How to Reskin Your Guitar in 30 minutes! axedecals.com / Custom Guitar Body Wrap
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This reminds me of when I first started. I finished the guitar with deck stain, and used vinyl on the pick guard. And even I had the good sense to remove the pickups my first time.
this is so you can now lend your guitar to your friend who sweats like a lawn sprinkler
This lead makes me feel like a guitar virtuoso! Lol.
Nice, took a $100 guitar and made it look like a $75 guitar.
Sophia Bogard $35 guitar for the kids.
Agreed
This comment is the greatest!
Haha ditto!
He could’ve made it look way better if he bought a vinyl that was 10 dollars more expensive 😐
Damn everybody hating. I thought it came out great.
Bro there’s so many bubbles and the color looks terrible 😭😭
@@ZachTNT yeah its more just okay
I can't even wrap a gift with wrapping paper properly, there's no way I'd try this
How to reskin your guitar in 30 minutes! Step 1. Don't
Ultimate Raptor Of Greatness and Fertility Why not?
Skelly it looks awful
Ultimate Raptor Of Greatness and Fertility Nope. Done right, it looks great.
looks like a bag of dirty diapers that was left in a hot car for 3 weeks,then ran over multiple times with a steam roller,then shaped into a guitar
@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 the fuck you feed your baby?
Who cares what a guy wants to do to his guitar? This is a free world and the guy is free to whatever he wants to his guitar.
There are some who just destroy guitars on stage for fun. Atleast he is giving it respect.
Moreover it is his money and his guitar. So why should we bother with negative comments.
He is not forcing anyone to watch the video.
Excatly. 🤘
✔️ Cue terrible backing track.
✔️ Drastically underestimate time for modification.
✔️ Seriously risk damaging the original finish by employing a razor blade.
✔️ Make guitar look worse than when you started.
Great Job guys! You made a terrible youtube video! I'm especially impressed with how much this surface attracts oily finger prints. That should look beautiful on stage.
Not to mention the adhesive residue on the pickups
Adam Moran vinyl doesn’t leave adhesive when installing. It takes years after being applied for its adhesive to peel off.
Never seen a "resin" like this. I did notice you put your pickup rings on incorrectly. The slant should go towards the neck not the bridge... Interested to see the finish assembly.
So I take it this is not a very popular thing to do? Man, judging from the comments this video created a lot of hate and anger. I think the point that the haters are missing is that if you do not have the talent, desire, equipment or the time to properly refinish your guitar, this stuff is much faster and easier than all that painting. Plus with this stuff you can make the guitar anything you want. I did not pay that much attention to the original finish but perhaps it was scratched up or something and a guy just wanted to make it "look" good?
I don't think you would see too many guys doing this to their Les Paul unless it was really bad, but then again there are idiots out there paying people to make their guitar look old. I would like to see and touch the finished product in person. I am just getting into customizing guitars and this would be a way to fix up something like a head stock? The question for me would be the top coat. Can you spray on or wipe on a poly or nitro clear coat? I don't think you could because there would be nothing for it to adhere to.
Well I for one enjoyed the video, accept at the 5:30 mark where the caffeine kicked in on the editor and he changed the music to that.. whatever the heck it was supposed to be, crap. I am going right now to check out that link, as for the negative commenting people, haters gonna hate!
True the fella is only demonstrating a method .
yes indeed;I can speak as an amateur guitar builder,and nobody likes to be crytisized that hard...let's use a little of empathy!!
This man is giving us free lessons of how to do certain things;I can only feel thankful with him,cause today I've learned one thing to do that I didn't know...Cheers for you,buddy!!!💪💪💪💪
Wrapping a guitar also takes skill... At least having it make look good. Pretty sure that seam won't look appealing in real life. And what if you want to wrap both front and back? You'd have an even uglier seam.
Most people that refinish their guitar do it because they think it's a fun process.
I'd like a protective cover like this over the entire body of the guitar. Or at least the sides as well.
So basically, you gave it a gimp mask?!
pretty simple, the time it takes to strip the factory paint and repaint would make no sense, when you can wrap the guitar and it would only be a 1 min job to revert the guitar back to original paint, and wrap it again with a different color, design, etc. to some people expressing there mind and design on a guitar makes it there own unique guitar. example eddie van halens guitar stood out, i want mine to do the same without too much hassle.
