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Basically, I want to know how to apply a pearloid finish like the above. It looks fantastic, and I want to know.

I'm guessing that's a plastic veneer that's just glued on.

How easy is that to do, then? I know Brandoni make pearloid covered strat bodies, but they're rather expensive.

I don't really know, but I'm guessing that if you could find the pearloid plastic veneer, it would be pretty easy. Just cut it and glue it on. Although I suppose if you didn't want the added thickness you'd have to plane the body down a bit.

Nah, actually, looking at it again, the plastic curves round the contours and meets, so it's like a moulded casing around the guitar. That'd be way harder, and not something I think you could do yourself. Unless you have a vacuum moulding device?

Gavin wrote:Nah, actually, looking at it again, the plastic curves round the contours and meets, so it's like a moulded casing around the guitar. That'd be way harder, and not something I think you could do yourself. Unless you have a vacuum moulding device?

Damn, it's like silverising lego pieces.

Gavin wrote:Nah, actually, looking at it again, the plastic curves round the contours and meets, so it's like a moulded casing around the guitar. That'd be way harder, and not something I think you could do yourself. Unless you have a vacuum moulding device?

That's what I was thinking too.

I thought that sort of thing was basically just a sticker over the finish. I've seen pictures of guitar with shiny/flashy/holographic bits on it and every time it was a sticker. I don't know for sure if this thing is but it looks that way to me.

Good question, I'm just as curious.

Warmoth just added this to their showcase, and you gotsa wonder how it's done:

lookin at the warmoth, it looks like its a veneer. but i reckon you could find some pearl lookin paper and do a paisley type finnish.

I don't know how thay do it, but paper is a good answer.

Notice Warmouth only did the front. Wrapping the edges is the beyotches. I wonder if you got pearly in a single layer how bendy it would be--might not be bad. I would like to see it on a Tele with a sharply delineated edge, better still with binding. Then it would have a natural stopping point.

I don't think I would want to encase an entire guitar in thick plastic unless it was to make a statement that all differences in wood tones are a hoax on electric guitars. Does the difference matter, and will anyone hear it from my basement? That sort of thing.

a guy i know has a strat covered in TWEED!

it's awesome I wish i had pictures

found it here: http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6174