help to decide what to do with this ?

ROCK_GURU · 03-02-2012, 09:57 PM

I do not like the paint of these guitar, please give me suggestions and what to do

!!

68_Mustang · 03-02-2012, 10:00 PM

Send it to me

or paint it white and put on some black plastic.

ROCK_GURU · 03-02-2012, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68_Mustang

Send it to me

or paint it white and put on some black plastic.

I do not like the color white

68_Mustang · 03-02-2012, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROCK_GURU

I do not like the color white

first option is still open

D Rhinehart · 03-04-2012, 11:45 AM

Amber Nitro

bruce bennett · 03-04-2012, 09:13 PM

Stickers... all the kids today seem to love stickers.

w666 · 03-04-2012, 09:22 PM

Try this:

w666 · 03-04-2012, 09:23 PM

Or maybe this?

Mike's_LP · 03-04-2012, 09:41 PM

I'm kinda surprised no-one asked this yet, but is it a real Epi?

Sorry, the headstock, tuners, logo, knobs, and the way the neck pup-ring is squished in there don't look right to me at all. The pick guard brace doesn't look right, either.

However, I LOVE that top! If you're happy with the git, (I hope you didn't pay too much for it) replace the pups & white plastic. Perhaps strip & refinish the top in a lighter color to show off that top!

BrandonLee · 03-05-2012, 06:41 AM

id be careful though,im getting a feeling that that top is a photofinish?

zpfled · 03-05-2012, 08:12 AM

Sell it and buy a used Epi LP that you like better. Or rebuild the body altogether!

emoney · 03-05-2012, 08:31 AM

You might want to think about a solid color. I think one of the reasons they went with
a "dark burst" is because they need to hide that center seam as much as possible. If you
got with a lighter burst, it may become more noticeable that the center seam is actually
shifted pretty far to the right side of the top. Look at the bridge/stop tail as it lines up
to see what I'm talking about.

Then again, it's your guitar and you can do whatever you want to with it. Outside of
people that "into guitars", no one else will probably ever notice something like that.

Jim_D · 03-05-2012, 11:17 AM

That looks like a bit like a Hohner rather than an Epi. If you want to see what I mean do a Google Image search for Hohner LX 250 or Hohner Rockwood Les Paul.

As for the finish you could always try Fablon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesdavies/6080942762/

purevilpleasure · 03-05-2012, 12:31 PM

First off remove the Epi logo on it...

Hope you didn't buy it full price as an Epi either.

Tardis · 03-05-2012, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bruce bennett

Stickers... all the kids today seem to love stickers.

Stickers?

Heck, I am a "Kid Today". Stickers are just as butt ugly to most of us as they are to you.

Kalz · 03-05-2012, 09:28 PM

paint it wine red

tubeman426 · 03-05-2012, 10:57 PM

I say swirl it of maybee a zac wylde bullseye

SG Lou · 03-07-2012, 12:56 PM

What ever you decide to do I have to warn you............removing UV Cured Poly is a SOB to do. Hope you have a heat gun because that's about the only thing next to sanding ( and who wants to sand ) the finish off. There is no commercial chemical stripper out there that will soften and remove the Poly.

Bruiser74 · 03-07-2012, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by w666

Or maybe this?

Man i like that maple, would have been a nice one if it was blue!

Natural (no black burst) for the OP's guitar might be nice.

ROCK_GURU · 04-20-2012, 04:51 PM

Greetings guys, need some help, I would like to leave this part of the guitar without any paint, how to protect the wood so it can later put nitro on top, thanks.

szlash280z · 04-20-2012, 05:17 PM

what did the top end up looking like after removing the finish? was it a veneer?

SoWhat? · 04-20-2012, 05:21 PM

ROCK_GURU · 04-20-2012, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by szlash280z

what did the top end up looking like after removing the finish? was it a veneer?

Yes

szlash280z · 04-20-2012, 05:29 PM

Yikes! did you get angry with the guitar??? is there another build thread showcasing you hitting it with napalm?

ROCK_GURU · 04-20-2012, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by szlash280z

Yikes! did you get angry with the guitar??? is there another build thread showcasing you hitting it with napalm?

no, we will make something of it, still it is an instrument may not be for all tastes, but it's still Guitar

still working on my 2 Flying V,Progress is slow but I do not to worry, it will be finished soon

SoWhat? · 04-20-2012, 05:54 PM

rumblebox · 04-23-2012, 12:43 AM

do a similar color, but ditch the burst.

ROCK_GURU · 04-23-2012, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROCK_GURU

Greetings guys, need some help, I would like to leave this part of the guitar without any paint, how to protect the wood so it can later put nitro on top, thanks.

It seems that I have no luck to get help for my question?

emoney · 04-23-2012, 08:58 PM

Well you gotta give more ideas of what you like before everybody else weighs in with theirs.
One man's trash is another man's treasure. Were it left up to me, I think every guitar
built should be an Iced Tea Burst or a copy of the cover on the BOTB.

chupe442 · 04-23-2012, 09:09 PM

I think it was beatiful as it was.. Perhaps changing the white to black would have sufficed! Now that it is stripped down, how about something different to set it apart from the rest..
Clear Black.. 12 inch deep shine, clear grain showing in the middle burst to black. Back and sides black.
Black hardware.. Actually I saw Rayne at MHD once had some Gibson type covers that were a dark (titanium) looking covers.. Maybe I am imagining that but it would be pretty cool. Kindof a classy goth look.. (oximoronic perhaps but you get the idea)

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