How to custom paint an incredible electric guitar with acrylic paint

You've never seen a custom guitar like this before! Join me as I walk you through my painting process step-by-step and give tips for customising your own guitar. Follow me on Insty: / fieldey and sign-up to my MadSkillz MasterClub newsletter: www.fieldey.com... and get ready to take your art to the next level!
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Good tutorial for prepping your old guitar: • How To Paint Your Guit...
In this tutorial I will be showing you guys how I turned a plain wooden guitar base stock into a masterpiece. I start with sealing and preparing the wood with three coats of gesso, sanding between each coat. I then draw up my design with pencil on the guitar and show you how I layer acrylic paint to paint a realistic skull-themed artwork. I finish the back of the guitar by spraying it with Belton Molotow Premium spray paint. I seal the artwork with multiple coats of Rust-Oleum 2x Ultra Cover Clear.

[@Sevans1973]

Love the fact that you talked about clear coating in depth. This has caught me out before in the past too. Never rush the final steps.

[@FieldeyTV]

I know right... I still get nervous before clear coating.

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[@andresmendez6870]

I've been looking for a tutorial on this for a really long time, I'm very happy I found your channel. Awesome work! :)

[@raymondcarson9084]

great work as usual. I have found that in my artwork if i sand the clear in between coats, the finish turns out amazing , specially after you get a good buff in the end. Just a tip. really love the work Fieldey

[@danielhoehne1823]

Have been a guitar player my entire life but couldn't draw a stickman to save my life. Have seen many many custom painted guitars in my life, this is one of the absolute most creative I have ever seen. Simply Beautiful. Thank you for sharing

[@haydenmerritt3191]

this is the best 1 ive found on youtube, so good

[@aliierxx1644]

Ive been looking for tutorials on how to paint an electric and i thank you for going so in depth!

[@charlieford5688]

This is beautiful ! Looking at doing something like this as a gift for someone

[@johanswanepoelswanies7483]

Fieldey legend in the mastery of artistry of all things rad and cool. 🤘🏻

[@0finale]

This is an amazing video. Such attention to detail!

[@matthewstewart3387]

I love this skull paint job you did on guitar.looks awesome.

[@BlaudezGuitars]

This is awesome ! You are right about the clear coat, this can became a nightmare when not cure properly.

[@terrycampbell141]

love the lucy look!!!!!

[@jeroen9637]

Love it. I’m going to do this with my old strat. Thanks for posting :)

[@FieldeyTV]

Good luck!

[@Will008]

Absolutely incredible. I would love some artwork done on my guitar.

[@hammerofgodminiatures]

Great job

[@pinacava3647]

Wowzerz! This is beautiful artwork! And thank you for properly explaining the process as you went along! Fabulous outcome!💖

[@FieldeyTV]

Thank you!!

[@hoagiesherlin7732]

Holy shit that looks awesome i wish i could paint like that

[@johnmason4430]

Love this just wow.and thank christ you live in Australia. So many artist on you tube. I to live in Australia and i find it refreshing to watch a very talented artist such as yourself . Keep up the amazing artwork.

[@FieldeyTV]

Thank you so much!

[@ryanbatura1791]

Truly fantastic work!

[@_clauscarstensen]

I am still pondering what kind of and what way of paintjob I will do on the Olympic White Squier Strat I bought for a bargain. You gave me some very inspirational ideas with this video. Thank You!

[@jakescorpion1]

Great video. I never would have thought to use gesso

[@SOMBRATERRA.]

You're an amazing artist!

[@empreendendonaraca]

Ficou incrível 😊

[@Pratikmayekar4]

Amazing work.. I don't know how I stumbled upon this but I am glad I did.. Please do more cool guitar designs like these with maybe adding a pic guard to create a new dimension to explore... :) Thanks for sharing!

[@zedmobil1647]

What an awesome build

[@vincent33195]

Beautiful! You make it look easy 😉

[@TheRealManiacz]

love what you’re doing here. definitely helped me understand what i need and how to do it!

[@mikedegrazia]

Looking Amazing as always! Paint looks Awesome too!! :-D

[@vinztattooerartguitars]

I like the design. Good job 👍🏻

[@natedoggschip]

Looks incredible!

[@Ibaneddie76]

Looks really cool!

[@CrushingAxes]

That's amazing! So cool! Looks great !!!

[@andrewwhitehouse1878]

Subbed within the first few seconds 🤘🏻

[@victorpascali5983]

Thank you so much. I recently bought a Black Charvel Pro Mod So Cal Tele Style guitar and Im researching painting a STAR TREK theme on it and this has been very informative let alone, inspirational. Beautiful design and the P90 pickups are faves of mine too!!!!

[@Alchemist_X]

Great video. I recently stained a bass using Transparent Red Oxide and a tiny bit of Green for Oil to thin it. Now I've seen this video I've been inspired to try something more creative with acrylics for my next build.

[@b.tee.2600]

Looks great!! But if you would water sand with 3000 grit it would take the texture from the brush strokes away and make tge surface smooth. Just some friendly advice, I promise I am only trying to help, you do an amazing job!!

[@micahwatz1148]

I like this two part clear coat called 2k clear. It has a hardener in it like a spray gun mix, so you can go heavy with like 3 coats. With this artwork with paint strokes. I would spray 4 coats, let it fully cure a couple days. Then scuff the clear with a scotch brite pad, do 3-4 more coats, level sand with 600 gritt. and work up the sand paper grits to 3000. Get heavy cut auto compound, then do a regular cut compound. Then do a polish. Great work tho. That design is awesome

[@maurinhosilva7126]

y'all agree with the fact that this women can write her full address on a grain of rice?

