The white coat seemed very dry today so I’ve started the striping process. In the pictures below you can see the head stock along with the body with the tape applied. Â Â The largest stripes are 3/4 inch. The stripe around the outside of the guitar is 1/2 inch. The next smallest is 1/4 […]
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How To Paint A Guitar: 5150 Guitar Project Day 7
Here are some pictures of the white coat after it was finished. Everything is going pretty well so far and the white is looking great. This color by itself looks really good. I can’t wait to see it with the red and black. At this point I have applied about 3-4 coats of white […]
How To Paint A Guitar: 5150 Guitar Project Day 6
Paint…This seems like it would be an easy thing to figure out. How hard could it be? When looking back at the test run, paint really was where most of the problems originated. I mentioned before that a RustOleum primer was used on the test guitar. That was the same brand of paint we used […]
How To Paint A Guitar: 5150 Guitar Project Day 1
I’ve finally gotten up the nerve to attempt this 5150 paint job on the Kramer. I’ll be posting updated pictures and info on how the process has gone over the next few weeks. I hope to take what I learned from the experience of painting the Squire and apply that to this project for a […]
Van Halen 5150 Guitar Project
I’m playing around with the idea of trying to create my own custom version of the Eddie Van Halen 5150 guitar. Basically, that would mean I would be trying to turn a new Kramer guitar like this one: Into something like one of these from the classic Van Halen days: I’m finding situations where I […]
Running Playlist Additions/Deletions
So, I got made fun of in a comment for some of my song selections. A certain cousin of mine didn’t approve of the Britney Spears so I thought I needed to add a few more hardcore songs. So, here we go: Wanted Dead or Alive – Bon Jovi Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi […]
More Running Playlist Additions
I’m finding out quickly what songs seem to work better than others. Just a few additions this time. Sevedust — Driven Buckcherry — Crazy Bitch There are a few that I’m on the fence about removing, but I’m sure some of them at least will be coming off soon.
Playlist Additions/Deletions
I mentioned that I was going to try to make my training playlist be a work in progress by adding and deleting songs as I noticed that some weren’t working. This is the first batch of those additions and deletions. Â Additions: Daughtry – What I Want Metallica – King Nothing STP – Dead and […]
Running Playlist
So here is the playlist I’m training with at the moment. Feel free to give me suggestions if you think of some other songs that would be good to add. I’m planning to add and remove as I need to so that I can remove any songs that are not working and add ones that […]