Hofner Verythin John Squire Pollock homage conversion

the_jaffa

Thank you for the comments. Much appreciated

paulnb57

the_jaffa said:

paulnb57 said:

Only disappointment is not seeing how the paint was done!

Ha, sorry about that. As you can imagine, it gets a bit messy but it is fun

So, whats the messy method?

the_jaffa

The blue and pink main areas were painted using a brush so weren’t too bad but al the rest was a combination of pouring and flicking runny paint at it.

You literally throw paint at the body. I used bamboo chopsticks taped together in threes so they picked up enough paint that I could then fling it at the guitar. 

paulnb57

Sounds great fun!

mark123

@paulnb57 ;

mark123

and again @paulnb57 ;

mark123

and beware the clear coat to seal it all.

mark123

@the_jaffa ;
Great job mate ,what did you use to seal your paintwork ?

paulnb57

@mark123  Wow! Thanks!

the_jaffa

After loads of research and thinking, I ended up going for artist Acrylic paint. I used a pouting medium and water to thin is down enough to be able to flick it around and then it’s finished with a clear gloss varnish. 

The varnish is really weird, there’s a whole 400ml spray can on there but you can’t tell it’s there at all other than the surface being hard rather then slightly soft acrylic. 

It might not be a super-thin nitro finish but it’s worked and the guitar sounds great. 

the_jaffa

Oh and just for interest, including the mods, the pickups, the tuners that I also replaced, the painting and the original guitar it’s cost less than £600

Corvus

That looks great, top job.. doing the paint sounds a ton of fun.

MattNovak

Just to echo everyones sentiments - top job!