First guitar build (Steinberger content)

[sytraxiplague]

Hey guys. So I recently bought an old Steinberger body off of Ebay...

..And I've been keeping a Tumblog of the progress. I've been trying to keep track of how many days and hours total that are put into it. Everything is turning out great so far. Beware though; I took a beautiful factory finish and completely demolished it hehe

Here's a link: Reflections

Here's the Flickr photostream. Lots of extra pics in here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26586633@N08/

The artist's DeviantArt page: http://sytraxia.deviantart.com/

And here are a few photos by themselves. The descriptions/progress report is on the Tumblr page itself though. So are the super high res versions of the pics. Hopefully you guys like abstract art!

(By the way, I only taped this lonely section because I wanted to have small bits of the original finish viewable by me only heh)

My first time spray painting anything, ever! I was so pleased with how this base coat came out. No runs, no blotches. Awesome.

 

[Zei]

Following on tumblr

it's looking really nice so far. Looking forward to the progress!

 

[Empryrean]

what the.. I don't even..

 

[skeels]

Cool- it looks like you shot it with a paintball gun- be careful how thick you go though- globs will ruin your chances of a smooth clearcoat- it had a nice grain for staining but the aqua-burst wasn't cutting it- keep posting! Check out my swirl work thread for some abstract art!

 

[Justin Bailey]

Yes, yes, yes and yes and then yes again and a little more. I've been wanting to do the same exact thing.

 

[Swarth]

That's an interesting looking finish. Can't wait to see the finished result.

 

[sytraxiplague]

Wow. Thanks for all the positive feedback! Glad you guys like it.

And I'm aware of the "bumpy" clear coat finish. I'm not really worried about it as long as it's smooth and there's no runs. It doesn't have to be flat.

Also I forgot to give credit for the painter! My uncle is doing the artwork. Some of it's probably NSFW though haha. Most of it should be fine though. Hope you enjoy! I'll keep everyone up to date as the progress continues!

 

[B-lebs]

Glad someone else on the forum got it. I wanted to pick that up, but went camping when the auction ended. Looks great so far.

 

[sytraxiplague]

Are the pictures broken for everyone else? I don't know what's wrong with it..

Edit..

So apparently Tumblr rotates its links every week or so. So I have to put fresh links on here every so often lol.. That's convenient.

The front was started last night and it's looking great! He's starting to do some detail work now. Pic will be up in a couple minutes.

Edit 2.

Just made a Flickr account. I was going to leave out some photos and only give the best ones. But I have tons of them from the process, so maybe you guys will enjoy the full experience. This should make all of this a bit easier.

 

[adrock]

i REALLY like the direction of that paint job! very awesome, excited to see it finished

 

[JamesM]

You better clear coat the shit out of that if you want to keep it looking that good.

 

[sytraxiplague]

You better clear coat the shit out of that if you want to keep it looking that good.

Plan on it!

 

[Mukersman]

That's the coolest looking cameltoecaster I've ever seen.

 

[MetalMike04]

any chance you were inspired by Paul Masvidals Stein?

 

[sytraxiplague]

any chance you were inspired by Paul Masvidals Stein?

Hahaha. I love Cynic and Paul, but that's honestly not what I was going for. I've always loved that painted one though. That thing is bad ass.

Mine will look more or less like a real painting when it's done, rather than paint smears. Somehow I have a feeling it's going to take a bit longer than expected haha. But that's okay. Quality over speed IMO.

 

[The Grief Hole]

I really like the paint job. Its very unique (despite the Cynic photo.)

 

[sytraxiplague]

Update on the painting in first post.

Edit: Nevermind. I guess after a certain amount of edits you can't. So it's down here...

 

[adrock]

i'm really stoked on this. the detail on that is badass.

 

[7 Strings of Hate]

Damn dude. thats like a bob ross painting. Every time i watch bob paint, it looks like its gonna be a fucked up clusterfuck, then at the last second he comes in with a few key strokes and makes the thing into a masterpeice. its looking very cool with the progress. how excatly are you doing the dots?

 

[sytraxiplague]

Damn dude. thats like a bob ross painting. Every time i watch bob paint, it looks like its gonna be a fucked up clusterfuck, then at the last second he comes in with a few key strokes and makes the thing into a masterpeice. its looking very cool with the progress. how excatly are you doing the dots?

He's doing it very precisely with a very fine tip brush haha. Very tedious work. It's taken quite a few hours just on this section.