I agree I hope I can get a cheap Jackson kelly with a Floyd Rose and do my own work to it. I would paint it in Metallic sliver with sangheili/elite blood if you don't know what elites are they are from Halo and put in EMG 81/85 and some LED's with a Killswitch.
Oh man this channel does exactly what I want to do. I’ve always dreamt of taking old trashed out guitars and bringing them back to life. But I’m not smart enough LOL. Good work amigo. Would LOVE to see an old pawn shop Squier brought back to life, with a modern twist.
I have a Jackson (I think it's an RR model v 211) and, it's painted gun metal gray,an has black hardware with a stop tail peace.I bought it from a local musician who bought it new,he had it for awhile and never played it very much.well, when I got it and started to play,I realized the fretboard was never polished & finished. The frets where so sharp on the ends they could cut my fingers.and I could never get it to strobe very well and the intonation is screwed. I thought this shape was awesome.so now it's just a wall hanger for display.some day I would love to refinish it and get set so I could actually get to play it.I loved the fact that it had a stop tail peace on it ,I was never really a fan of the Floyd rose tremolo it just Was a pain to keep in tune and plam mute on.well, if I could save the money I would definitely have it done by this guy.he is awesome....
Purple metallic flake on black looks SICK as an alien theme on the Roswell.. also it rivals the look of the Gibson ‘modern Flying V’ but with the Jackson styling
I want that Kelly the way it is! Performers though are from 1999-2002 ,Prior to this they were called Professionals,right? Rattle can paint scratches and chips too easy! Buy a gravity fed airbrush,cheap primer gun and a intermediate paint gun. Buy your premix in an astronomical amount of colors from Sherwin Williams! They’ll cover muddying and spot putty better than you can imagine! The finishes are sure to cure hard as a rock! You’ll have no more tape issues to worry about,and the dry and wet coats by comparison will blow your mind! Ive been custom painting for over 20 years! I used to use rattle cans too till i started airbrushing and custom oak ti g graphics on cars. It was t till then i learned the true difference between rattle cans and auto paints! It will actually save you money almost immediately! You can do much more coverage with a beautiful fine spray that a can nozzle just cannot produce! You’ll never have issues with tape pulling on your graphic and dry times/curing will be cut in half! It takes a nice wet coated,gloss paint job a month to truly cure,what auto paints through a spray gun and airbrush take in just hours to a couple days! Think of all the pearls and flakes you have to chose from? Also you can start mixing flex coats fir plastics ,rubbers and urethane parts! It’s next level! Just make sure your airbrushes and paint guns are throttle controlled! I apologize if you’ve already implemented these things or already know what i mean!
Start a series where you go through the process of a single build! Would love to see the step by step surgery of guitar guts! Especially wiring the killswitch!
i dig the tiger RHOADS over redoing it with another splatter, the splatters are tight, but that tiger look is far more individualistic and i like the color combinations.
Your morning routine as a kid sounds so beautiful, looking at possible pets and hanging out at the guitar store just sounds like you were so happy during those times. Thanks for sharing! I may start doing something similar
Ya need a kill switch integrated in the volume knob, kinda like s1 switches. Flat black looks sick on the Roswell, the black splatter looks cool (maybe better in person) but also kinda looks like soda spilled on it. Great work either way!
I love your content! I have been buying pawn shop guitars for years to rebuild or upgrade. It’s awesome to see someone else shares the same passion for bringing back old import guitars. Keep up the good work! FYI, the purple/teal Rhodes is badass. Leave it alone!
Part of me wants you to modify a les paul, but at the same time, i like the vintage look. I do wanna build my own Arctic white les paul with 24 frets, black pick guard and gold hardware some day
Very awesome quality of Content. Please keep this format. The clear plastic pickguards is a fantastic look. Maybe change the teal and purple Rhodes to a polka dot replica? Flat black background with gloss dots?
I really dig your channel ! Gonna subscribe. One thing I would suggest is dyeing your fretboards to a more black / ebony look ( especially if the have a dark body the black fretboard looks better than the light rosewood ).
90s Jackson Kelly, oh yeah. I got my mine in 1998 or was it 1999 and I still have it. If I could only have one guitar it would be the Kelly. =) I also did some custom painting, syringe and thick red paint, it got bloody. =)
So on the Roswell i think if you did a fade of stars beginning from the main point and ending towards the pickups would be amazing. Kind of a star version of the old dime bolt guitars. Anyway food for thought.
