Post #283727 by Mai Tai on Tue, Feb 6, 2007 9:22 PM

Man, has it been almost 3 weeks since I posted this thread? How time flies...

Hewey, the vibe I want for the guitar is more on the loud side. The more I look at some of those other guitars with the more subtle striping, the more I like the looks of the Setzer Gretsch. I guess I'll be going with loud and proud!

I think one of the colors that I'll go with is some kind of surf/seafoam green. Silver or pearl white or vintage white are also in contention. I'm also still kicking around the idea of coral/salmon as well. When I go down to Nacho's shop, he's going to lay out some experimental colors on a flat black background, so we can get an idea of what color combos go well together. So I probably won't make the final decision until the day I drop the guitar off.

Midnite, what a great idea to put a mai tai graphic on there! Now why didn't I think of that?!? As for the pin-up girl in a hammock supported by two tikis, I still really really like that idea, but the layout of the guitar with the f-holes and bigsby bridge tailpiece kind of take up a lot of space, and makes it difficult to implement. The artist for Setzer's guitar was pretty clever in working in that pin-up girl in the semi-prone position, with her legs stretched out between the f-hole and the bigsby tailpiece. I might go with a pin-up girl leaning up against a tiki, sitting on a tiki, (or maybe straddling a tiki), or something similar that will fit in the space.

Another idea that comes to mind for a graphic is a pufferfish lamp.

I won't be taking the guitar down to Nacho's shop for at least another week or two, so keep those ideas and feedback coming!!!