Holy monkey, these are some finishes. Any idea how they're done?
Wow! No idea how they do that, but they sure look cool. I especially like how the headstock has also been painted. Nice guitars. :D
I'll guess airbrushing. Looks like the same techniques used to custom paint all those outrageous conversion vans in the 70s and 80s.
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Nice ones. And the prices are also to be calling 'holy monkey' indeed.
The tops are metal and have the swirly pattern in them. Then they spray tinted poly on top for the colors. So sayeth their web site.
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those resemble the Duco finishes on metal bodied resonators and dobros.
The tops are metal and have the swirly pattern in them. Then they spray tinted poly on top for the colors. So sayeth their web site.
Basically machined patterns under colored poly. Yeah, I see that. Reverend did this for a while, but with clear coat and much lower prices.
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Not sure how this particular guitar was done, but I know that Peavey's custom shop will put just about any image you want on a guitar's front. I think you send them an image file and they tranfer it to some kind of sticker, which then gets put on the front before the clear finish. Its just a guess as to how they do it, but seems reasonable.
Here is their site, describing it:
I believe it's brushed aluminum.
You take a drill and attach a round wire metal brush.
You can get the attachment at any hardware store.
If you polish the metal with the brush using the drill you can get that swirly effect.
The coloring on it, I'm not so sure how that is done.
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Yeah, that was my first thought too. It looks like the kind of effect that you get when you take a grinder to a piece of metal. I'd never heard of it used on guitars though! Wow! Judging from the videos, it doesn't seem to affect tone quality much either. Just gorgeous!
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