Completed custom build: The Partymaster

[chillman]

Thought I'd show off a guitar I just finished. Original design, but pretty conventionally in line with the FMIC style.

• Light basswood body with rose gold ghost pearl nitro finish
• Super flamey maple neck with richlite fretboard and custom star and martini glass gold pearl & abalone inlays
• Orange/gold pearloid pickguard and rear cavity plate
  
• Mastery vibrato and bridge
• Curtis Novak Jazzmaster pickups
• Kluson locking tuners

 

[Danb541]

Wow! That's excellent!

 

[RomanS]

I love that color!

 

[Telenator]

Great color. Love the sound of basswood!

 

[Telekarster]

Whoa!!!! That is CRAZY awesome man!!! Love it! That baby pretty much checks all the boxes! Nice work.

 

[Fiesta Red]

Love the color…pickguard sets it off nicely, too!

 

[RobRiggs]

Beautiful guitar. Very well done. Does she sounds as good as she looks?

 

[hemingway]

Beautiful. Really classy design.

 

[El Marin]

Nice. I would gig that guitar proud and with no regrets at all

 

[boneyguy]

Very beautiful job.....nice design work. I'm VERY fussy about headstock shape and I think you did a great job with yours.

 

[Killing Floor]

Holy smokes, I am loving that color!

 

[Dan R]

Distinctive and interesting design. The color really pops with the pick guard.

 

[10orgtr]

Beautiful guitar, excellent use of color.
Cheers,
Woody

 

[schoolie]

I want one! That looks beautiful!

 

[chillman]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone. Really grateful for positive feedback on my color and design, since those are the parts I spend the most time and energy on.

Here's my color tester panel. The "rose gold" is half pink, half copper/bronze metallic dry pigment. Then on top is a gold interference or "ghost" pearl, so that in bright direct light you can see gold shimmer on the contours. The color change of the ghost pearl is exaggerated on this flat test piece. This was a fun experiment and it's cool to know that I could reproduce any of the 10 variations below if need be.

Painting is by far my favorite part of the build process and the only part I consider myself decent at yet. The guitar in this thread is only the 5th guitar body and only the 2nd neck I've ever built from scratch.

 

[olewaylonfan74]

That's a beauty of a guitar. Excellent job!

 

[RogerC]

That whole design is pretty sweet, but I particularly like how your headstock design really fits in with the overall aesthetic.

 

[Happy Enchilada]

Very cool and nicely done! Didn't George Jetson have one of those?

 

[Dan German]

Gorgeous!

 

[Mike_LA]

magnificent but we
Need to hear it .​