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Published: 2009-07-08 03:14:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 1602; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 0
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Another picture of my custom guitar, from another angle. Every time I move to take a picture, it's a different color! Gah, I looooove color shifting paint. One of the best things since sliced bread. There's more info about this guitar elsewhere in my gallery, or feel free to ask questions.Related content
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Haha, alright. I'll see if I can get some shots of the neck and everything.
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I'm glad you like it! You should make one, that would be awesome! Do you have a guitar?
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Yep. A second hand acoustic. It's old but I still love it.
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Aaah those are the best! If it's old, you can just call it vintage.
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Doe's that rule also apply to food 
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Haha, only with cheese and twinkies!
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I have never eaten a twinkie. Are they nice?
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No. I'd have to say that twinkies are nasty to the power of 200 
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I'll take your word for it
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Hahaha, they supposedly ferment into a vaguely alcoholic substance after x amount of years, but I wouldn't know from personal experience
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Hmmm. I sense an experiment here.
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Hmm...What other experiments could we do I wonder?
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This is just amazing. I'm going to feature it in my journal this week.
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Haha thank you! I think so too
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Thank you! I just noticed that the designs on the edges look funky because of the contours. I probably should have taken the pic from a different angle, but I can't take a good picture to save my life, anyways
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This is really really cool. Makes me want to copycat you
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Thank you! You can try, but it may end in tears, I make no promises on the state of your sanity at the end of such a project.
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haha, well I like building things... and I play guitar... so I think this might be up my alley. Did you cut the whole thing out of a piece of wood, or just use an existing strat body?
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Thank you for the favorite! I bought a 3 piece block of alder, and used a router (controlled by a computer) to cut out the shape, and then a hand rasp for the contours and neck. If you don't have access to a router, you can use a band saw or a hand/manual router. I'm not a big fan of strat bodies, anyways, even the one I customized
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I see. Hmm, I might just buy a cheap already made body... definitely don't have access to a router. The grooves in your guitar body remind me of a style of art called Scrimshaw. So I would cut the grooves in it, then douse the guitar in some kind of color, but wipe it away from the surface, and then the color would stay in the grooves
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Ooooh man that sounds uber awesome. Band saws and sandpaper work just as well as a router, it's just a little more dangerous
That would look great, though, but how would you get paint on the rest of the body without getting it in the grooves?
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you're supposed to get in in the grooves. You pour it all over, and then wipe it away from the top before it dries and it stays in the grooves...
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Aha, I get it! That sounds awesome, let me know when you start it!
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