Uh oh! My guitar refinishing habit is spreading to other instruments now

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millsart

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Well I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later. Started innocently enough, taking a few stomp boxes and repainting them, changing knobs, rehousing them etc. Then it spread to repainting and modifying guitars.

Now its spilled over into keyboards because I just took apart my Studio Logic 88 key hammer action master controller keyboard and masked off all the panels and gave them a primer coat.

Have to say that flat sheets of metal are sure easier to paint than the horns of a strat! lol

Why you may ask ? Because an ugly gray metal keyboard is sort of boring. I'm doing it a nice bright red metallic that should look a bit cooler on stage

Pics to follow when its done
 
Re: Uh oh! My guitar refinishing habit is spreading to other instruments now

After this one is done maybe I'll work on my refridgerator or washer/dryer!

What washer doesn't need some chickenhead knobs and oxblood tolex covering right ?
 
Re: Uh oh! My guitar refinishing habit is spreading to other instruments now

I like your style :D I would've done the keyboard fluro green, but then my inner Vai tends to come out when I hear the word "refinish"
 
Re: Uh oh! My guitar refinishing habit is spreading to other instruments now

From the title, I though you were going to say you got in trouble for spray-painting your mom's piano. I was actually pretty close.

As far as the washer/dryer go, don't bother. Have you been through the applicance section of Lowe's recently? It's been done.
 
Re: Uh oh! My guitar refinishing habit is spreading to other instruments now

millsart said:
After this one is done maybe I'll work on my refridgerator or washer/dryer!

What washer doesn't need some chickenhead knobs and oxblood tolex covering right ?
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you joke but check out how cool it is...

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-Mike
 
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Re: Uh oh! My guitar refinishing habit is spreading to other instruments now

I take it your computer is blinged out too, huh?


Don't deny it.
 
Re: Uh oh! My guitar refinishing habit is spreading to other instruments now

ah, but do you have a shiny refinished keytar?
 
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Karn Evil 9 said:
ah, but do you have a shiny refinished keytar?
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No but since the SL990 is "only" about 50lbs, I think I'm going to add a couple of strap locks and wear it on stage for a song or two

Maybe isntead of a guitar strap I'll use some heavy steel chains as well

Its time for keyboard players to get their balls back! lol
 
Re: Uh oh! My guitar refinishing habit is spreading to other instruments now

Project has been coming together very nicely. Just need the upper endcaps to finish drying so I can finish the reassembly. In the meantime I've been polishing up the finish. The bright safety red enamle looks great though.

Switched for a wobbly X-stand to a very cool 4 legged keyboard stand/platform. Holds 350lbs, nothing to get in the way of the pedals and the tubular legs look just like the old Rhoads/Wurlizter leg sets.

Finishing touch is going to be finding an old automobile fender emblem, ideally "stingray" or maybe "thunderbird" in chrome script. I did see a sort of cool "Swinger" one off a Dogde Dart though that would be fitting for the kitschy lounge look. Or maybe a few of those mudflap girls lol

With just a few hours of work and a couple of rattle cans its gone from this ugly battleship grey beast with some really tacky 90's style giant logo and model numbers to a quite sexy retro looking organ.

Pics to follow as soon as I get the emblems
 
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