With all the painting done only a few steps remain. Today I have applied the Kramer logo to the head stock. This is going under the clear coat. Here is a picture of the logo once it was in place…

The final color for the project is black. Only a few black stripes are needed so I decided to paint it last. My other option would have been to paint the entire guitar black first, then white, and finally red. I was worried about having to spray too many coats of white to actually cover […]

With the taping out of the way it is time to apply the fiesta red. First here is the head stock. Next is the body. All of these pictures are after 3-4 coats. I allowed the final coat to dry for about 20 minutes before I started to remove the tape. I wanted to make […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]