Love the Colour but man I hate splatter, sparkles and such things.. The crackling you do is awesome by the way. Would like to see you do some bursts with clear bindings :)
I got a Roswell rhoads body for that dude too. but mines Steve vai hydro dipped finish now it has a baguley aluminum neck and bareknuckle juggernaut pickups haha
The Roswell Rhoads would look great with a space glitter finish, put a black base paint and a plethora of colors of glitter! Look up various galaxy photos for reference! As for the tiger Rhoads, I say completely redo it. The colors did not come out well IMO. The teal is far too bright and un-saturated, it looks almost white on much of the guitar; you should be aiming for a vivid neon teal. The purple is nowhere near deep enough; it looks faded, like a light blue-violet. They come off looking very weak, and also there is just a bit too much black also, you should make the tiger stripes thinner & sharper for a more vicious look! And don't forget a high-gloss finish (poly of course for maximum preservation of character) At the end of the day, do whatever you want with them, they are your creations (at least until a customer pre-orders them and overrides you design plans, as we've seen before!)
Nice work on the Kelly. The neck didn't need any work? I would have switched the controls around. Vol knob in the far spot where the switch is and the switch up where the vol is now.
im sure he ]levels out his base coats of paint, and im sure you don't know the amount of work actually involved in layering colors with spray paint or any painting type. any "flaws" you see through lighting in the video doesn't take away from the work already done, considering his use of spray cans and a diy paint booth, id say they look damn good for the limitations, and what he charges, people pay. so your business advice isn't needed. what kind of paint work do you do? based on your comment, it doesn't sound like you have any at all besides your ability to botch and misuse finishing and woodwork terminology from the multitudes of differing tutorials you've watched on youtube. "Sanding paintwork flat" as a general concept means removing the gloss from a finished varnish or lacquer with a fine grit sandpaper or abrasive pad. not very professional of you.
That Roswell needs chrome everything. Chrome paint and hardware. I recently watched a youtube video where the guy found some mirror paint. That's what i would use.
Love your guitar store story, I can so relate. I wanted everyone of those cool guitars, I think that's why I "collect" (Gear Addiction) them now. I like the Purple Glitter on that Roswell! Is that a Perle body? I've been thinking about doing a project build, and have one of his Roswell bodies on my Reverb watch list. I think you should leave the tiger Rhoads the way you have it, there are a lot of tiger stripe themes I've seen on guitars, but never like that one, which is pretty cool. Another great video!!🤘🏻
Don't strip it down. It looks beautiful. Splatters are a dime a dozen.
The glitter on the Roswell is definitely the way to go. As for the Tiger Rhodes, I like the color as is.
Facts
The Roswell?... You should have done black with white polka dots. It would have brought everything full circle.
The metallic silver with a ton of glitter would look pretty badass.
Leave the Rhaods alone bro the purple and teal rock together.
The Kelly turned out so sick!
I also like the glitter on the Roswell and would leave the tiger Rhoads as is. The colors on it look great.
I agree I hope I can get a cheap Jackson kelly with a Floyd Rose and do my own work to it. I would paint it in Metallic sliver with sangheili/elite blood if you don't know what elites are they are from Halo and put in EMG 81/85 and some LED's with a Killswitch.
The Roswell makes think "live long and prosper" 🖖🤘
That sounds like the best Saturday morning in the 90’s. I remember those days.
Ive been drooling over jackson roswell models for years
The spacey look of the roswell is awesome
Rhoads to stay tiger, there's already too many splatters, we need more wacky 80s & 90s graphics
The Roswell need the glitter. No doubt about it.
The Tiger-stripe one is great, super 80s hair metal vibe. It’s fun.
Oh man this channel does exactly what I want to do. I’ve always dreamt of taking old trashed out guitars and bringing them back to life. But I’m not smart enough LOL. Good work amigo. Would LOVE to see an old pawn shop Squier brought back to life, with a modern twist.
I have a Jackson (I think it's an RR model v 211) and, it's painted gun metal gray,an has black hardware with a stop tail peace.I bought it from a local musician who bought it new,he had it for awhile and never played it very much.well, when I got it and started to play,I realized the fretboard was never polished & finished. The frets where so sharp on the ends they could cut my fingers.and I could never get it to strobe very well and the intonation is screwed. I thought this shape was awesome.so now it's just a wall hanger for display.some day I would love to refinish it and get set so I could actually get to play it.I loved the fact that it had a stop tail peace on it ,I was never really a fan of the Floyd rose tremolo it just Was a pain to keep in tune and plam mute on.well, if I could save the money I would definitely have it done by this guy.he is awesome....
Love the paintjob and glad I did not throw out my old Kelly Jackon. This inspires me to do some work on mine
Purple metallic flake on black looks SICK as an alien theme on the Roswell.. also it rivals the look of the Gibson ‘modern Flying V’ but with the Jackson styling
That Roswell would go hand in hand with a Roger Mayer Octavia. Silver and chrome for sure! And that V looks awesome as is!!!
Black base on the rosewell with purple and green hardware to go with the "space" theme
The glitter is a must in the Roswell!!
I want that Kelly the way it is! Performers though are from 1999-2002 ,Prior to this they were called Professionals,right?
