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I may dissapoint a few with this and may gain a few on this. I found this awesome "color shifting" paint by Rustoleum. It changes in different lightings, from blue to purple to a little green. It's awesome. It reminds me of that purple burst mustang. So I bought primer/sealer (all in one), black paint (base coat), the color shifting paint (Shit was $15.00 in a regular rattle can ), and i got crystal clear primer. The paint is metallic as well. It is all enamel. Anyone wanna walk me through painting this? HNB I need your wisdom!! haha. Here's a few pics of it. It's almost a comp lake placid blue color.


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Hoping it comes out similar looking to this What's cool about it is that it can be one color on an angle on a flat surface and the edges being round makes it change color. (at least that's what the can shows me) i'll have a purple and blue guitar. I'm going to go with a white pearl guard with a jb in the bridge and a single slanted in the neck but I am going to add a slanted strat switch in the bottom horn to pay respect to the thurston stang/build.



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HNB wrote:I agree that you should make something the way you want it. I never normally end up too happy with my tribute guitars because they are not styled for me, but to look like someone elses guitar. Make a guitar for you, get famous, and inspire others to copy your guitar.

Some people just love to build. Or hot rod. It's the process for them more than the product, not that they don't care about performance.

Cheers,

Punkacc9 wrote:I may dissapoint a few with this and may gain a few on this. I found this awesome "color shifting" paint by Rustoleum. It changes in different lightings, from blue to purple to a little green. It's awesome. It reminds me of that purple burst mustang. So I bought primer/sealer (all in one), black paint (base coat), the color shifting paint (Shit was $15.00 in a regular rattle can ), and i got crystal clear primer. The paint is metallic as well. It is all enamel. Anyone wanna walk me through painting this? HNB I need your wisdom!! haha. Here's a few pics of it. It's almost a comp lake placid blue color...

...What's cool about it is that it can be one color on an angle on a flat surface and the edges being round makes it change color. (at least that's what the can shows me) i'll have a purple and blue guitar. I'm going to go with a white pearl guard with a jb in the bridge and a single slanted in the neck but I am going to add a slanted strat switch in the bottom horn to pay respect to the thurston stang/build.

Ballsy choice! That paint will look very cool. I've seen it and it really does shift colors...your point about the guitar being one color on it's flat surface and another at the edges is right. You seem wide open to suggestions so here's two:

1. No stripe; stripes would really fight with the dynamics of your paint;
2. Matching headstock.

Cheers,

Make sure you seal the body and spray on some coats of primer. With metallic paint, the key is to go super light mist sprays,so the reflective flakes land and dry at different angles to catch light. If you spray it on too thick and wet, the flecks will lay flat on the surface making it look less sparkely. Also do pleanty of clear coats because the flakes will cause the surface to be less flat making it need more paint to flatten it out.

I'm not gonna do stripes and as for a matching headstock, yes if I can find a squier jaguar neck or something cheep for it. I think this paint will be killer. HNB, I bought primer with sealer in it so should that work? Also you have to sand the primer before apply the base coat and sand the base coat before applying the real paint right? What grit sandpaper should I use? Also you don't sand the metallic paint right? Only the clear coat? Do you wets and the primer and base coat? So many questions... Sorry.

Punkacc9 wrote:I'm not gonna do stripes and as for a matching headstock, yes if I can find a squier jaguar neck or something cheep for it...

Can you keep the neck, just tape off the neck and back of the headstock and spray the headstock?

Doug wrote:

Punkacc9 wrote:I'm not gonna do stripes and as for a matching headstock, yes if I can find a squier jaguar neck or something cheep for it...

Can you keep the neck, just tape off the neck and back of the headstock and spray the headstock?

What do you mean? That's what I'm gonna do whenever I find a cheap one. I don't have a neck yet for this.

Punkacc9 wrote:

Doug wrote:

Punkacc9 wrote:I'm not gonna do stripes and as for a matching headstock, yes if I can find a squier jaguar neck or something cheep for it...

Can you keep the neck, just tape off the neck and back of the headstock and spray the headstock?

What do you mean? That's what I'm gonna do whenever I find a cheap one. I don't have a neck yet for this.

Got it.

So if you didn't see cooterfingers thread of this mustang body called "mutilated mustang" This is the body I am using. It is coming out so well. So I think I will get it pro painted instead of rattle can. It will have a white pearloid guard with a humbukcer in bridge, single in neck, with a slanted strat switch in the bottom horn. Color suggestions PLEASE. Thinking maybe fiesta red. possibly lake placid blue?

Soo these are what I am thinking w/ a slanted strat switch not added for time sakes. Graffiti Yellow, Fiesta Red, Lake Placid Blue, Seafoam green.

Finally getting a jump on the "mutilated mustang" and I'm getting it finished in Burgundy Mist (;

Mother fucking progress. Burgundy Mist (: Should be done with paint some time this week. Then all together by next weekish.


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Done with the paint! Pretty fucking beautiful.. This came from that mutilated body! God damn. Color and finish came out amazing. Done by a local body shop for $150.00 Like a Fender Factory Finish. Started piecing it together. Ran in to a small problem and need a few parts. Very pleased.


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Color is so perfect.


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No signs of the old holes there behind the bridge.


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No signs of old holes there on the back. Perfectly smooth.


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Hole in the bottom is completely gone!


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Routs are perfect


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Shielding in.


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Piecing it together. The white pearl looks great with the Burgundy Mist. Loving the strat switch. It's different. It's actually a three way strat switch.


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Hard to believe it came from this. Haha. Yes it is the same guitar body


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Previous thread on it. http://shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48773

very nice. pro finish.

That looks bloody good. Does the middle position of the switch just have both on or is the HB split?

Thom wrote:That looks bloody good. Does the middle position of the switch just have both on or is the HB split?

Both on. I like to keep it simple. I have a five way switch to but went with a three way instead.

Great piece of resurrection!

Burgandy Mist Mustang? Looks absolutely amazing! Phenomenal Job.

I really like the strat switch! If i do a mustang project it would be with that switch. Amazing! Great job!