I need me some paintin' done...

[Razor]

Wow, Paul at Bighead has a Model 2 body of mine right now that he's doing a refin on for me. He has replied to all the questions I've had in a quick and timely manner.

The only other painter who replied to me with a quote was Shadoe at Beyond Custom, and her reply was pretty quick too.

I did try a several other painters including Marty, but he never got back to me on pricing the graphic I was wanting. Now, the refin I'm having done probably isn't the easiest to do, so I chalked up the lack of pricing replies from other companies as they just didn't have time/were too busy with other work.

Good luck finding someone to do your refin.

[jeff300]

So what would one expect to pay for the various types of paintjobs from these masters? (Strat body shape)

1. Solid color
2. Sparkle/flake color
3. 2 tone burst

???

[Learn Guitars]

The pricing on finishes will vary obviously. I would prefer to start from bare wood. Stripping a guitar will be quite costly as anyone who has ever stripped one would know how much elbow grease goes into it. Sometimes it is best not to strip a guitar for a custom finish. Adding graphics to a guitar with existing finish not a problem.

[mm2002]

For anything other than a natural/trans finish, it almost never makes any sense to strip one to the wood. The one exception would be an old nitro finish, and they need to come completely off.

[Razor]

Just thought I would let everyone know that I received an e-mail update and a picture of my project out of the blue from Paul. Everything looks good so far, I can't wait to get it back and show off the finished product.

[straycat]

Try rsguitarworks.net they have done several for me.A cherry burst in nitro,a bullseye in poly,a offset bullseye in poly and a vintage two tone burst in nitro I can email pics.
You can see the offset bullseye(black and neon green) and Charvel star(cherry burst on their web site in the gallery.

[mm2002]

Does anybody look at the dates on these threads?