You know how easy it is to take things for granted? Your job, your family, your home, your health, the little and big things that make every day go by without you thinking about them? More and more often, I am being reminded of those things. And each time I’m reminded, I have to pause […]
How To Paint A Guitar: 5150 Project Day 18
The clear coat has been applied now. Over a couple of days I put on about 15 coats. The clear has helped to even out the tape lines a good bit. This is especially true with the white lines. The black ones are still noticeably a little heavier, but not enough to really cause a […]
How To Paint A Guitar: 5150 Project Day 16
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…
How To Paint A Guitar: 5150 Project Day 15
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 […]
Concert season
One of the perks to living near Music City, USA, is the constant barrage of concerts downtown. It’s tough to find a restaurant that doesn’t have live music on a Friday and Saturday night around here. Everyone has open mic night or local artist night or theme music night… heck, even Dippin’ Dots is having […]
How To Paint A Guitar: 5150 Project Day 11
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 […]
Eat Pray Love
I recently finished reading Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. The book was recommended to me by several people, but the title sounded a little too “self-help” for me, so I put it off for a long time. But I was recently on a plane for a few hours with nothing else to read, so I thought […]
How To Paint A Guitar: 5150 Project Day 10
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 […]
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 […]