Custom Paint job

Neurojazz

Anyone know anybody who is a genius guitar painter ?
I'm looking for someone who can replicate the joe satch souls of distortion (blue faces) on a Js series... Paid work of course

It wasn't me!

As I recall there was a guy around recently doing it on Boards, perhaps a search? He showed some examples of his airbrushing work, looked pretty nice.

Voodu Child

Herc Fede is pretty much the man for your job in question. Ive a rake of pictures of Fede's paintwork if you want it.

To be honest, if youre serious about it, i'd post over on Jemsite, theres a mllion guys who have had the exact same job done - if you want a professional result youre better off looking overseas. A JS body doesnt weigh much, you'll ship it over and back to the UK/US for very little.

-=al=-

Yeah Jemsite, or theres another satch forum somewhere that has a bunch of people who have custom paintjobs on Js's they prob help u out more cant remember the link off the top of my head

Neurojazz

K -Thanks - i thought i'd just ask locally first... the paint job i need isn't fine art or anything... it's this one >>> http://www.satriani.com/satch_frames/guitars/med/blue_donnie.jpeg <<< hehe.... i just haven't been able to get it out of my head since i saw this years ago

-=al=-

http://www.satrianifourm.com

i remember a thread there a while back with about 50 diff custom Js paintjobs but have a look and search for it


EDIT:


http://satrianiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=1285


there it is... not actual real ones but some nice stuff and ideas seems like a good place to ask

Voodu Child

As you say, the paintjob youre looking for is called a donnie, after the original artist Donnie Hunt. I'd imagine searching jemsite for 'donnie' will turn up dozens of threads of people who have had their JS painted that way.

While it's not fine art, if your JS is a good one (JS1000 up), youll presumeably want the job done properly, ie well painted and laquered, and in the same glow in the dark paint, which is why i'd suggest looking overseas.

Im not sure if Herc does requests anymore, but he has painted quite a few donnies : http://www.fededesigns.com/images/photos/gallery/509719.jpg

-=al=-

sweet guitar



or u cud just be like me and draw on the guitar

Voodu Child

Sims customs in the UK might be worth talking to. Theyve not done a donnie AFAIK, but i'd imagine they could if you supplied them with enough pictures. Ive priced work off them before and it seemed quite reasonable.

Neurojazz

Doesn't have to be glow in the dark paint - just look like that from about 1 foot away - i'm not too fussy, just that the laquer would have to be done properly for sweaty gig hands etc....

If i can't get it painted then i'll do a jimi hendrix at the pod ;P

Smigie

I'll do it for you... One thing I use can laquer .. If you want ye can get it laquered yourself bt ive done a few guitars and I never had a complaint about the laq I use... pm me .

jellikit

check out my friends website Sean is one of irelands foremost airbrush artists who specialises in custom paint mainly for motorbikes but he has done several guitars and the quality of his work is amazing. Although he lives in Sweden now he spends every 2nd month or so here as the demand for his work is so high.He is currently working on a bass for me based on a confederate flag re worked as a tribal design. i hope to put some pics up here when its done.Hes due back in about 3 weeks and you can contact him through his website

jellikit

doh! website is www.seanegan.se

FiSe

That's a week ban for you. Advertising for free is bad.

Dord

Spam? ^^^^^ :mad:

bumping a two month old thread just to advertise your site!

Voodu Child

joe robot wrote:

Spam? ^^^^^ :mad:

I don't think much business would have gone his way anyway...You'd be an idiot to pay someone to paint a guitar based on a few motorbike helmets or whatever. The painting is the easy bit, its the prep, grain-filling, wet-sanding, laquering etc that make a good guitar re-finish. Leave it to the pro's and not someone who paints skanger-bangers.

jellikit

FiSe wrote:

That's a week ban for you. Advertising for free is bad.

If this is classed as advertising then 99.9 percent of boards users would be banned. This seems to mean that anyone who answers a question that begins with "who?", "what?", or "where?" can be be accused of advertising the person, thing or place they recommend

feylya

99.9% of posters do not pimp their own business websites.

jellikit

joe robot wrote:

Spam? ^^^^^ :mad:

bumping a two month old thread just to advertise your site!

check the dates!

jellikit

Hang on a minute, where did I give the impression that this is my website?

feylya

jellikit, if you are going to complain about the modding here, please read the posts CAREFULLY!

FiSe wrote:

That's a week ban for you. Advertising for free is bad.
Last edited by feylya : Yesterday at 23:30.

This post was modified by me to remove FiSe's site url, which he was advertising.

jellikit

Sorry Feylya, I got the wrong end of the stick. You're doing a great job. I am now going to wear a pointy hat and sit in the corner for an hour!