Can anyone recommend a good guitar painter?

[PumpinIron]

Sadly, Warmoth won't paint my body since I didn't get it from them, even though I got my neck from them, and all my other bodies.

I really wanted them to paint it in a honey burst color, but alas, that won't be happening.

Does anyone know a very good, highly reputable, and trustworthy guitar painter? I can obviously find tons of them via a Google search, but I'm just hoping to hear from people with personal experience.

Thanks in advance!

 

[mayfly]

This really should be a sticky.

Tonar!

Tonar is a forum member and master painter who specializes in vintage bursts.  I've had four Tonar painted guitars, in fact I'm holding one as I type this.  They have all been spectacular.  A word of caution:  He only paints in nitro, which is not as durable as a warmoth finish.  In fact I've worn a hole in the top of one of my tonar guitars.  Does not detract from the beauty of the instrument one bit IMHO.

 

[PumpinIron]

Ahhh, that's a bummer. I want to avoid nitro because of how quickly it's worn out on previous guitars I've owned in the past.

 

[mayfly]

Just to put things into perspective, I've probably got 2000 hours of playing on that particular instrument.  My three other Tonars are scratch free.

 

[PumpinIron]

Haha, okay, well 2000 hours will do that, no argument there.

 

[ptirman]

Guitar Groomer (Avi) in Woodland Hills, California. He's finished 3 Warmoth's of mine. All outstanding.

 

[DustyCat]

Format Painter?  :headbang1: