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Location: Keller, TX | OK, don't flame me. Just asking a question.
I got a w597 from Al a few months ago. Yep, it is a flawwed top one. Let me state that I LOVE the sound this thing makes. Problem is... I'm not crazy about the color. It is a reverse burst blue.
Anyway, my question is "What is involved in changing the color of the top?" Short of getting a can of quick-dry Krylon from Lowes, what else can I do?
Will removing the strings, bridge, and neck, then taping up the epulets and having it painted work? Any ideas? I would kinda like a black face, like Kyle's Adamas (sorry for the rip Kyle).
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Hey ttenn,
If you go through all the trouble of removing the strings,bridge,and neck then you can just as easily remove the epulets.......then you can paint the top using a paint roller! ;) OR you could just buy kyle's!.... |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | OR...you could send it back to the factory! OR...you can send it to me!(I like blue :eek: ) OR..... |
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Location: Keller, TX | No, I'm serious. I know I will probably just end up leaving it like it is, then getting a Balladeer LX in whatever color I wanted. But I am just considering changing the color of the Adamas. I know I can use a paint roller, send it back to mamma, get a can of spraypaint, color it with Crayons, etc. I would like something professional, and want to end up with something durable. If it is "doable" for around $200 or so, I may just try it. All I'm asking is "Has this been done?" |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | ttenn,
Seriously,unless you're skilled at removing and then reinstalling the bridge and the neck I think you will do more harm than good. I even doubt if you could find someone to spray it for $200 by the time you figure a quality paint,materials,and their labor then it isn't "doable." The Mothership is the best answer if you want a color change but even then it will probaby be more than $200 (call Kim for a quote) but when it's done it'll be "professional" & "durable!"
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | ttenn
DON'T try to do your own refinish job, you will completely destroy the guitar's value no matter how good a job you do.
A guitar is to be valued for it's sound not it's color, and i recall seeing posts of some members who want a blue finish. So, advertise it for a trade for the color you want and then play it until some deal comes around. By then you may love it and decide blue was a good color after all, or, trade for what you want and you wont be out anything.
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Location: Upper Left USA | I would trust no one but the Factory for this kind of work.
If you are not happy with the instrument as it is you need to sell or trade.
A last option would be to get Nancy Wilson to sign her name ove any blemishes! |
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Location: Valparaiso, FL | I've got a green one I'd love to trade for blue :) . And I'll probably refinish it myself. Done furniture, painted cars, no reason why I can't. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Besides going to Lowes......
Well you could always go to home depot but I don't like to shop there, Tony Stewart is such an assh*le.
The way to solve the problem is to get another guitar and sell this one. Don't even think about a refin. |
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Location: Midland, MI | Puddnhead: Do you have pictures of your green Adamas? Not that I'm interested in it...well, other than seeing it, that is. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | I'd like to see pictures of the green Adamas... |
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Location: Midland, MI | BTT...bring on the pictures of the green Adamas!! :) |
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Location: Valparaiso, FL | sorry, elite not Adamas. If it was an Adamas I'd never complain about the color. |
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Location: Keller, TX | OK, I'm sure I'll keep it (or maybe someday send it to the mothership). I was just about to pull the trigger on a new 1778LX, but Al couldn't get any and GC only had the cherryburst, which I didn't like. So, I talked myself into getting this flawwed Adamas, sight unseen from Al.
Like I said, I love the sound. Best guitar I've ever heard.
Sound 100%. Feel 100%. Looks 75%.
I think I'll just save up or trade for a 05 Collectors. |
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Changing colors.....