Some PICS of my Predator with custom paint.....

[MBreinin]

Here are a couple shots of my Predator. I didn't paint it myself, this is how it came. It is a competition orange that was smoked with a torch to give it a marble vein texture and then cleared over that. I think it is kinda cool, although quite obnoxious. Let me know what you guys think.

Mike

[No Use]

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its neat! almost like a bowling ball/marble-type thing!

[MBreinin]

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its neat! almost like a bowling ball/marble-type thing!

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Yeah, it is kinda bowling ball. The marbled texture is actually more pronounced in person, the sun bleached it out a bit.

$175, can't go wrong!

Mike

[GodOfRhythm]

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The front looks like you're looking into a sea of lava, from above! Awesome!

[pott]

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Damn... I really like it. Makes me GAS for one of these...

[MBreinin]

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Damn... I really like it. Makes me GAS for one of these...

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Thanks, they really do play nicely. You can't go wrong with one of these, and they will do more than all out screaming.

Of course, I just broke my third high E in two weeks. I guess it is time for 10s on this guitar. It plays so nice with the 9s setup, I am afraid to change gauges. We will see...I usually play 10s or 11s.

Mike

[VitaminG]

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is it breaking in the same place everytime? I've got 9s on a few of my guitars & never break strings. Could be a burr on the saddle, or tuning post, wherever the break keeps happening. Had the same issue with the high E post on my Model 1A, until I identified the problem.

[Jackson-Charvel]

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Sounds cool about the torch to get that effect. Welding torch? I guess it's a trial and error thing?

[robfromthedeep]

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The front looks like you're looking into a sea of lava, from above! Awesome!

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[Budman68]

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<font color="aqua">looks great, and yes, the torch is a very old way of adding cool effects to paint. The key is trial and error as mentioned above and using a very "sooty" setting on the torch. I've seen the same effects done successfully with a bic lighter and even just wooden matches. Very Cool- [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img] </font>

[MBreinin]

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is it breaking in the same place everytime? I've got 9s on a few of my guitars & never break strings. Could be a burr on the saddle, or tuning post, wherever the break keeps happening. Had the same issue with the high E post on my Model 1A, until I identified the problem.

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I don't see any burrs or such. I just break strings because I attack them pretty hard, and bend aggressively. I break the G, B & E relatively often. I put some 10s on it, let's see if those can hold up better.

Mike

[jgcable]

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Great job bro..

[JRE]

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Beautiful guitar!

That's a great look and you dont see it on every other guitar.

Sweet job!