If you were gonna get a guitar professionally painted...
- Thread starter Alex W
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BlockInlay
Octavate.band
Not sure but I’d love to get my PRS SAS refinished.
VoidTerraFirma
Live to wine
reverend1
Kick Henry Jackassowski
I’d judge you more for the Firebird than the purple sparkle.
Wyatt
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Most of the custom guitar finishers I kept track of have gone under. What's left, that handle "funky" finishes, have pretty poor reps. Most of the revered finishers, like Pat Wilkins, handle mostly "classic" and restoration style finishes.
Be forewarned, to get an existing, set-neck guitar stripped and finished in a metallic flake will cost $700-1000 from just about any decent shop. Plus, the actual re-sale value of the instrument may decrease.
Be forewarned, to get an existing, set-neck guitar stripped and finished in a metallic flake will cost $700-1000 from just about any decent shop. Plus, the actual re-sale value of the instrument may decrease.
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yabba
Weird Pick Butt Person
335clone
Living the dream
No joke. Car painters are a good resource for getting things painted, including guitars. I probably wouldn't go to
Earl, but see what the local body shops say. Not only can they paint, but they can bake it for you as well.
CBHScott
How did I get here?
@mystixboi1 could tell you who NOT to use...:winky:
Alex W
Pork and Beans connoisseur
I've wanted a Firebird since I started playing. I love the shape. However, it's cured me of being a Gibson fan. The setup from the factory was frankly a hot mess. I started tinkering with trying to get it right and it's beyond my skill. The nut is cut horribly, the action was a mile off, and it isn't staying in tune at all since the weather started getting cooler. I just dropped it off with a local luthier. The paint is worse. There's a finish run on the top of the headstock. There's also orange peel on both sides of the truss rod cover. Where the neck through is attached to the body wings the nitro is too thin and you can see the wood through it. You can see the wood where the control cavity cover is routed, like as in you can see where the finish wasn't applied correctly all the way around the cover even with the cover on.I’d judge you more for the Firebird than the purple sparkle.
I've gone back and forth thinking that I'm being too picky, and letting my OCD drive me nuts about it. I've owned a bunch of fenders (mostly offsets) around the same price point and they've all been close to flawless. The PRS I just bought is absolutely flawless. At this point I really don't think I could sell it so I'm going balls deep into turning it into something I want.
Basically the next Gibson I buy is going to be an Edwards, Bacchus, or Tokai.
mystixboi1
Kick Henry Jackassowski
Modern Saint
Starve your Fear, Feed your Dream!
The purple repaints will give @mystixboi1 ideas on all of his currently owned guitars.
smurfco
Meatus McPrepuce
Marty Bell refinished a Rickenbacker 350 for me about five or six years ago and did an excellent job. It cost I want to say about $600 but it wasn't a special finish, just black. And no F holes or binding really to contend with.
But I'd recommend Marty Bell!
http://www.martybellfinishing.com/sparkle.html
Alex W
Pork and Beans connoisseur
I can't stress enough how much I love this.Dan Lawrence. He did this purp sparkle and its amazing.
dmn23
Duller than cardboard
B Valley
Rattlesnake Shaker
This.
Also, look for a local custom bike shop. It might be easier and more cost effective to buy a finished replacement body.
mongooz
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these guys are very good. they're also one of the few repair shops that do factory authorized work for both gibson and fender.
they're in Akron, Oh.
http://www.laysguitar.com/
they're in Akron, Oh.
http://www.laysguitar.com/