Rattle can paint scratches and chips too easy! Buy a gravity fed airbrush,cheap primer gun and a intermediate paint gun. Buy your premix in an astronomical amount of colors from Sherwin Williams! They’ll cover muddying and spot putty better than you can imagine! The finishes are sure to cure hard as a rock! You’ll have no more tape issues to worry about,and the dry and wet coats by comparison will blow your mind! Ive been custom painting for over 20 years! I used to use rattle cans too till i started airbrushing and custom oak ti g graphics on cars. It was t till then i learned the true difference between rattle cans and auto paints! It will actually save you money almost immediately! You can do much more coverage with a beautiful fine spray that a can nozzle just cannot produce! You’ll never have issues with tape pulling on your graphic and dry times/curing will be cut in half! It takes a nice wet coated,gloss paint job a month to truly cure,what auto paints through a spray gun and airbrush take in just hours to a couple days! Think of all the pearls and flakes you have to chose from?
Also you can start mixing flex coats fir plastics ,rubbers and urethane parts!
It’s next level! Just make sure your airbrushes and paint guns are throttle controlled! I apologize if you’ve already implemented these things or already know what i mean!
the blacked out kelly looks so cool! i could see it being used for a black metal project!
The Roswell looks sick in matte black
Start a series where you go through the process of a single build! Would love to see the step by step surgery of guitar guts! Especially wiring the killswitch!
i dig the tiger RHOADS over redoing it with another splatter, the splatters are tight, but that tiger look is far more individualistic and i like the color combinations.
A 3" 1"racing stripe in gloss black would have looked SICK!!!!
Leave the blue and purple, it's sick
Your morning routine as a kid sounds so beautiful, looking at possible pets and hanging out at the guitar store just sounds like you were so happy during those times. Thanks for sharing! I may start doing something similar
Glitter on the Rhoads for sure......and Silver Razor Blade on the RR.
That Kelly is SICK 🤘🏻🤘🏻🏴☠️
Peter Tagtgren would love that Roswell.
i never have liked the jackson kelly but that black splatter is bad ass. nice job dude.
I would've dyed the fretboard darker on the Kelly but it does look bad ass
That roswell would look sick with that sparkle and for the tiger stripe that actually looks really sick tbj
Tbh*
I say with the Roswell do it flat black with a Prismatic crop circle just ghosted in
Or even just stealth crop circles would work too but I personally like the idea of the Prismatic
Ya need a kill switch integrated in the volume knob, kinda like s1 switches. Flat black looks sick on the Roswell, the black splatter looks cool (maybe better in person) but also kinda looks like soda spilled on it. Great work either way!
I like the blue and purple tiger , I would keep it like that. And for the roswell I like the purple sparkle
Go with the black and sparkle, then create another one with a full diamond plate front, or brushed aluminum.
You seriously do amazing work!!!
Killer stealth model!!
My best friend and old guitarist had a kelly. I sent him this video so he can see what awesome work you do.
Best Guitar Show!!!!! Looking forward to the next one!
looks amazing man! keep it up i love the content
Looks good. I just bought my first Kelly got a neck through with custom blood splatter paint job bout 260. Killer deal!
Really like your stuff it's awesome
Also really creative
Keep it going😃
I love your content! I have been buying pawn shop guitars for years to rebuild or upgrade. It’s awesome to see someone else shares the same passion for bringing back old import guitars. Keep up the good work! FYI, the purple/teal Rhodes is badass. Leave it alone!
The tiger rhoads looks really cool
I want that Kelly! And glitter Roswell and keep that tiger stripe!
Thé Tiger Rhoads looks KILLER bro! Don’t strip it down please !
MA GET IN HERE PIMP MY GUITAR IS ON !!!
Yeah don’t strip it down it looks cool
That kelly looks sick!!
Those 2 9volt batteries in the pickup cavity is absolutely brilliant!! WOW!!!! Subscribed ,, keep them coming!!
That Jeff Loomis sig is sick!
I didn't realize you made the cases too. That's awesome bro! Nice work!
that kelly is siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick
Part of me wants you to modify a les paul, but at the same time, i like the vintage look. I do wanna build my own Arctic white les paul with 24 frets, black pick guard and gold hardware some day
I like the teal/purple
Very awesome quality of Content. Please keep this format. The clear plastic pickguards is a fantastic look. Maybe change the teal and purple Rhodes to a polka dot replica? Flat black background with gloss dots?
Great work with the Kelly! love it!
The Kelly is by far my favorite body style.
I really dig your channel ! Gonna subscribe. One thing I would suggest is dyeing your fretboards to a more black / ebony look ( especially if the have a dark body the black fretboard looks better than the light rosewood ).
I would leave the Rhoads as is, cuz the color is dope af
Purple sparkle on the Roswell looks great, i'd keep it
90s Jackson Kelly, oh yeah.
