Posted by: @russ Much appreciated. Still in the planning stage. Needing to learn how to do one colour first.  @russ No probs, I might have a go myself. I’ve not done anything like this since art college about 30 years…   Read more»

@russ Watch this video, it will give you the right idea. There are loads of other videos out there on YouTube etc.
Muli layered stencils.
https://youtu.be/LPcE34DPfm0

Posted by: @russ Do you know how you would go about painting something like this onto a guitar body? @russ Erm I would say a series of masking and painting sessions. I would start with the background and build each…   Read more»

Posted by: @russ 😂🎸🎶🙏 @russ That meeting may not end on a good note. Maybe they should scale it back a bit. 😉

Posted by: @russ
That’s a wee Bee…uty🐝

@russ Thanks Russ, it is a bit bumble bee 🐝 I love it too. 

@russ   aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  really ? Had a pop top transit later also. Ok best not to think about it. Hindsight is a wonderful thing

Posted by: @cazdaz @russ It was just like my first car (mine was white) – I started to learn to drive in it ..until I kangarood the exhaust off.  It was another 8 years before I tried again . I…   Read more»

@russ It was just like my first car (mine was white) – I started to learn to drive in it ..until I kangarood the exhaust off.  It was another 8 years before I tried again . I do love a…   Read more»

@russ  Thank you… I hope to be more useful than entertaining if possible but who knows haha ! 🙂

Posted by: @russ @petejb Welcome Pete. Enjoy your time here. Hopefully you’ll be able to give us some tips. Looking forward to seeing what you’re going to build.   Cheers, Russ 🎶🙂🎸🙏 Here’s an open question for the forum: Of all…   Read more»

Posted by: @russ
a wee kid = drunk student.. harsh but fair!!

@russ thanks much appreciated

Posted by: @koendb You got this @russ . Just make sure they are thin enough.. My first one was about 2.4mm and it took me more then 3 hours, The second side , I thinned further down to 2.14~2.18mm and…   Read more»

Posted by: @russ I’ve got the sides scraped down to 2mm ready to hopefully bend them by hand next week.   You got this @russ . Just make sure they are thin enough.. My first one was about 2.4mm and…   Read more»

@russ thanks. All checks seem good but things have a nasty tendency to go wrong. They do with me anyway. Cheers 

Posted by: @russ
Purple Haze

@russ Exactly. And by complete coincidence, that is the name of this particular purple candy paint. 💜✨✨✨✨🎸

Posted by: @russ The Lava Lamp of guitars @boo. Looking good. @russ Oh good, I’m glad you said that. Lava lamp is what I was going for, it’s that ‘60s and ‘70s look I’m after. A Jimi tribute, even though…   Read more»

Good to be back @Russ – I’m just hoping that I can stick to “I’ve started, so I’ll finish”.  It was good r&r yesterday.  First time I’ve managed to do anything guitar-building related for many a month. It’s good solid…   Read more»

Posted by: @russ Your Haggis, Neeps and Tatties look great @boo but you’re a couple of days early. 🤣  @russ Yeah I know but I thought I would have a trial run, I do it every year. 🤣👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Roll on…   Read more»

@russ Much Thanks