You get it! I feel the same. It's just some stupid kids here spouting off. Even if you are a kid, at least you are not stupid, lol. I want to wrap my guitar in as well! 🤘😁
Good luck achieving that unique look with something restrictive like a wrap... Let alone make it look good...
Do what you like dude. I think you got the Guitar Government came pay you a visit here with some of these comments. FREEDOM. I wouldn't do it to an expensive guitar but hey, do what you LOVE.
one question, how will i be able to switch from one pickup to another?
nik limnat He forgot to cut the switch and knobs lmao
your not seriously considering shrink wrapping your guitar in some kinda cheap looking vinyl in a cheesy attempt to upgrade its appearance are you? somebody could vandalize my only guitar by drawing a giant swastika in pink fluorescent paint an hour before im about to play an important gig (a bar mitzvah for the son of record label A&R dept. senior executives ) id still never dream of using such a hideous product....ill take my chances with a giant swastika on my axe playing in front of hundreds of jews comprising the family of a man who could give me the biggest break of my career...rather then showing up to a gig with a giant red heat shrink tube over your guitar would easily have you coming off as the bigger asshole even in that extreme example....
awesome,just awesome....
@@orlandopelletier5036 XD Thanks for the laugh!
@@orlandopelletier5036 that design is actually in their catalog
Better custom job than a pickguard leaves room for and that hotrodred stands out to front of house perfect!
Finally I can buy a Les Paul gold top and cover it with black plastic!!!
the lead guitar on this video reminded me of my first 3-4 hours of playing way back about 35 years ago
This is a good tutorial video. I bin hobby refinishing with rattlecans and I'm finally comfortable/confident with the process. But this skin job is intriguing, I will be trying it out. I have a chrome finish in mind. I hope I can find a video of a front AND back reskin tutorial. But I bet that's a tuff job to do. Too bad about all the dullards throwing feces in the comments. They probably like their guitars all krappy and broken looking. Duh!!
can this technique be used to improve the appearance of a wife once she gets over, say, 50? (assume once cut holes for the orifices and eyes)
lol no maybe a shitload of plastic surgery
maybe a bag like ugly bob the south park character in canada they he had a bag on his head they said he was hidius
They call them "FACEKINI"
Good idea. Gonna to experiment this on my Jackson PS1 soon
That's wild!
This came out fantastic!!!
I would say stripping the paint, sanding, re-spraying,waiting for the layers to dry, wet sand, protect, polish and assembly is probably a better way to reskin a guitar. It takes long but you'l get much better results.
I have the mental image of that thing squeaking against your arm and sticking to your skin. No thanks
Same thing comes to my mind. I can't stand that squeaking sound too.
Cover it in clear nitro lacquer. Wont be any different.
How skillfully illustrated!
The humbucker rings are backward. They are supposed to slope down toward the neck, not the bridge.
Great job. I guess we have to spray clear coat (lacquer) on it to make it last longer, right ?
i would love to see a reaction by paul reed smith to that torture of ear and guitar :D
Nice method.
Nothing indicates quality quite like a giant red sticker. Thanks for showing me the perfect way not to repair a guitar finish.
You know I rarely write anything bad on these videos. I'm of the belief if you cant say anything positive, dont say anything at all. That being said, this could have been so much better. There were visable bubbles in the wrap and the background track was somewhat annoying. Maybe give it another shot and eliminate the bubbles and change the background track. This would improve this quite a bit. The video and the concept of what you were trying to do was sound. Maybe just a little more practice before showing the world.
I'm not a big fan of the look or the music, but what I think you are referring to as bubbles are impressions in the vinyl over the holes where the pots and switches go. Once installed, they cover that part of the vinyl. At least I assume.
I think it looks great! It might not be your taste but he's done an awesome job.
This is just amazing
The work is good come on guys I think if he had chosen a better color his work would look much better great video man 👍👍
why leave the pickups in?
Wiring, I suppose...
BASSPLAYER13 You just cut and peel away the vinyl you don't want. Much easier than removing all the electronics.
lazy
Because in this case it would be stupid to solder them out. Didn't you notice that leaving the pickups in worked absolutely fine? Do you think they remove tires before a foil-coat. I don't think so, smartass.
