Nice job.
Here's some pics of my work in progress.
I found a stripped guitar on eBay for more than I should have paid (appx. $100) but it is a
Kramer, the same
brand that EVH's guitar was made from, and looks similar so I figure that's a good place to start. I get it and
start sanding and stripping the half-@$$#d paint job that was already on it.
The paint job looks fine in the pictures, but it's very sloppy and there's no clear coat to speak of.
Add in the fact that the stripe design is
completely wrong, so I decided to do it from scratch.
The black lines are just a frakking magic marker. How weak is that? ^_^
The original guitar was either an ivory or bone white. The previous owner painted white stripes rather than
repainting the whole thing white. I'll personally be starting with a white base and masking all the lines.
Its easier to paint dark colors over a light background than it is to paint light over dark.
At least in my experience.
I discovered after the paint clogged 3 pieces of sandpaper, that it was faster to use a razor blade
paint scraper than try to sand off every layer. The scraper was MUCH faster but I did gouge the
surface a few times which will require extra sanding and bondo.
I still need to sand down the edges and the flat surfaces some more to remove all the other paint,
but I think it looks pretty good already. When scraping the backside I actually scraped off sections
of the original factory paint coat (oops...), so I need to smooth the edges down some more before I repaint.
I also need to do all my routing and figuring where the Guitar Heroes controller guts will sit, and
then bondo in any remaining holes.
Whew.
Here's a few templates/plans I found/modified. They are actual photos of Eddie's original 5150.
HEAVILY used of course. Mine will look more "factory" than "relic."
Russ
