Blackheart Loomis, Stage one

[SevenDeadly]

I finally got up the courage to change the finish on my loomis. Started with 120 grit sand paper for the heavy stuff, doing 200 grit today, tomorow, Dark Ebony stain. I think the ebony will take real well to the grains in the ash body.

If you see this Jeff, I'm sorry, the McDonald's color scheme wore off on me a long time ago

eta pics

more pictures inbound

 

[kmanick]

cool!
man you've got balls, I'd be horrified to do that to one of my guitars.
should look great when It's finished.

 

[synrgy]

w00t! I love seeing DIY projects! Can't wait to see how this turns out.

 

[sheener19]

cool idea good luck

 

[Cypher]

Very curious how this will turn out!! Will look killer for sure, never liked the colour on the Loomis. This will make it look a 1000 times sexier

 

[BenEllerGuitars]

oh damn! you sir, have balls of brass. That will look amazing with the black stain, maple board, and black goodies. huzzah to you!

what about the back? since its a set neck and the neck is also that red finish, did you sand it, too?

 

[SevenDeadly]

oh damn! you sir, have balls of brass. That will look amazing with the black stain, maple board, and black goodies. huzzah to you!

what about the back? since its a set neck and the neck is also that red finish, did you sand it, too?

It is sanded too. I did that part by hand cause I was worried about the sander heating up the glue in the joint. The neck is sooo sexy sanded

 

[BenEllerGuitars]

oh wow! how did you avoid hitting the neck binding?

 

[Sang-Drax]

Dark Ebony stain ftw! That's precisely what I want to go after with my semi-custom 7... looking forward to seeing the result on yours

 

[kmanick]

you should just gunstock oil the back of the neck

 

[Ruins]

ohhh yeah this is going to be awesome!

 

[SevenDeadly]

picture of the back as requested

 

[Apophis]

nice idea, good luck

 

[Erick Kroenen]

nice idea, good luck

+1

 

[vampiregenocide]

Hope this works out man, good luck.

 

[Arminius]

It looks awesome I'm sure a dark stain will look

i wish someone would decide to do this to one of their mahogany Schecters so i can see how it looks. I'm too scared to do it to mine.

 

[Leon]

If you see this Jeff, I'm sorry, the McDonald's color scheme wore off on me a long time ago.

 

[Stealthdjentstic]

Cant wait to see the final product, i remember someone posting photoshopped pictures of the loomis in different colors. I wonder how similar it will be to those.

 

[skinhead]

That's going to smoke

 

[Thin_Ice_77]

Haha, that must have been hard to start off!

Looking forward to it mate, keep us updated