EVH Camo guitar

[skarhead]

Nice theme. Kinda like if Eddie and Dimebag spawned a kid!

+1

BADASS

give us more pics

what neck is coming on this thing ?

[Sunbane]

Awesome! I was never a fan of the EVH striped look, but this thing is wicked!

[Speiro]

That looks awesome, you're gonna have to write a "How To" for that now.

[jackson1]

Yes, we def need a How To. Great design!

[Model1VH2]

Thanks for all the compliments.

This pic pretty much illustrates the whole process.
If I were going to do an ALL camo pattern, I would have used black as part of the camo scheme, however I decided to leave out the black and incorporate it in the stripe pattern instead. Still using all the colors of the camo scheme, but in a way to help the stripes stand out a little more.



Thanks again for looking.

[jackson1]

1VH2, how do you manage to peel off the tape without the paint chipping? I'm asking because the green base coat (pic3) + brown coat (pic4) must have partly hardend before you could remove the tape...?

[Model1VH2]

1VH2, how do you manage to peel off the tape without the paint chipping? I'm asking because the green base coat (pic3) + brown coat (pic4) must have partly hardend before you could remove the tape...?

IMO, the key is to spray several LIGHT coats.
This does two things ...
1) It helps seal the edges of the tape to prevent bleeding.
2) It prevents the paint from lifting when the tape is removed.

It's also important to pull away as you remove the tape and not pull up on it.

[SRD86]

Very cool and Original!
Great Job man.

[Model1VH2]

Damn nice job!! You might want to consider a glossy clear though, it would look badass. Or, bury it in urethane, sand it flat, the finish it off in 000 steel wool. Oh hell, it's not my project so whatever you do will look killer! nice work!

Thanks Mark.
Damn, now you've got me wondering ...
I was thinking a glossy clearcoat would make it look very "busy" and kinda take away from the camouflage. I also thought that a dull finish would go a little better with the whole camo theme. But now you've got me wondering.

Also ... I will be clearing this in urethane, and was told by my supplier that there is an "additive" that I can use to help produce a flat, dull finish.
Would you happen to know what he's talking about and have you ever used this?
I sorta prefer your method of sanding flat and using steel wool only because it's more of a "hands-on" procedure as opposed to relying on chemicals to do the job.

Any thoughts?

[thetruthguy]

That must've took forever peeling off all that tape!

[Model1VH2]

That must've took forever peeling off all that tape!

Not half as long as it took putting it all on.

[Sunbane]

I would SO do this to a DK2M!

[mulder1966]

Nice job! I had something kinda like this in mind, but yours turned out better than mine would have. Very cool!

[Shotgun]

What everyone else said: brilliant, and awesome looking. Can't wait to see the final pics.

Keith

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Nice work KnE body... right?