The time I vandalized a Guitar

 By Jon Densk:

    Way back in 2017, I had a band with some friends back in my home town. We wrote lots of songs and played 3-4 times a week. Good times! At that time, I really wanted a guitar to lazer in on a sound I was aiming for, and decided to buy a 2017 Charvel San Dimas. It had some pieces and parts that felt like the guitar i wanted to weild for ultimate rocking. 

However....

    I had plans to vandalize this guitar completely. To my dads complete horror, he came home to me sanding off the beautiful purple burst finish, and had masking tape all over the important hardwear. Dont worry dad the story ends well!

    For anyone who hasnt spraypainted a guitar, or is goofy enough to think its a good idea like i did 9 years ago, Here is a breakdown of how you can do it in the most janky way possible, and still pull it off! I had a design in mind, I wanted to essentially copy a one off piece Eddie Van Halen made, but in different colors. So my supplies were, a pencil, masking tape ( martha stewart thin brand, no im not kidding) white, black and blue spray paint, and an expensive guitar lol

    Once the neck, and strings were taken off, i spraypainted the entire thing blue. No going back now. After that dries ( 1 - 2 days ) i used a pencil to mark where i wanted the blue lines on the guitar, and copied those lines with the thin masking tape. some of the pieces were so small just to make the curving lines all over, and i utalized poorly ripped tape to give a more energetic, reliced look to the final paint. 

    After that was all done, i spraypainted everything white, and did the same thing, making new lines and connecting where blue ones are. It was easy to follow them because the tape was raised underneath the white. it was REALLY hard to get alot of these stripes in but i called it done when my patience gave out! 

Finally, the moment came. After i spraypainted the guitar black, and waited 2 days, i pealed back all the tape and 'chefs kiss' it was extremely satisfying. It actually worked! And boy can this thing make noise! I did also swap out one of the pickups for one i specifically wanted and changed the volume knob to a tone knob that doesnt fit so it falls off every time i pick it up :) 

So many memories and songs recorded with this guitar! But im thinking of actually selling it. Its hand painted.. thats kinda cool right? i just want a different guitar and havent played this in years haha easy come easy go.