which just ends up making it a bit shinier)
And then sand and polish
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Juan, you are quite the artist. That's fantastic! Please use lots of clear so there is no danger of sand-through. That would be truly tragic!
I have to say…. I’m not the artist XD
My cousin is a tattoo artist and he’s the one that helped me with the design. I just transferred it to the guitar XD
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+1 for being fantastic. Outstanding work!
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
All I can say is Wow!
So the bright side is that now it looks like a guitar and one can get sounds out of it XD
Down side… (and I really need help figuring this out ) I am not getting enough volume out of the pickups.
I am using emg active pickups but not getting enough volume out of it (compared to my single coil fender). First time having a guitar with humbuckers. But not sure if the strings should be perfectly aligned to the pickups (which is not currently happening.
Any help is appreciated
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Actually found the issue… lesson learned… make sure the battery is connected XD
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