pretty pickings

September 6, 2008 9:42 AM

20 pretty painted guitars. (via Nag on the Lake)

More painted guitars:
Music Saves Lives - Gibson Guitar Project
GZ Guitars
Luna's Henna Guitars
Prior thread on 50 painted Dean Guitars, a tribute to Dimebag Darrell

posted by madamjujujive (12 comments total)

Similar The Austin GuitarTown project is a public arts project dedicated to bringing visual and musical artists together in a unique display of ten-foot Gibson Guitar sculptures to be placed throughout the city in November 2006. The project will benefit four designated Austin based charities.
posted by Daddy-O at 10:21 AM on September 6, 2008

One of the original psychedelic guitars, the fool guitar.
posted by StickyCarpet at 10:50 AM on September 6, 2008

Now I know what I'm going to do with my old (blazer series) Ibanez - thanks a lot. Inspiring !
posted by nicolin at 12:57 PM on September 6, 2008

Oops. Almost sent it to my nephew. Needs the NSFW, perhaps?
posted by Mental Wimp at 1:33 PM on September 6, 2008

That's some beautiful work.

On a guitar graphics tip, I like the whacked graphics of the 'Way Out West' guitar from the Gretsch Americana Series.
posted by alicesshoe at 2:43 PM on September 6, 2008

pretty - i'd really like to see an audrey kawasaki painted guitar, though. she makes truly beautiful (albelit pretty sexualized) things with wood.
posted by sergeant sandwich at 5:03 PM on September 6, 2008

Love that kind of stuff...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 5:31 PM on September 6, 2008

Hey, nice. I really love the Kama Sutra guitar not only for the artwork, but also the awesome shape. It reminds me of some of the Teisco/Kingston guitars of the 60s from Jack Westheimer. And I love the Americana series as well, alicesshoe. They remind me of Disney kids' album covers for some reason. This one being one of my favorite album covers of all time.

Anyway, enough rambling. Thanks for the links, mjjj. I'm off to look at more.
posted by sleepy pete at 5:50 PM on September 6, 2008

Wow wow oh wow! So lovely! Thanks, mjjj!
posted by Lynsey at 9:13 PM on September 6, 2008

Those Luna guitars are not painted ... they are laser-etched. Think laser-etched laptops and MP3 players ...

That results in a very different effect than painting on the surface of the wood, with the potential for impact on sound quality.
posted by aldus_manutius at 6:20 AM on September 7, 2008

Here's more painted guitars worth a look. The artist goes through the steps showing how it some were done. I got some good tips on incorporating gold and silver leaf gilding into a painted design.
posted by Enron Hubbard at 8:24 AM on September 7, 2008

Does brilliant inlay work count? If so, William Laskin is your man. (Sadly, only the thumbnails work on his gallery.)
posted by scruss at 2:38 PM on September 7, 2008