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Here it is. I finally did my project I had in mind for a long time.....kinda by accident. I couldnt find a decently priced USA prod charvel to do, so I switched gears and looked on ebay for a import Charvel with a toothpaste logo that was damaged or goofed up. well, I found one and it was so nice I didnt want to paint it, but then I found that had been repainted and I didnt like how it was in a few spots. it was a green purple flip flop. when I got it, it had a few minor issues, but I was able to solve them without too much cost or trouble. I had to rewire it completely as the wiring was kinda hodge podged and taped up shabily. so I re soldered everything at assembly to my satisfaction. I re oiled the neck while it was apart as well as it needed attention. I found the guitar had been refinished before and it wasnt really what I wanted so I decided to use this as my "donor" guitar for the tiger project. I think its a Charvel "fusion" at least thats what the title said on ebay. its 24 fret, and 24 3/4 scale.
I think I did OK, I am into this for about $425 total. the guy I bought from on ebay was way cool and he even refunded me some money when I found some issues that needed to be fixed on the guitar. I got it all fixed up, and a guy at work painted it for me, well, I kinda helped. but he did it for just some beer money. he kinda enjoyed it. Its got 6 coats of clear and he buffed it out so it really looks professional.
here are some pics of the project. now, just so you know, the final pics dont match the progress stripes as we had a problem, the blue masking vinyl bled the black paint in spots, so we had to redo the whole thing with automotive masking tape. it worked, but was time consuming. I tried to do a random pattern with it and make it look realistic and not too uniform and fakey.
so let me know what you think...........good, bad, stupid, ugly, great, whatever.........
I think I did OK, I am into this for about $425 total. the guy I bought from on ebay was way cool and he even refunded me some money when I found some issues that needed to be fixed on the guitar. I got it all fixed up, and a guy at work painted it for me, well, I kinda helped. but he did it for just some beer money. he kinda enjoyed it. Its got 6 coats of clear and he buffed it out so it really looks professional.
here are some pics of the project. now, just so you know, the final pics dont match the progress stripes as we had a problem, the blue masking vinyl bled the black paint in spots, so we had to redo the whole thing with automotive masking tape. it worked, but was time consuming. I tried to do a random pattern with it and make it look realistic and not too uniform and fakey.
so let me know what you think...........good, bad, stupid, ugly, great, whatever.........
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