Plastic surgery

[Taylor_B92]

Yo, guys! I have a few ideas for the Strat I already have... since the Warmoth guitar is gonna cost me more than I can afford right now. Lol. I'm thinking of sanding it all the way down to the wood, painting it a metallic purple, and taking some lace material, and painting it pink so the design would be there. Maybe all gold hardware, or stripping the hardware I have and painting that pink as well. I don't want a pickguard on my Strat though. Is there any way I can take some plastic pieces and put em where the holes are? Nevermind. I'd have to cut a new hole in the back... OR I can just leave the holes where they are and give try to give it the look of a a guitar with no pickguard. What do you guys think about it? How would I give it the look of no pickguard (if possible), and how would I go about painting the hardware? Sand the chrome finish off, and repainting it? I think it would be bad ass if I painted the neck and fretboard too. How would I go about doing that too? I'm thinking of taking the fret wire out and painting that pink as well, while painting the fretboard and neck purple. How would that all work out too? Am I too in over my head? The work isn't a huge issue for me. I have an extra Squier neck layin around that I could practice on. I also wanna change my pickups too, but I don't know where to start. I want these mofos to squeal when I want em to and to have that deep, smooth, blusey sound other times. What combos would you guys suggest in that area too? I think she's gonna be a bad bitch when I'm finished. What do members of Unofficial Warmoth think? Lol. I'm such a nerd

 

[kboman]

For a strat, I think it looks good as it is  :dontknow:

 

[Taylor_B92]

Yeah. It's cool and all, but I'm getting bored looking at it. Lol.

 

[jimh]

I say go for it.
If it doesnt work, you can just sand it back and go plain white again.  :icon_thumright:

 

[Nightclub Dwight]

I'm not sure how well the paint will work on the fret wire--let alone the other metal parts.  It seems it would easily wear off the fretwire. 

As far as giving it the "no pickguard look," well, just take off the pickguard.  You don't see it too much on Strats, but of course Eddie Van Halen was fond of that.

I've played guitars with the back of the neck painted black, and it felt like any other finished neck.  I'd personally prefer less finish on the back of the neck because my hand tends to stick to finished necks. 

As far as the front of the neck, again, I think that the paint would get messed up by the constant abrasive action of the strings.  I have seen maple necks that were stained, but I understand that this is a difficult process to get the neck to take the stain evenly. 

It is a nice guitar you have.  I would proceed with caution with this plan.

 

[jimh]

Oh.  I didnt see the part about painting the neck........  :doh:

Dont' reckon you'll be lucky with that bit!

 

[tfarny]

Honestly it sounds like you're planning to ruin a perfectly good strat. Don't look at it, play it! Put a punk rock sticker on it if you want.

 

[rockskate4x]

+1don't paint any of the hardware or the front of the neck.

You may want to consider ordering a clear pickguard which will allow you to see all the wires and things underneath as if there was no pickguard. If this does not interest you, consider that even van halen had some pickguard left on his frankenstein strat because he needed that to mount the volume pot. If you only use a partial pickguard to mount the pots, like eddie did, you will need to either buy single coil pickup rings or mount the pups directly to the wood EVH style!

 

[Soylent]

If you wanna do that to a guitar.. hit the pawn shop up! don't mess with that very pretty strat!!  :icon_thumright:

 

[Taylor_B92]

That was a pretty old picture. It doesn't look that pretty anymore. The job is so scratched and dinged. It was stolen my freshman yr in college and sold to a guy. I ended up kicking his ass and getting my guitar back. When I got it back it was all kinds of fucked up. Lol. So yeah something has to be done. And I can't seem to find a Fender in purple. I was either this idea, or a swirl type finish like this one here http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/swirled.htm And I wan't talking about the lace being everywhere. Just a patch in the corner. I agree that the neck would get scratched and worn from all the playing. Oh and by the "no pickguard" look I was talking about having it look like it was wired up in the back.

 

[rockskate4x]

if it's all fricked up looking, why don't you give it a nice relicing job?

 

[NLD09]

I say take the neck off and light it on fire.  :evil4:

or freestyle some kind of painting over the body then shoot it with clear ala the hendrix monterey pop strat.

or one after the other.

doesn't chrome changed color when you apply fire to it? try that also.

and while you're at it do the van halen thing and cut up your pickguard so that only the controls are mounted. then mount your pickups directly to the body.

 

[Taylor_B92]

I say take the neck off and light it on fire.  :evil4:

or freestyle some kind of painting over the body then shoot it with clear ala the hendrix monterey pop strat.

or one after the other.

doesn't chrome changed color when you apply fire to it? try that also.

and while you're at it do the van halen thing and cut up your pickguard so that only the controls are mounted. then mount your pickups directly to the body.

What's what I was thinkn of (the pickguard thing). I don't know what I'm gonna do with this thing. I just know it's all fucked up now, and something has to be done. Lol. I would've done the whole freestyle painting thing long time ago... but my skills don't exist.

 

[NLD09]

most people think they can't paint until they actually try. Since you're other plans include stripping the body entirely you might as well just go for it and if it doesn't work strip it like you otherwise planned to.

 

[sweetnicole03]

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[Wana_make_a_guitar]

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Well, that was informative

 

[OzziePete]

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Well, that was informative

LOL, I think I just had a real WTF moment! And now, back to the topic...........

I'd vote to leave it as is. It's a strat, it's white, it's plain and simple but man, that thing should sing.

Painting all over it may look cool for now, but a few years down the track, the paint might fade or discolour or some of the artwork rub off and it could look horrid. This happened to George Harrison's Strat with some beautiful abstract artwork on it, ditto with Clapton's 'The Fool' SG I think too.

And painting on the neck may affect the way it feels under your fingers, to me that's a no-no to change if the guiatr plays alright for you.

 

[Taylor_B92]

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Well, that was informative

LOL, I think I just had a real WTF moment! And now, back to the topic...........

I'd vote to leave it as is. It's a strat, it's white, it's plain and simple but man, that thing should sing.

Painting all over it may look cool for now, but a few years down the track, the paint might fade or discolour or some of the artwork rub off and it could look horrid. This happened to George Harrison's Strat with some beautiful abstract artwork on it, ditto with Clapton's 'The Fool' SG I think too.

And painting on the neck may affect the way it feels under your fingers, to me that's a no-no to change if the guiatr plays alright for you.

Haha yeah, dude. Yeah you're right about the abstract art thing, but it can't really get much worse than this. It looks like Mr. Guitar Thief boom-boom Guy burned it in the corner. I wish I had a camera, so I can take some pictures of how it looks now. But yeah it looks kinda burned and the paint is chipped everywhere. There's no real point in painting it the same color it came in. 1. I don't know where to find a color that looks like it, and 2. I get the chance to paint it another color. If all else fails, can't I just paint it again. And since there is some "reconstructive surgery" needed, I feel Plastic Surgery was an appropriate title.

 

[NLD09]

well correct me if i'm wrong but i'm guessing the only reason you're having a problem with the imperfections in the finish right now is because somebody else caused them. you want your story on your guitar, not theirs. a few years down the road your abstract art might be blemished, but at least it'll be you who did it.

 

[rapfohl09]

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