This looks hard , the sharp knife could surely scratch the finish below ?
Excellent, thoroughly recommend this guy, he's amazing, can re-skin anything! Wait until you see his drum skins.......
I love the look of a well played guitar. I have had guitars that I swear if you fixed would not sound the same. May just be me though.
Yeah. Does make you wonder how this vinyl wrap might affect the tonal quality of the wood.
@@Shaylok it just makes it quieter
@@Shaylok With the insights from this video by Jim Lill, I'd guess that it won't affect anything tone-wise at all: ua-cam.com/video/n02tImce3AE/v-deo.html
@@DavidCasper That video is getting alot of attention fast. It was like Myth Busters for the guitar. Gave me alot to think about. But still, if i'm buying a bolt-on guitar, i'd prefer a hard wood body so the bolts never harm the guitar.
@@Shaylok Sure. Just seems like vinyl wraps will likely have zero effect on tone. Also, it's worth noting that guitar vinyl is usually the same kind as car vinyl wraps, which are known for being even more durable/resistant to damage than car paint. Very likely this vinyl wrap will protect your guitar pretty well.
It (the unintentionally hilarious guitar soloing) really does detract from the cool procedure. Different music, please? Or narration?
fondant
You see a red vinyl wrap going on and moan about not painting it...but that wrap was just just for this how to video. You can get any design you want on a wrap...take a look at what's out there and tell me it's easier to paint it (".)
why not make the pick-ups red to with the extra material
So my question is how long does the finish last on the big sticker
awesome sound track the guitar player shred's ....I recorded this and play it all the time...rock on bro and nice cherry guitar finish
Looks like a great, goof proof, alternative to learning painting technique. First you'll need a scrap body,
Smoggyama With a little practice, it's not hard to get good at laying the vinyl down flat and even. The advantage over paint is that you can get vinyl printed with all sorts of cool designs that might take longer if they had to be painted by hand.
Does this work over bare wood?
wow, well now i know what I'll never do to a guitar.
So no effect on the sustain of the guitar from putting a sheet of rubber on it?
gets rid of that unwanted vibration through the wood... :(
Honestly looks pretty good. Im gonna do this on my 100 dollar epiphone.
Is it possible to wrap the whole guitar not just the frontside?
So there are no knobs and buttons anymore on the body
I'm still hoping to find a tut where someone wraps the entire guitar. I got hopeful at first b/c it looked like that's what you were going to do. I have an RG7620 I want to wrap... but I want to do the whole body. My search continues...
hey, do you know if they have mystic dream like Petrucci's guitar?
The humbucker rings were put on backwards.
I saw that. I wondered if it were maybe a new fad to have the front coil closer to the strings by the neck.
It would make no sense at the bridge.
4:51
Dat solo though lol
@Woah Wahoah Dude lmao
That was cool! I see all the hate out there but do your thing man!
Is this Skin removable without hurting original finish ?
are you not cutting into the guitar as your using the razor knife on the sides? etc?
Wow so many negative comments. I think it’s cool to do if you want that look or a million other looks available with vinyl. I wouldnt be a fan of covering up some sort of flamed top high end guitar but for a change on something less expensive then I think it’s an option. But I know me and could never get this installed to my satisfaction it would end up all wadded up into a big red ball in the trash. Hire a pro installer.
You installed your pickup rings backwards, dude.
We noticed. Vince James and I commented on it (above)
A whole bunch of people noticed. :)
Legot wrapping skills!
You can do this if you want your guitar to be just a showpiece instead of playing it..This will certainly reduce the resonance(sustain) and tone of your guitar due to the extra weight.
Timir Das THIS is a SHOWPIECE?!?! It looks like crap... What a waste of time.
@@jeffbateman2339 maybe a showpiece at a carnival... in the clown house... on Halloween.
Why not take the pickups out beforehand??
And I thought my playing was bad. At least a vacuum cleaner when you unplug it, it don't suck no more.
HAHAHAA that was funny.
Any more
Did i miss sonething you guys hear? Sounds pretry okay to me.
Looks good. I can't comment on the sound, because I never tried that. P.S. Dude, you installed the pickup rings backwards! The thinnest part should be towards the neck...
