Monday 15 November 2010

Guitar Plans - Personalising Your Acoustic Guitar

By Nicole Mil Baker

Ever had that mood that you just want to strip off the guitar and try to make it a little bit extra custom-made and shaped\tailored the way in which you want it to be? You are not the only one who desires to add their own signature on the design of their acoustic guitars and make it more "you."

Primarily, before you actually do anything, be sure you have the these:

- Moist/dry sandpaper (320 and 1000 grit) - Clear coat or lacquer - Spray paint (preferred color) - Water - Clean paper towels - 6 brand new guitar strings

Now that you've got the needed assets, let's get all the way down to customizing.

Initially, dismantle the guitar. Disentangle and loosen your guitar strings so it's possible to remove it from your pegheads or tuning pegs. remove all of your hooked up accessories getting in the way of your redesigning. I suggests removing your pegheads too.

Subsequent, sand it down! What is left now is your basic guitar body. It's important to strip its clear coat away through the use of the 320 grit sandpaper. It's ideal to wet your sandpaper when you sand the guitar down. Proceed sanding until your acoustic guitar loses its glow and gets its flat color. Sand all these scratches and shine away so that the brand new paint you are going to put in your guitar will stick.

After that it is time to paint away. After all your sanding, it's now time to put on paint. Paint mild coats one after another. It is up to you how many coats you desire nonetheless do it lightly in the beginning. You may however paint it thickly in your final coat. Bear in mind to place the guitar evenly flat while painting or else it will drip and you could have to sand it over again.

While waiting for your paint to dry, it's possible to start to clean and shine the tuning pegs and check the guitar strings if they might be scratched or not.

Finally it's time to shine! As soon as the paint has dried on both sides of your guitar, it's time to gloss over your acoustic guitar. It is now time to put on your clear coat. You may either use clear coat or lacquer, however if you need the quick dry types, I like to recommend the clear coat. Do thick but even coats. If there are still marks on the guitar ensure to remove them before rubbing on the clear coat. Once more, it is based on your own judgement how many layers of coating you would like to put..

As soon as you're done on one side, don't toss it over simply yet. It's possible to devise techniques to complete either side with out having to place it on the ground while waiting for the clear coat to dry. To mitigate any blemishes and flaws when it is completed, it's it is possible to sand it down with the one thousand grit sandpaper while painting between coats.

Now that the guitar painting is actually all completed and dry, it is advisable to start putting back the components you took off gently while appreciating your new guitar. - 42265

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