The standard guitar shape is cool enough, but if you want to make your guitar look even more impressive, you can learn to DIY your guitar by DIY, in both minor and more substantial ways. If you want to learn some guitar tricks, you can understand how to properly play an electric guitar and an acoustic guitar.
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Method 1 of 2: Making Small Changes
Step 1. Change or decorate the front layer of the guitar body or commonly referred to as a pick guard
The easiest and most non-permanent way (so you can replace or revert to the original model at any time) to give your guitar a stylish touch without damaging the instrument, or spending a lot of money is to replace a new pick guard that has an interesting color, or replace it with a pick guard. plain guard and decorate it with paint or marker.
- Most pick guards on electric guitars can be removed using a small Phillips screwdriver, of course, after you first unscrew the guitar strings. Replacing the pick guard is as easy as placing it in place and replacing the screw. Pick guards are available at any guitar or music store.
- Using acrylic paint and permanent marker is the best and easiest way to decorate the pick guard, as well as the guitar body. There's more information on how to paint a guitar in the next section.
Step 2. Hang something on the guitar head or headstock
Jerry Garcia used to pin a rose between the strings on the head of his guitar. A variety of small embellishments hanging from the head of the guitar or at the bottom end of the strings or tailpiece can make a guitar look cool.
- Try using some interesting scarves or pieces of fabric and tuck them under the strings on the head of the guitar, then tie them tightly.
- Also close some of the strings between the tailpiece and guitar strap so they don't come loose.
Step 3. Add stickers
Another super easy and effective way to decorate your guitar is to apply a variety of stickers around the body of your electric or acoustic guitar. Although some people think that sticking a sticker will affect the tone wood (a type of wood that is often used as a raw material for guitar making) and the resonance of the guitar, the difference is difficult to tell, and even less significant on cheaper guitar types. Here are things you can use to decorate your guitar to make it look cool:
- Band stickers
- car stickers
- Logo
- Stickers around the fretboard or guitar neck
Step 4. Wear an eye-catching guitar strap
A leather strap with a hypnotic image of a mandala? Lightning? Bullet string? A cool string can also affect your overall radiance and stage appearance, just as a cool-decorated guitar can. Browse online for cool options, or you might also consider making your own strap.
- Adjust the length of the guitar string to the style and style of the music being played. If you're in a punk band, the strings are long (so the guitar is low). If you are in an indie band, the guitar strap is usually adjusted to be shorter (guitar is in front of the chest).
- Attach a badge associated with your favorite band on the guitar strap. This is a great opportunity to represent the independent music store, bookstore, tattoo parlor, and cigarette shop in your city.
Step 5. Decorate the guitar sound settings, or toggle switch
Most electric guitars have a plastic toggle switch cover that can be opened and replaced with something unique. Can also be left open to give the impression of punk, or industrial. Most of these sound adjustment settings have an inner knob made of solid metal, so you can use them without the lids on, or decorate them with whatever you want.
Open the volume knob on the guitar and take it, then replace it with a dice that has been made a hole in the middle, then stick it on the metal plate. Other cool options include clay balls, lego puppets, or prescription medicine bottles
Step 6. Write a slogan on the guitar
“This machine kills fascists” is a well-known phrase that was once written on Woody Guthrie's guitar. Then Willie Nelsons' guitar called Trigger has many autographs given by hundreds of famous people using markers. A few words can give a guitar a nice touch, regardless of what message you want to write on it.
Use a permanent marker, and make sure the scribble is completely dry before you touch it. It's easy to get dirty and make a permanent stain
Method 2 of 2: Painting the Guitar
Step 1. Use a decent guitar
Use only guitars that are cheap to open and paint with. If you have an old guitar that you want to decorate a bit with, that's really cool. But it might not be a good idea to paint the '66 Les Paul Standard your grandfather left in his will. If you want to change the color of an expensive guitar, buy that color or modify it at a guitar shop.
It's important to understand that painting a guitar can actually change the tone of the wood and affect the sound produced by the instrument. You've been warned
Step 2. Open the tool to adjust guitar strings, or tuning pegs, and strings
Before you do any opening or painting, the important thing to do is get the guitar ready for the changing process, and take it out of play mode. Remove the strings by loosening the strings and then removing them from the tuning pegs. Most tuning pegs can be removed from the head of the guitar with a screwdriver and then pulled out.
Step 3. Open the parts that will not be colored with paint
Remove the pick guard and pickups, if needed, as well as the covers of any knobs or volume control knobs that you don't want to be colored with the color you used to paint the guitar. You can usually open them up and put them back in place later.
If you break the control knob cover during the process, be aware that it is available at physical or online guitar shops for a low price, if your guitar is a standard model
Step 4. Remove the polish on the guitar
Depending on the coat of paint on your guitar, you may need to use a variety of different techniques to clean it.
- Most acoustic guitars are coated with polish and have stains, so you will need to sand the guitar before you repaint your guitar. In general, this is the worst and most destructive idea for a musical instrument. If you have a good quality guitar, use a minor type of decoration, or simply paint it directly over an existing coat of polish.
- Electric guitars need to be heated with a heat gun to remove polish. If your guitar looks like it has a hard outer plastic coating, it's polish. You will need to use a heat gun on a low setting to soften it, before scraping it off with a putty knife.
- Alternatively, of course, you can DIY and paint your skull, panther, or metal band logo just above the guitar's outer layer of paint with acrylic paint or marker. It might not look professional, but it's one you might want to try.
Step 5. Apply primer for the bottom coat before painting and followed by an even coat of primer
The guitar should be painted like any other wooden object. First the guitar is gently sanded to make the surface smooth, then then coated with a layer of wood-coated paint as a paint base, and evenly covered with at least two coats of latex paint or an oil-based paint suitable for painting wood.
- Generally, you can use the shimmer type of paint, which is often used on guitars. This type of paint also helps to hide surface defects.
- Allow each coat of paint to dry completely, before applying the next coat.
- In general, you can't use spray paint, unless you want to get a super junky effect, which is really cool too.
Step 6. Use additional decorations on top of the guitar, if desired
Once the base coat has dried, you can use a small brush and acrylic paint to add any designs and details you want. As much as possible keep it simple. Consider using something from the following designs for a bit of detail:
- thorny branches
- Flower
- paisley design
- Skull
- Rose
- Star
- Your band logo
Step 7. Coat the outside with another coat of paint
All guitars will eventually look worn out over time, due to wear and tear. Therefore it is important to apply the outer layer of the guitar with polish to make the guitar as safe as possible. This paint is what gives the guitar a hard, plastic-like shine.