Why did you leave the pickups in?
I was hoping this was about removing a poly finish in 30 minutes… not adding more plastic Lol!
But cool 🤘🏽🎸 !
LOL Come on guys, it wasn't that bad- the solo nor the guitar. The color makes it look somewhat cheap I think but some of these wraps could be kind of cool.. Thanks for the vid. This shows how to do it fairly well
I had to mute that annoying guitar in the background :(
Why annoying?
@@Even_N.D. mediocre metallica knock off jam session maybe? sounds the way that guitar looks lol
Bridge and neck pickup rings looked to be installed backwards. Probably no big deal, just an ibanez
speeding this video up when it was recorded with a handheld camera was a really poor choice.
The theory and the actual application is good. However I feel like if this was say a camo or snakeskin or other pattern, plus if the neck pickup was put in the right way round it could be good.
No point with a solid colour though
I like how they leave the pickups in, and take the pots/switches out...Yea, lets slice up the pickups! Looks like crap, may as well make sure it sounds like a Glarry!
if this is left out in the sun will it peel?
Guitars AndJams If you get a good quality vinyl that's UV protected, it won't.
why would u leave the pickups in when it takes 10 seconds to unsolder them???? by the way the end result looks like a nightmare. poor ibanez
Looks pretty good. People are just hating because 1. They can't play guitar cuz they lack the brain cells and 2. Can't let people do what they want without shitting all over it
This is how full livery ads on commercial and public service vehicles such as london Taxis are done. These vinyl sheets were designed for covering metal -which retains the heat easily whilst fitting takes place .Its not suitable for wood,and certainly not instruments where resonance is paramount,and affected by the surface.
The guitars have paint, just like a car, vinyl decals are not used on metal, they are used in vehicle paint. Effect the sound, lol, you have zero clue what you are talking about. 🙄🤣
It is just one side. Is anyone knows how to reskin whole body? Is it possible?
Maybe yes, but it would be really difficult for non specialized person. I think you should just add a stripe on a side of your guitar. This stripe would separate both foils :)
aalex497 It's easiest to just do the same on the back and where the edges of the vinyl meet, have one overlap the other, but only as little as possible. I would overlap front to back. Believe me, it's barely noticeable, unless you look very close.
yep,its called PAINT
Why?
Doesn't look complete. You should have painted the back with a roller.
Would be good with tollex
Is it ok to wrap the pickups too or would that cause issues?
If you cause a small puncture to the material, will it start to peel away?
is that just stick on vinyl?
Ill do it if i had the tools looks great👍
With a simple donation of $1 you can end the senseless abuse of defenseless guitars.
Can you Relic this guitar?? And punch holes for knobs while your at it.
Knobless, cool
but why just the front?
5:30 now its meddle proofed?
If different lacquers effect the tone what does this do?
it'd be easier (and classier) to simply respray it
I agree, but maybe coz of the dangers of spray paint that's why he used a decal
KILLBILDERBURG It would only take 30 minutes to lay several layers of paint down, with drying time in between and then lay down a few coats of sealer, also with drying time in between?
Counting drying time is a bit like counting shipping time for this product, no? And is anyone really trying to reface a guitar for a show in 45 minutes? Pretty sure the day it takes to paint/dry is fine for literally anyone who would want to do this.
you are completely wrong. this is cheap, and way easier.
It is a lot of work to paint a guitar if you want it to look good. Even professionals make mistakes and you probably will have a run in your paint that you'll have to grind off and paint again. And again. And again. Several layers all without a run. Does the clearcoat fit the basecoat? You'll have to inform yourself about paint in general. And do you have the room to spraypaint a guitar? Painting it outside is not a good idea. Spraying inside your apartment isn't a good idea eather because of the spray mist, the possibility of inflammation etc. And yes, hours of drying factor into it. So if you say that it's easier to respray a guitar i know exactly what your resprayed guitars look like.
I scared my cat when I put this on.
Nice
did you ever put knobs on or just have it wired hot
pick up covers are backwards :O
do you do wraps for guitar shapes like explorers?
What about the hrs it took to break the guitar down, and put it back?
Hours..? You've obviously never taken one apart
Make it so you can rip it off the guitar like flesh and throw it to the audience! THAT would be Metal as Hell!