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I've got a red electric guitar called a Variax. It's a cool guitar, but I've never liked red guitars, so this evening I started the process of changing the color. I figured I'd show the progress as things move along. (I'm putting this in the Off Topic area, since it's not really woodworking, and it's not really a finishing question or answer.)
Here's what I started with...
You might have noticed there are no normal pickups on this guitar. The pickups are actually built into the bridge. The Variax is more of an electronic guitar than an electric guitar. It can emulate dozens of different guitars, and it does a pretty presentable job of it. But because of all the electronics, it was a bit trickier to disassemble that a typical electric guitar. Under the white pick guard is a few circuit boards, and everything is connected with various multi-pin connectors. Here's a poor-quality photo of the innards...
And here's the guitar with all the innards (and neck and bridge) removed...
The back side also has a compartment where the batteries go...
Since I didn't want to remove the wiring harnesses, I simply taped over everything...
And the back...
I failed to take any pics, but after I got everything taped up, I scuff sanded the whole body with 320 grit sandpaper. (At that point, I was pretty much committed to finishing the job.) After thoroughly cleaning off any dust, I shot a few coats of flat rattle can primer on it. No pics of that, either, because it's dark outside, and that's where the body is hanging.
I'll update this thread as things continue tomorrow.
Here's what I started with...
You might have noticed there are no normal pickups on this guitar. The pickups are actually built into the bridge. The Variax is more of an electronic guitar than an electric guitar. It can emulate dozens of different guitars, and it does a pretty presentable job of it. But because of all the electronics, it was a bit trickier to disassemble that a typical electric guitar. Under the white pick guard is a few circuit boards, and everything is connected with various multi-pin connectors. Here's a poor-quality photo of the innards...
And here's the guitar with all the innards (and neck and bridge) removed...
The back side also has a compartment where the batteries go...
Since I didn't want to remove the wiring harnesses, I simply taped over everything...
And the back...
I failed to take any pics, but after I got everything taped up, I scuff sanded the whole body with 320 grit sandpaper. (At that point, I was pretty much committed to finishing the job.) After thoroughly cleaning off any dust, I shot a few coats of flat rattle can primer on it. No pics of that, either, because it's dark outside, and that's where the body is hanging.
I'll update this thread as things continue tomorrow.