Painting my new Rhoads JS30 V

[006]

Ok so I bought this guitar about a week ago, and I started thinking of things I could do to it that I would never dream of doing to any of my other very, very expensive guitars. So I started off with this picture from the Jackson site:


Then I made a mock-up of it in PhotoShop which gave me this:


And then I started to fool around and ultimately came up with this:


I have a whole album online of the different variations in stripe colors here.

Whaddya think?

~006

[thetroy]

Re: Painting my new Rhoads JS30 V

Too busy for me. I like bright solid colors like white, red, etc

[twistedstang]

Re: Painting my new Rhoads JS30 V

Go for it. I actually like the strpies better on that than on the EVH charvie.

[thetroy]

Re: Painting my new Rhoads JS30 V

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I actually like the strpies better on that than on the EVH charvie.

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I do agree with that. I personally think the EVH models are ugly

[006]

Re: Painting my new Rhoads JS30 V

Yeah, see I've always thought the design was neat, but I never liked the color schemes he used, not even the white base with black stripes, or the black base with yellow. I think this guitar would be well away from screaming "EIGHTIES!" with this color scheme. It has a more modern look, to me. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

~006

[Anders]

Re: Painting my new Rhoads JS30 V

Go for whatever feels best to you!

One question though... are you planning to install a new fretboard with that 006 inlay? Or are you going to fill the existing inlay holes and doing that inlay?

Just curious, because it doesn't seem worth it to install a new fretboard and modding a JS30RR to that extent.

[006]

Re: Painting my new Rhoads JS30 V

As far as the neck work is concerned, my friend does that kind of work, he said he'd like to do it for free. He has some degree or certificate from a local luthier school, plus I've seen a lot of his work so I trust him. He likes using shell and making very elaborate scenes in fretboards and bodies. This would be a peice of cake for him. I would only have to supply/pay for the materials...so like...$60 for an ebony fretboard and a large peice of MOP material, new fretwire, and binding material. Sounds like a plan to me.

It may not seem worth it to you, but for me, I've kinda always wanted a cheap guitar to trick out completely. It will basically end up being a custom guitar for me, and cost a LOT less than an actual custom shop Jackson, one of which I own. New pickups, new tuners, custom inlay on a new fretboard and new fretwire, binding on the neck/headstock, and a custom paint job. I'll probably spend a total of $625 (guitar, and all the extras) in the end. Not bad. That's more than half off the custom RR-1 I bought a couple of years ago. And this one will have everything I wanted on that one, and a custom paint job/inlay that I couldn't get from Jackson back then, and then some.

~006

[PallarAndersVisa]

Re: Painting my new Rhoads JS30 V

you got any pics of your other guitars?

[006]

Re: Painting my new Rhoads JS30 V

Only the ones I keep at home, the eye candy stays at the studio where I work. I keep my import guitars here at home, and I use them to gig with. Schecter Hellraiser C7, ESP/LTD EC-1000 black, and now this JS30RR Rhoads.

Here's a few mock-ups with the different pups I've been looking at, can't decide which ones look better. It's the DiMarzio X2N and the SD Custom:





Which ones? I like the white X2N's look more, personally. Whaddya think?

~006

[RacerX]

Re: Painting my new Rhoads JS30 V

To avoid the photoshop step, check out

http://www.jcfonline.com/resources/csgen/