New Paint Project - VAN HALEN TELECASTER

[chemikiller]

can anyone offer any advice to doing a typical EVH striping job?
I've never seen a tele with it. I was thinking of doing it.

I've also never repainted a guitar before, so I can use some advice.
The donor axe will probably be an SX Tele.

[jwells393]

Building a Van Halen Clone

[Danno]

These guys know how to do it well:

http://www.frankenstraat.com/

[iansmitchell]

I personally would prefer(even though I'm not a huge fan of avril) the checkerboard pattern on a tele. Tele's aren't really big hair 80's metal guitars.
But they sure as hell can do punk.
Look the part. Add some skulls and handwritten song lyrics, some speakers, a sketch of a strat on it.
Basically, everything you'd do to a checkerboard binder, on a guitar, would look just plan awesome.

[axmaker]

just did my hobby welding helmet just fore fun:


when i was building semi commercially i did this one:
http://www.shredaholic.com/frankie.html
mine is the one featured at the bottom of the page. the guy i built it for never came up with the dough, so one of my pal's kid has it.

[ptfreak]

Of course you should go ahead and do it!
Stripe it up and go with the flow, no need 4 perfection.

J

[jwells393]

This guy seems to know how to apply the tape.......

......

http://www.evh-guitars.com/buildgallery.html

[robt57]

Closest Tele EVH look I have seen @ Warmoth Gallery Shot:

[RodeoTex]

Originally Posted by axmaker

just did my hobby welding helmet just fore fun:


when i was building semi commercially i did this one:
http://www.shredaholic.com/frankie.html
mine is the one featured at the bottom of the page. the guy i built it for never came up with the dough, so one of my pal's kid has it.

Axman, that is so funny: I did my welding hood in the red/white/black version (and lunch box and hard hat).

[TeleJelly]

I have done it before on an OLP Ernie Ball copy. The biggest thing is being sure to use painter's tape and that the edges are sealed all the way against the body, otherwise they will not be sharp when you pull the tape after it dries.

It is also worthy to mention that when you do 2 or 3 colors the process should be done with care when striping over the newly painted surface and shooting another color.

My 2 cents

[Thekillertree]

What kind of paint would best be used for a job like this? Most any spray paint i would thik would scratch or what not.

[Smirkster]

Cool concept. I always wished I could hear Eddie playing a Tele.

[Shoved BassVIII]

Vintage Kramer has pics of all eddies guitars. I seem to recall a tele in there...I know there's a paul

[TeleJelly]

I used spray paint for my project it came out fine.

CAUTION SARCASM COMING...

Beware that after you paint it you must never sell the guitar and it must be buried with you after you get written permission from EVH himself.

Coming from personal experience the EVH web police will thrwart the sale of such an item.

Good luck on your build though.

[casterway]

Originally Posted by Thekillertree

What kind of paint would best be used for a job like this? Most any spray paint i would thik would scratch or what not.

Ed used Schwinn bicycle paint.

[leonard d rock]

wasn't his music man/ernie ball signature guitar based loosely on the tele, but with twin 'buckers?

LDR

[Shoved BassVIII]

yup it was

[neil]

This is an interesting build of a Str*t type Van Halen copy
http://www.guitarattack.com/mattocas...len/sagavh.htm

[dougk]

Originally Posted by axmaker

just did my hobby welding helmet just fore fun:


when i was building semi commercially i did this one:
http://www.shredaholic.com/frankie.html
mine is the one featured at the bottom of the page. the guy i built it for never came up with the dough, so one of my pal's kid has it.

I dont know why but you should wear that on halloween!

[tele-graph]

Building the Frankenstrat

Buying the Body and Neck

Eddie Van Halen bought the Frankenstrat's ash body and maple neck for a total of $130. Both of these parts were from a store called Boogie Bodies, which sold Charvel-made body and necks. The body of the guitar was a "second," called so because it was not cosmetically pleasing. In Van Halen's case, the body had a knot in the wood. He bought it for $50 anyway because he believed it would perform fine. The maple neck of the guitar cost him $80.


Step 1
Eddie got hold of a PAF (Patent Applied For) pickup from his Gibson ES-335. He had the idea to dip the pickup in paraffin wax to reduce microphonic feedback, a technique that has since been employed by major guitar manufacturers such as Gibson.


Step 2
Van Halen painted the guitar black and let it out to dry. After it was dry he put masking tape on it,painted over it in white. Years later, he put more tape on and painted the guitar red then when it was dry he removed the tape.


Step 3
After the body was dry, he attached the neck and attached the tuning keys to the headstock of the guitar.


Step 4
Van Halen got rid of both tone control potentiometers (pots) and wired up the pickups in a simple circuit, due largely to his limited knowledge of electrical circuitry. Van Halen famously used a knob reading 'tone' on the volume control spot. He then put the strings on the guitar and used a vinyl record he cut up to use as a pickguard to cover the controls. He also added a stock Fender tremolo system

[serialsteve]

Originally Posted by tele-graph

Building the Frankenstrat

Buying the Body and Neck

Eddie Van Halen bought the Frankenstrat's ash body and maple neck for a total of $130. Both of these parts were from a store called Boogie Bodies, which sold Charvel-made body and necks. The body of the guitar was a "second," called so because it was not cosmetically pleasing. In Van Halen's case, the body had a knot in the wood. He bought it for $50 anyway because he believed it would perform fine. The maple neck of the guitar cost him $80.


Step 1
Eddie got hold of a PAF (Patent Applied For) pickup from his Gibson ES-335. He had the idea to dip the pickup in paraffin wax to reduce microphonic feedback, a technique that has since been employed by major guitar manufacturers such as Gibson.


Step 2
Van Halen painted the guitar black and let it out to dry. After it was dry he put masking tape on it,painted over it in white. Years later, he put more tape on and painted the guitar red then when it was dry he removed the tape.


Step 3
After the body was dry, he attached the neck and attached the tuning keys to the headstock of the guitar.


Step 4
Van Halen got rid of both tone control potentiometers (pots) and wired up the pickups in a simple circuit, due largely to his limited knowledge of electrical circuitry. Van Halen famously used a knob reading 'tone' on the volume control spot. He then put the strings on the guitar and used a vinyl record he cut up to use as a pickguard to cover the controls. He also added a stock Fender tremolo system

Wellll, not exactly...

[hippietim]

I did this one a few years ago: