My new paint scheme put into play.

[Elysian]

my Rhoads V has been natural for the last year or so, i decided today, just on a whim, to actually paint it, and paint it similarly to how i want to paint that les paul copy... it turned out so nice, i gotta show it off.


note to self though, never use that brand of tape again, it sucked!

 

[Leon]

looks cool. can't wait to see the finished product!

 

[Elysian]

the headstock won't match the headstock is cream with black logo

 

[bostjan]

Looks real sharp!

Are you going to put something in the middle, the two triangles in the lower right are just a little short of the apex, but I doubt anyone would ever notice from ten feet away.

IMHO, it'd look awesome with the zebra pickups you mentioned in the other thread. What kind of pickguard?

 

[Elysian]

just a black stock one, same with the V shaped one on the string through spot...

 

[bostjan]

A clear or metallic/mirrored pickguard would look killer!

 

[Elysian]

i was thinking not long ago that diamond plate would be killer

 

[bostjan]

<--- sucker for diamond plate

 

[Elysian]

have you seen my UV? lol


i emailed sharp concepts to see if they could do a Rhoads V, and how much it would cost

 

[bostjan]

Nope, is it posted somewhere here?

 

[Elysian]

its on my website in the guitars section, www.elysian-online.com

 

[Elysian]

now it needs an ebony fingerboard and spray paint is really tough to get an even clear coat with...

 

[bostjan]

Yeah, my Carvin bass kit was really hard to clear-coat. I ended up getting it all uneven then sanding the crap out of it and coating/sanding again.

I think diamond plate would be awesome. Are you going to swap the pickups again?

 

[Scott]

[action=Scott]hates diamond plate [/action]

 

[Elysian]

Yeah, my Carvin bass kit was really hard to clear-coat. I ended up getting it all uneven then sanding the crap out of it and coating/sanding again.

I think diamond plate would be awesome. Are you going to swap the pickups again?

no way dude, its got killer pickups... here it is with the hardware mocked up, still have to wire everything back up... the pick guard thats on there now was origionally gold and i painted it black and it chipped a bunch... if i diamond plated it i'd probably leave it polished... i need to get a new bridge as well the gold sucks.

ps. the knobs are temporary lol, taken from my UV...

 

[bostjan]

too bad that dimarzio is cream.

 

[Elysian]

yeah, the white one went with my washburn on ebay! i didn't even think of that cause i wasn't planning on painting this... damn impulse decisions

 

[Leon]

nice. and yeah, white/black + cream/black =

 

[Elysian]

it matches the headstock

 

[Leon]

sorry, i meant the paint job and the headstock. yeah, the pickup goes with the headstock, but the body is totally from a different guitar lol.