Cigar band guitar

[AggieTreed]

So I work at a cigar shop and smoke quite a few cigars every week and was thinking about taking my 5 String Warwick Rockbass and covering the entire body with the cigar bands that I have smoked. Any thoughts?

 

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:icon_scratch: what about a picture of a set of lungs  :laughing7:

Oh you mean like this ...

 

[Jusatele]

sounds like a killer idea, do you intend to put thebands under the finish coat so they would not peal off?
and how many bands you have saved up, cause I can meet you and help you smoke a few Fuente's or Cohiba's if you are buying to build up stock.

 

[ORCRiST]

So I work at a cigar shop and smoke quite a few cigars every week and was thinking about taking my 5 String Warwick Rockbass and covering the entire body with the cigar bands that I have smoked. Any thoughts?

Oh yeah? I've just started recently started smoking cigars... I've tried a fair amount, so far I have to say my fav by far
is the Drew Estates Dirt Torpedo. Whats yours?

 

[Jusatele]

Arturo Fuente Short Story ranks right up there

 

[Tipperman]

So I work at a cigar shop and smoke quite a few cigars every week and was thinking about taking my 5 String Warwick Rockbass and covering the entire body with the cigar bands that I have smoked. Any thoughts?

Oh yeah? I've just started recently started smoking cigars... I've tried a fair amount, so far I have to say my fav by far
is the Drew Estates Dirt Torpedo. Whats yours?

Macanudo Gigante.

 

[AggieTreed]

So I work at a cigar shop and smoke quite a few cigars every week and was thinking about taking my 5 String Warwick Rockbass and covering the entire body with the cigar bands that I have smoked. Any thoughts?

Oh yeah? I've just started recently started smoking cigars... I've tried a fair amount, so far I have to say my fav by far
is the Drew Estates Dirt Torpedo. Whats yours?

If you like that, you should try a Liga Privada, that is if you can find any. We had around 4 boxes come in around a month ago and sold all of em within 3 days, and mind you I live in College Station TX not a big city like Dallas or Houston.

 

[bagman67]

http://www.garohabano.com/what-does-your-cigar-say-about-you.asp

 

[AggieTreed]

Arturo Fuente Short Story ranks right up there

We have one Short Story Maduro and a few Sun Grown 898s left at my shop. Those dudes are crazy rare!

 

[AggieTreed]

http://www.garohabano.com/what-does-your-cigar-say-about-you.asp

I need to print this off and stick it in the shop!

 

[AggieTreed]

Ok, reviving my old thread. I finally decided it was time to start work on the guitar. Here is what I've done so far. I'll put some lacquer over the top of it soon.

 

[bagman67]

Smoke 'em if you got 'em...


Nifty. 

 

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:icon_scratch: How do you get a smooth finish with all the overlaps ?

Or do you do a few coats of lacquer, sanding back as you go  :dontknow:

Looks cool thou :icon_thumright:

 

[swarfrat]

Needs an indian headstock.

 

[AggieTreed]

:icon_scratch: How do you get a smooth finish with all the overlaps ?

Or do you do a few coats of lacquer, sanding back as you go  :dontknow:

Looks cool thou :icon_thumright:

Just did a few coats and started wondering the same thing.... :doh:
I suppose I'll let what I've done so far dry and then sand her down!

 

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How do you get a smooth finish with all the overlaps ?

Or do you do a few coats of lacquer, sanding back as you go 

Just did a few coats and started wondering the same thing.... :doh:
I suppose I'll let what I've done so far dry and then sand her down!

:icon_scratch: .....  Any update 

Just wondered how you ended up with the finishing process ....  :dontknow: 

 

[AggieTreed]

Oh man! Sorry to leave this dead! :doh:
Here you go!

 

[JCizzle]

Nice!! I'm a cigar lover, myself. I have quite a few favorites, mostly maduro and habano stuff. I'm a big Oliva fan, serie O, serie V, et al.

 

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Oh man! Sorry to leave this dead! :doh:
Here you go!

No worries  :icon_thumright:
Pic is to big to get a good look at it  :glasses9: ............................. HINT HINT  :laughing7:  Photobucket
Anyway ....
I just wondered how you ended up doing the finish on it, from what I can see it looks cool.

Did ya just keep doing coats and sanding ? :dontknow:
Is it lumpy at the overlaps of the Cigar papers ?

:icon_scratch:  Wonder if I can do that with Beer labels  :icon_biggrin:

 

[AggieTreed]

Yea it is a bit lumpy. I couldn't get some of the labels to sit flat and when I tried sanding it completely flat, I ran through a couple of labels  :sad1:. So I ended up having to place some more labels on and let the lumpyness be. It doesn't really bother me though because you can only tell up close and I personally don't care. I wouldn't leave it lumpy if it was someone else's however. But anyway, I think it would be possible to do beers labels, or possibly even beer caps, it would just take twice as much finish as I used. Here's the stuff I used http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202056337/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=super+glaze&storeId=10051. It's kind of that bar top coating. I like it.
Oh btw, how exactly do you get photo's to show up right? I've been trying for months to get em right to no avail!