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GMC Forum _ CHILL OUT _ Yearbook Guitar
Posted by: The Uncreator May 23 2008, 08:01 PM
So I'm sure everyone here is familiar with the whole concept of signing yearbooks at the end of the school year. Well for my senior year, Our yearbooks were particularly grotesque and a lot of money, So instead, I took my Jackson (JS40 I believe) and covered it in Gesso, Which is an Acrylic based paint that turns any surface into a canvas so you can write and paint on it, And I had everyone sign it, Its not particularly beautiful, But its really special to me, and this is what turned out
PS
I apologize for any vulgar jokes you might be able to read 
Posted by: superize May 23 2008, 08:20 PM
Thats really cool and different
When i graduated we wrote in hats
Posted by: rokchik May 23 2008, 08:20 PM
Awesome idea Brett.
Yearbook signing is a big thing, I still have mine after all these years. However yours is that much cooler 
Something to treasure for sure.
rok
PS: and as a bonus you don't have to look back at those aweful yearbook pics.... oh how I hate my yearbook photo
Posted by: Smikey2006 May 23 2008, 08:22 PM
thats such a cool idea i wish i had thought about it! maybe when i graduate university
Posted by: kevin-riff-after-riff May 23 2008, 08:29 PM
genius idea! i think i might do that next year when i finish high school 
i just happen to have a nevada strat lying around to be victimised
Posted by: Nick325 May 23 2008, 08:33 PM
cool idea uncreator
Posted by: Trond Vold May 23 2008, 09:08 PM
Thats a great idea
Posted by: kyldeee May 23 2008, 09:10 PM
Cool
Posted by: JVM May 23 2008, 09:41 PM
Awesome! I hope you dont mind if I consider stealing this idea. The paint on my telecaster is beginning to wear off and I'm really thinking of just turning it into a frankenstein guitar. It's not even a "real" tele, it has a carved top, its made of basswood and has a p-90 in the neck, and the volume tone and pickup selectors are in a different configuration than either the tele custom (two hums) or normal telecasters. So I think I'll make it an all purpose frankenstein and pimp it out with some new pickups (thinking a tele bridge and some epic metal humbucker in the neck). But anyway, i'm rambling. Since the paints wearing off and I'm just now graduating too maybe thats the way to go, where do you get the stuff? And could you seal it with polyurethane or something similar?
Posted by: chmilew May 23 2008, 09:42 PM
Yeah that's a great idea !
How that guitar sounds now, with those Gesso's Pickups ?
Posted by: Hisham Al-Sanea May 23 2008, 09:48 PM
nice idea
Posted by: The Uncreator May 23 2008, 10:25 PM
You can get the stuff at any arts + crafts stores, Usually by the paints and acrylics. The acrylic base is the best, Takes about 3 coats to cover the guitar, and when its dones, you can by Acrylic Seal in a can that does the job perfectly, i used one called 'Crystal Clear'.
How that guitar sounds now, with those Gesso's Pickups ?
The exact same actually, I didnt let any get into the guitar, and the pickups had plastic covers, so they were already protected
Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic May 23 2008, 10:34 PM
COOL!
Posted by: Bogdan Radovic May 23 2008, 11:29 PM
Very cool idea ! That will be a beautiful memory ...
Posted by: Canis May 23 2008, 11:38 PM
Looks awesome ^^
I'd have that hanging on a wall at all times 
Posted by: tonymiro May 24 2008, 12:03 AM
Wonderful idea mate and a lovely thing to do and a great thing to remember your friends by.
Cheers,
Tony
Posted by: JVM May 24 2008, 01:19 PM
You sealed it after everyone signed it I assume? Might have to investigate this this weekend.
Posted by: The Uncreator May 24 2008, 01:31 PM
Yeah of course
Posted by: Scott Gentzen May 24 2008, 04:00 PM
A guitar's cheapher than your yearbook?
That's a really cool idea though. I graduated a long time ago with a lot of guitarists (it was the 80's) and nobody did anything like that then.
Posted by: The Uncreator May 24 2008, 08:45 PM
That's a really cool idea though. I graduated a long time ago with a lot of guitarists (it was the 80's) and nobody did anything like that then.
Friend gave it to me last year cause he quit playing, so it was free
Posted by: JVM May 24 2008, 09:22 PM
Might it be http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Jackson-JS30-Electric-Guitar?sku=511636? If so, nice guitar. Do you intend to play it ever or just keep it around?
Posted by: JVM Jun 11 2008, 04:54 PM
Well I did it a week or two ago but i haven't yet collected everyone I wanted to sign it so in a day or two more I'll seal it. It looks pretty cool, mostly graffiti because a lot of my friends are into that. I ended up only doing the front, because the gesso wouldn't stick to the surface of the guitar as it was so I had to sand down the finish of the guitar. Luckily, my guitar already had a white binding around the side that made it easy to make it look nice. It still looks kind of sloppy in my opinion, but also really cool. I'll show some pics when I get the pickups changed and the guitar sealed.
Posted by: The Uncreator Jun 11 2008, 04:56 PM
Sweet, Bet it looks great
Posted by: Eat-Sleep-andJam Jun 12 2008, 12:53 AM
I like how the one kid jumped right to the point and wrote " Brett you are godly"
That was great
Awesome Axe ! 
Posted by: g-forcelover Jun 12 2008, 01:18 AM
I'm going to try this next year with my old acoustic. It will look like crap, but it will be sweet to have!
Posted by: kaznie_NL Jun 12 2008, 07:53 PM
That Jackson got one cool make-over!
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