I got my mine in 1998 or was it 1999 and I still have it.
If I could only have one guitar it would be the Kelly. =)
I also did some custom painting, syringe and thick red paint, it got bloody. =)
I like the first color on the Roswell. It would be cool if you made it look like a galaxy.
So on the Roswell i think if you did a fade of stars beginning from the main point and ending towards the pickups would be amazing. Kind of a star version of the old dime bolt guitars. Anyway food for thought.
sparkle roswell, and don't become a one splatter pony!~ diversify your art to give it a greater reach!
Crackle the Rhodes
Sparkle the Roswell
The Rhoads guitar should be striped and you should do a stealth black and gloss black type of thing
Maybe some tiger stripes or something
Big explorer fan too..Love the Kelly but prefer hard tails...not a fan of floods or trem systems but that’s just me. Keep up the great work👍
For the Roswell
3 humbucker
Love the Colour but man I hate splatter, sparkles and such things..
The crackling you do is awesome by the way. Would like to see you do some bursts with clear bindings :)
That Kelly looked vicious brother !
The roswell would look awesome with the gliter
Now that splatter is SiCk
The Kelly is dope as fuck bro!
I got a Roswell rhoads body for that dude too. but mines Steve vai hydro dipped finish
now it has a baguley aluminum neck
and bareknuckle juggernaut pickups haha
Please do the glitter on the Roswell it’s awesome!
Do the black/purple glitter for the Roswell and leave the teal/purple tiger stripes for the Rhoads and sell as is
I like the Kelly awesome man
I like the tiger rhoads
I’d love to see you do a warrior. I just customized mine
- Love your work man! You have great taste in guitars :)
Next time I'm in Cali love to come over and jam a song
I’d love to see a Roswell or a Kelly with the dipped paint job (as in the Steve Vai swirl paint job Jems and Universes)
You could put a mirror on the Roswell body. That would look awesome🤘
Bruh, you should've blacked out / ebonized the fretboard. Would've looks siiiiiiick
I feel like you should make your Hackson chopped off horn more like Jazzmaser/Jaguar
That Kelly looks Amazing pretty 😎
finish it and get another one to paint
you should make the roswell have a vintage feel, make a pickguard for it paint it a korina looking paint with white knobs and gold hardware
The Roswell Rhoads would look great with a space glitter finish, put a black base paint and a plethora of colors of glitter! Look up various galaxy photos for reference!
As for the tiger Rhoads, I say completely redo it. The colors did not come out well IMO. The teal is far too bright and un-saturated, it looks almost white on much of the guitar; you should be aiming for a vivid neon teal. The purple is nowhere near deep enough; it looks faded, like a light blue-violet. They come off looking very weak, and also there is just a bit too much black also, you should make the tiger stripes thinner & sharper for a more vicious look! And don't forget a high-gloss finish (poly of course for maximum preservation of character)
At the end of the day, do whatever you want with them, they are your creations (at least until a customer pre-orders them and overrides you design plans, as we've seen before!)
Nice work on the Kelly. The neck didn't need any work? I would have switched the controls around. Vol knob in the far spot where the switch is and the switch up where the vol is now.
I have wanted to build a Roswell but the description on Ebay was unclear as to the SCALE LENGTH !!!
You need to start sanding your paintwork flat dude, it will look way more professional
im sure he ]levels out his base coats of paint, and im sure you don't know the amount of work actually involved in layering colors with spray paint or any painting type. any "flaws" you see through lighting in the video doesn't take away from the work already done, considering his use of spray cans and a diy paint booth, id say they look damn good for the limitations, and what he charges, people pay. so your business advice isn't needed. what kind of paint work do you do? based on your comment, it doesn't sound like you have any at all besides your ability to botch and misuse finishing and woodwork terminology from the multitudes of differing tutorials you've watched on youtube. "Sanding paintwork flat" as a general concept means removing the gloss from a finished varnish or lacquer with a fine grit sandpaper or abrasive pad. not very professional of you.
You should work on staining the fretboard, it would make a big difference if you like the darker fretboards.
Glitter-Metallic for the Roswell.
This is the Way.
nice work
That Roswell needs chrome everything. Chrome paint and hardware. I recently watched a youtube video where the guy found some mirror paint. That's what i would use.
Love your guitar store story, I can so relate. I wanted everyone of those cool guitars, I think that's why I "collect" (Gear Addiction) them now.
I like the Purple Glitter on that Roswell! Is that a Perle body? I've been thinking about doing a project build, and have one of his Roswell bodies on my Reverb watch list.
I think you should leave the tiger Rhoads the way you have it, there are a lot of tiger stripe themes I've seen on guitars, but never like that one, which is pretty cool.
Another great video!!🤘🏻
What gold locking tuners would you recommend for my new jackson rhoads?