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Sharpie Question

#83
LMAO, yup besides the long process of coloring the thing, its also gonna get worn off the fretboard fairly quick from strings. The whole idea just makes me think of a little kid with crayola coloring a guitar. Humourous if little kid, not so much if teen or older. LMAO.
 
#84
Jon_West said:
It looks good, but believe me when I say it's going to wear out fast unless you coat it with something.
I did this for my buddy's guitar a while back and within a few days the whole thing smudged out...
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Sucks that it got smudged up because that **** looks good man. That's just standard sharpie though, right? I did the fretboard in Sharpie's oil-based paint marker. Should be slightly more resilient.

darkstorm said:
LMAO, yup besides the long process of coloring the thing, its also gonna get worn off the fretboard fairly quick from strings. The whole idea just makes me think of a little kid with crayola coloring a guitar. Humourous if little kid, not so much if teen or older. LMAO.
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I don't know how insulting this is supposed to be, but it would probably take more than this to get much a reaction out of me, haha. As for the "long process", that first coat probably took a little less than an hour in total and with music going in the background it wasn't really that tedious. For the record, if Crayola showed up well on the poly-coated fretboard I wouldn't be opposed to the idea. The paint pen cost me $4 and even if I need to pick up another one for the second coat, the results thus far are well worth it to me.
 
#85
Here's some pics of the assembled bass. It appears that a second coat isn't really possible as it just kind of smears when I try to add more no matter how dry it is. But honestly, if it holds up to wear well, then I have no problems with how it looks now. I played it for about 2 solid hours and I haven't really noticed any damage to the white coating yet.

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As I said before, I'll take the bass outside tomorrow and try to get some better pics. As for other upcoming mods to the black and white bass, I need to cnc a straight black or b/w/b pickguard, get a couple string trees (do you guys suggest the hipshot model or the roller trees? I don't really want to go with a bar design), change out the pots for a fullsize set (never done this, so if someone could suggest which rating I should get 500k, etc? I'd really appreciate it), put in a switchcraft jack or neutrik if I get ambitious, new knobs and a gotoh 201 maybe. After all this stuff I'm gonna have a friend who is more artistically inclined draw all over the body and pickguard for me. I'll try to update the build with pics along the way if anyone is interested. Peace
 
#89
nic salsus said:
I know I gave you a hard time but for what it is you did a nice job!
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Thanks a lot man. Honestly, if it wasn't for people giving me a bit of a hard time I may not have gone through with it. I guess I got a little spite in me, haha. Now I just have to see if the coating will hold up in a gig environment. I'll try to play a set or two with some friends this week in addition to regular practice and I'll post pics next weekend of the wear.
 
#92
Simo98 said:
Needs a black pickguard :P
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Understood. That's definitely at the top of the list for future mods.

blipndub said:
I have to say for what you were going for and the materials you used, it's quite a good job despite my own reservations and those of others. Good job having an idea and following it through. I like it.
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Thanks man. It definitely doesn't look as good as if I paid somebody with some actual skill to finish it in the same shade of white as the body of the bass, but for $4 and a bike ride to Staples I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
 
#95
darkstorm said:
LMAO, yup besides the long process of coloring the thing, its also gonna get worn off the fretboard fairly quick from strings. The whole idea just makes me think of a little kid with crayola coloring a guitar. Humourous if little kid, not so much if teen or older. LMAO.
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..wasnt really that funny, its not even that bad of an idea, if he coats it with polyurethane hes set to go for a while.
looks pretty cool btw
 
#96
I signed up for this account just to post on this topic after reading a bunch of know it all replies.
I have done this to two of my guitars with a sharpie there is a proper way to do it without it looking bad damaging fretboard or coming off.
Step one clean it very well.
step two put it on one fret at a time after applying use a blow dryer not for long and not on hi just like 30-60 secs 3-5 inches away once finished with all the frets then wipe the crap out of it with a 100% cotton towl that will remove all leftover chemicals don't worry about getting it on your frets it will wipe off then do not play it for at least 24 hours and leave it out not in a case then it's dried and cured and won't come off if you did it right
 

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Prs guy said:
I signed up for this account just to post on this topic after reading a bunch of know it all replies.
I have done this to two of my guitars with a sharpie there is a proper way to do it without it looking bad damaging fretboard or coming off.
Step one clean it very well.
step two put it on one fret at a time after applying use a blow dryer not for long and not on hi just like 30-60 secs 3-5 inches away once finished with all the frets then wipe the crap out of it with a 100% cotton towl that will remove all leftover chemicals don't worry about getting it on your frets it will wipe off then do not play it for at least 24 hours and leave it out not in a case then it's dried and cured and won't come off if you did it right
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That poor rosewood. :crying:
Oh, the humanity.
 

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