mayfly
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So, I've been on the lookout for a paisley telecaster for about a year. A few bodies on ebay have come and gone, but nothing that I wanted to pay the asking price for.
Now, if you spend any time lurking around the various tele forums, you'll find that the paper used for the original paisley teles was/is pretty rare. Not even fender has gotten it right on the re-issues. Dave Crook actually hired a graphic artist to re-create the pink paisley paper (and several other colours to boot, famously used by that Brad Paisley guy) for his guitars. http://www.crookcustomguitars.com/ I sent him an email politely asking for some of that paper - no reply :laughing7:
I spent some time checking out wall paper stores, and found nothing inspiring. Also spent some time on the internet - most of the patterns or colours are just not suitable.
Then I just happened to be in a stationary store one day and found a roll of this stuff:
This is ordinary wrapping paper. Just two tones, but the gold is very metalic.
For fun, I cut out a slice, stuck it to a chunk o' wood using some tightbond III, and brushed on some Deft. Here's the result:
So!
The ink didn't run in fear of the acetone, and it's stuck on there pretty good. Looks pretty good too!
I think we have a possibility here!
Some questions for you all:
1 - what should the edge colour be for this? Green or Gold?
2 - what about the hardware/neck colour?
3 - aaaand - any advice on how to take it from here?
Now, if you spend any time lurking around the various tele forums, you'll find that the paper used for the original paisley teles was/is pretty rare. Not even fender has gotten it right on the re-issues. Dave Crook actually hired a graphic artist to re-create the pink paisley paper (and several other colours to boot, famously used by that Brad Paisley guy) for his guitars. http://www.crookcustomguitars.com/ I sent him an email politely asking for some of that paper - no reply :laughing7:
I spent some time checking out wall paper stores, and found nothing inspiring. Also spent some time on the internet - most of the patterns or colours are just not suitable.
Then I just happened to be in a stationary store one day and found a roll of this stuff:
This is ordinary wrapping paper. Just two tones, but the gold is very metalic.
For fun, I cut out a slice, stuck it to a chunk o' wood using some tightbond III, and brushed on some Deft. Here's the result:
So!
The ink didn't run in fear of the acetone, and it's stuck on there pretty good. Looks pretty good too!
I think we have a possibility here!
Some questions for you all:
1 - what should the edge colour be for this? Green or Gold?
2 - what about the hardware/neck colour?
3 - aaaand - any advice on how to take it from here?