My paisley tele

I used this material and a mighty mite unfinished body

Mighty Mite body
Mighty Mite V neck
Wilkinson bridge
Lawrence Keystones pickups
Schaller locking tuners

clear pickguard cut from plexiglass

Looks nice.

Oh yeah, I like that alot better than pink or blue. Very nice!

thanks, guys.

That's bona fide!

i like that nice job

Just beautiful viman.

I have a couple questions.
How did you attach the cloth to the body?
Do you like the mighty mite neck? Are they good quality necks?

Looks good!
What is the clear finish you used and did you have any trouble getting the cloth covered with a gloss finish?

Thanks again, guys.

I found the general directions to do it here:
http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/mat.htm

I spread woodglue (titebond) evenly on the face of the guitar and then used a wallpaper roller and a plastic drywall knife to get the material flat. Then 3 coats of sanding sealer and the material gets hard and trim with an xacto knife.
I've been using MM necks for quite a while now and I am very happy with them. I have no complaints and I usually get them through JC's Guitars on Ebay. I always get the soft V profile in maple.

Beautiful! I wished you made it an Esquire ;)

Awesome. I've read that tutorial before, would love to try that out. Nice to see it came out so perfectly for you. Nice burst effect on the edges. Can you tell me a little more about how you did that?

Thats a rich looking color on that axe!
The best looking pasley guitar I've ever seen.

I really appreciate the kind words.
Big Mike, the finish is polyurethane , the brown paint on the sides is Rustoleum Enamel covered with poly. I used Minwax Sanding Sealer which they say is made to go with their poly. I used the Minwax fast drying polyurethane.
After a few days after the final coat I buffed it with Turtle Wax Premium Grade polishing compound (No Meguiar's to be found anywhere), followed by Meguiars Swirl X, and then Smith's guitar polish.
Neocaster, On the front I just wanted an outline of the side color, but not too perfect, so I just taped and covered the front with the amount of edge I wanted to be painted and shot a couple of light coats at it from a little further back and a little quicker than if you were actually using the paint to cover something. ( if that makes sense)
On the back, though, I wanted a little different so I went for the burst. My method that I used once before, was to stand on the opposite side of what I wanted to burst and literally shoot over the body and come down onto the edge and then follow the edge. In other words I sprayed at nothing and slowly came onto the body so I could see how far into the body the pattern would go, and when I got my distande I held that distance and followed the edge down. Any goofs, and I would just lightly sand it back a little.

Very nice work there Vinman. It's not easy to get the material flat or get a nice clearcoat on there I'm sure, so you've really done something. Color and pattern of the paisley cloth is beautiful too. Congratulations on a fine project.