NGD - My take on a blue flower thinline

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Just thought I'd bob a quick post off to show my latest build - I've been a partscaster man so far, this is the first body I've built entirely from scratch and I think it turned out pretty well. Finishing could be a little better in places, and the neck pocket is slightly too large, but it all seems to work. Still not ready to take the challenge of making a neck yet though!

I couldn't find a hi-res image of the original blue flower pattern, so I've vectorised and re-coloured an alternative, which, now I look at it, I think looks nicer than the Fender pattern. 

I'll probably do a build thread at some point- I have pictures of the whole build process, but I'll leave these pics for now

King85

Lovely mate

JezWynd

Really nice work, love the design you've created.

thebreeze

Very nice indeed

LastMantra

I'm not really a fan of Paisley guitars but that's much more interesting IMO. 
I'm now wondering what other patterns/colours would work 

jhumber

Really like that, especially the way the flowers are larger and more vivid in colour than a typical paisley - great job!

Fuengi

That looks great, well done. The colours are lovely.

How did you paint it? 

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Fuengi said:

That looks great, well done. The colours are lovely.

How did you paint it? 

It's a clear vinyl I printed which is laid over a silver basecoat 

ThePrettyDamned

Looks lovely, are the yellowy bits part of the ageing you do? I don't love that, but it does look like an old dirty guitar!

The paisley looks great, nice pattern and colours! 

UnclePsychosis

YES. 

That's incredible, great work. 

imalrightjack

This is one of the coolest guitars I've ever seen.  Love the art.  Super cool.  This might sound ridiculous but I've always wanted a William Morris print guitar...and I have a guitar that needs a refinish.  Might this kind of thing be doable @4114Effects ;
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imalrightjack said:

This is one of the coolest guitars I've ever seen.  Love the art.  Super cool.  This might sound ridiculous but I've always wanted a William Morris print guitar...and I have a guitar that needs a refinish.  Might this kind of thing be doable @4114Effects ;
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Don't see why not! I could print the pattern for you no problem.

Teyeplayer

Very cool, looks wicked.

marktheharp

That's great Dan, clever guy ,always love what you do from guitar builds ,to amps and of course your pedals  
Cheers Mark. 

nonesuch

Yeah, that's a really excellent build - I love a thinline.

But it's definitely NOT paisley is it?!

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nonesuch said:

Yeah, that's a really excellent build - I love a thinline.

But it's definitely NOT paisley is it?!

Good point. Title updated :-)

Teetonetal

Lovely

Whitecat

Unreal. I love it. 

axisus

Looks cool, I like it. The flowers came out well.

axisus

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Fuengi said:

That looks great, well done. The colours are lovely.

How did you paint it? 

It's a clear vinyl I printed which is laid over a silver basecoat 

You printed the vinyl yourself? I'd be interested to know the process -what sort of printer and vinyl etc.

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axisus said:

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Fuengi said:

That looks great, well done. The colours are lovely.

How did you paint it? 

It's a clear vinyl I printed which is laid over a silver basecoat 

You printed the vinyl yourself? I'd be interested to know the process -what sort of printer and vinyl etc.

I work at a local printing firm for my "real" job. It's printed thin on self-adhesive clear vinyl on a large roll so size isn't a limitation. I'll do a little build guide for this tele at some point soon - I have pics of the whole process