nickxjones

i see what ur saying, but its a crappy squier mini that im never gonna play out of my own house (or probably ever in my house) so if something went terribly wrog, yeah its my first guitar so it has sentimental value but, its not the worst thing in the world, it would be a whole different story if i was doing it to my gibson tho

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Ugly Bassist

Then i'd do useful mods like new pickups, a new birdge, new pots, new tuners, if you wanna make it interesting and into a project. Sure painting can come, but id wait until you find something you really want. You can take out pickups, you can put the old bridge back on, but you cant take off the paint once you put it on.

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nickxjones

i was just gonna paint like a little logo thing onto it, not like the WHOLE guitar, thats too much of a project for me, atleast right now

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Rock Force

there's a lot of designs. a rising sun would look really good.

check out what i did to mine a little while ago. if you have any questions as to how i did it, just let me know and i probably have an answer. and for the record, don't just think that if you just stencil a design on there without at least priming (much less sanding) that it will stay on well.

so i painted my guitar

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F E E D B A C K :: 6/0

Guzzball

get a drill and hook a random scope (like on a gun) to it. and then all kinds of random stuff like...a knob to an oven timer or something

nickxjones

yeah rock force, i saw urs and i think its sick, but i dont wanna do the whole guitar, only one part, its hard to explain what part tho, ummm k if ur looking straight at a strat with the neck to the right, the spot i wanna paint is at the top left corner

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Rock Force

yeah i know what you're talking about. that could be kind of difficult. i'd say the best way to do it would be to cut the design out of a piece of paper, and tape that piece of paper to the corner. then, with the paper taped on, sand down the spot a little bit (only that spot) and then prime it and spray your design on. otherwise it probably won't stay on too well.

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nickxjones

did you sand and prime your whole guitar b4 you painted it?

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Ugly Bassist

im pretty sure he did.. you should sand any guitar down before painting it

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nickxjones

yeah, but im lazy as hell, can you prime and then paint? (skip the sanding part)

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Rock Force

yeah, i sanded it. i sanded off about 1/16" of acrylic and got down to bare wood before i even primed it. it won't stick very well at all if you don't sand it.

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nickxjones

damn, what about that new spray paint that actually makes a chemical bond to the surface ur painting, do you think that would stick w/o sanding or even primer?

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Rock Force

krylon is overrated. if you want to skip priming and sanding, i'd say your best bet would be just to find a sticker similar to the design you want and put it on there.

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nickxjones

ehh, ur probably right but i like the idea of painting it

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Malarlar

Don't be lazy. Do it right or it will look like complete ****.

nickxjones

haha yeah ur probably right

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