Looking for ideas to refinish project git'r
Hi all - now's your chance to let your creative side shine and show all the others here how brilliant you are. 
I just got a middle-quality gitr that needs a bit o work, and I'm considering disaasembling it for a refinish, as the factory paint ain't so pretty. It's a solid body, bolt-on, shaped basically like a Jackson Dinky; H/S/H, Floyd Rose, 2 knobs & switch.
So I'm looking for ideas, photos, websites, anything that'll give me kewl ideas on how I might refinish it, that I can accomplish myself (I'm pretty handy). I don't want to spend hundress to refinish a git'r that didn't even cost that much. So I'm all ears. PM me if you have pics to send.
I just got a middle-quality gitr that needs a bit o work, and I'm considering disaasembling it for a refinish, as the factory paint ain't so pretty. It's a solid body, bolt-on, shaped basically like a Jackson Dinky; H/S/H, Floyd Rose, 2 knobs & switch.
So I'm looking for ideas, photos, websites, anything that'll give me kewl ideas on how I might refinish it, that I can accomplish myself (I'm pretty handy). I don't want to spend hundress to refinish a git'r that didn't even cost that much. So I'm all ears. PM me if you have pics to send.
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I hope this inspires you Bro'
Peace,
Dobb.
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-Rf
Take some before and after photos...projects like this are too cool.
Are you using the same guts...or planing on any upgrades. I know you are handy with the innards.
So...what kinda wood is this? neck and body. I'm guessing maple neck? What kinda fretboard? You decided yet on a solid finish or transparent?
...hint...paste Liz Hurley's face on the lower backside... :shock: :twisted: :roll:
So, 'tou - I don't know a ton about the ax I'm gonna work on, other than it's an early '90's Ibanez EX with H-S-H and a F/Rose. I suspect it's a standard wood body, possibly 3-peice/bolt-on. The Floyd is a little messed up, and I'm either going to 'rebuild' it to proper function, or mount it rigid like I did with the last one I had. It's got a really nice rosewood fretboard w/24 medium frets and killer inlays.
I don't think I'll be doing any electonic/electrical upgrades; it seems to have decent pups on it already and if they sound good, I'll leave all that as it is.
I haven't decided about the finish. Right now it's this pukey light purple mettalic (ah, memories of late 80's hair bands....:roll:) If it's really spectacular wood underneath ( :roll: ) I'll go transparent, maybe with a color wash. Otherwise I'll be doing something neat, like I've seen on these sites - material, holographic, burnt wood, something like that. Sadly, I'm not well equipped for really exotic paint work, so I'm going to have to keep it simple.
I saw one site that shows you how to put a flamed top on a body, I moght go that route. I'll take pics...stay tuned!
And thanks for the help guys!
http://www.alsacorp.com/products/kits_2/alsa_paint_kits.htm
First I got a book of art by M.C. Escher and did a collage (a patchwork picture) on the body of the bass. I cut out pictures of his buildings and landscapes, and glued them down wherever they seemed to look good. Then I put some coatings on it to protect the art and to get the color I wanted. I converted it to fretless too. Yesterday my son told his friend…”my dad tricked out his bass”. So yeah…that’s it…I tricked it out. This is a tricked out bass.