[@bronzesnake7004]

If nothing else, this scene tells us praying did not work out for these chaps!! Bloody lovely job!! Something really fishy about it that I can't put my finger on, but MAN this is sweet! Jack ~'()'~ Canada Manly!

[@jrn6449]

It looks absolutely fantastic. Envy your artist talent and drawing skills. Thanks for explaining in detail how you do the different steps, especially the coating. Great tutorial 🤘😊

[@BetoAzamar]

Beautiful work

[@FellDestroyedMusic]

Looks incredible! Thanks for the information! :)

[@4dmind]

You're right about clear coat curing - I just had one burn through during buffing because the underlying coats weren't properly cured. And when the art is custom, that is a serious setback. Tonight I have to strip the entire body, re-sand, Gesso again, sand again and then paint the entire piece again. But the good news is that I get to fix issues with the rendering of the art that I didn't like, so it has some plusses. But yes, I'm going back to a day of curing for each clear coat. Fantastic video!

[@FieldeyTV]

GAHHH! You poor thing! I hope the process went ok! It's from bitter experience that I'm now very cautious about clear coating and wet and dry sanding :(

[@jakecivis7402]

Beautiful gorgeous exemplary just amazing art work.

[@Elfstrack]

Loved it so smooth so professional 😊

[@rayaymond7959]

Looks very good 👍

[@excalle]

This is sublime ! Incredible job paint, you truly killed it ! And thanks for the lot of information that you gave on the video, it'll be very helpful :)

[@garrettb2057]

That's pretty badass. I've got an old BC Rich Mockingbird I'm looking to paint, I'm really wanting to put a mockingbird with an arrow or something of the sort. But I'll have to test my acrylics with the Wipe on poly I have (I bought it off a guitar supply store)

[@KellyWentzel]

This was great! Who is Jim? Does he have a how to assemble a guitar channel?

[@richthetrashpicker-upper5244]

I love the time lapse painting so cool thank you for showing us your talent

[@JesseMChihuahua-oc7oi]

Wow!

[@stevekobb3850]

Superb! Great painting AND teaching. Thank you.

[@anonimodt420]

Que increíble eres, te sigo hace años en tu canal, espero te siga yendo increible en todo.

[@shirleyseverns8255]

Beautiful 😍

[@rocklandrevolution2139]

That's amazing! I want one!

[@octos_art]

AWESOME! i'm an artist trying to get into guitar but i got a really ugly brown electric guitar 😅 time to paint!

[@williamwillis9723]

This was so amazing!!! Awesome looking guitar!

[@90s_futbal]

You're brave.. Dazzling. 😎👍

[@Picskull]

I'm seriously impressed! I always want to see a custom job that can be done at home. I completely lack the artistic skills to do this but loved what you did, I've love a guitar with a custom Egyptian theme on it, always been interested in pyramids and mummies. Who knows maybe one day i can have someone paint a guitar for me.

[@chetwilson]

Painting is always the funnest part of making a guitar, Then you have HARDWARE

[@paulkielty3800]

Loved this.

[@robinaanstey3734]

Cool!!!! you are so talented!!!

[@chatter7653]

Nice. Air brushing is another cool option for guitar body painting.

[@bennalexzander]

I'm asking because of the movement of the original painting location of artwork. Cheers!

[@andyhowden7655]

No bold outlines, for me this is Fieldey leaning towards realism but still maintaining her awesome style. A short tutorial on how she chooses her colours would be good. Edit: Don't you think she's so fine...I do.

[@jigoujitoku7193]

Super cool

[@Guitarluvr717]

Great talent!

[@mbiker125]

the artwork is amazing! great job. the video editing was very good too.

I admire your work! greetings from Mexico!

[@heavymetalhalloween]

Nice work

[@tanaopu9162]

Thank you

[@skelovade]

I looooove completely all your arts. Watching the process is as wonderful as the final look 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 You are THE MASTER Fieldey

[@KidsWithGuns1992]

I’m wanting to paint my acoustic guitar. It’s all sanded back and ready to be primed and all that good stuff. Is there any other kind of paint I’m able to use when painting? Or is acrylic the most resilient?

[@FieldeyTV]

Sorry for the late reply! I'd do a bit of research and use what you're comfortable painting with. Acrylic is the best for this style of art, but isn't necessarily the most resilient.

[@ErGoyoTV]

Came for the priming process for a guitar and I'm glad it is explained clearly. Now.. your art is awesome.. makes me wonder if I should get some art done on the guitar or stay boring with a flat ivory white. Thanks!

[@carlosaugustomuraca4405]

Ótimo trabalho! Seu estilo é único. Parabéns!

[@DuncanCustomAirbrush]

Turned out awesome!! Next time you could even take it to an auto body shop to spray some automotive clear coat. I use automotive urethane clear coat

[@FieldeyTV]

Oh that would be the perfect thing - I would've preferred a 2k clear for that super shiny wet look and durability, but it was beyond the scope of the project.

[@DuncanCustomAirbrush]

@@FieldeyTV They also make an automotive grade spray can clear that is a 2part with hardner (once you mix it you have to use it all) that has great gloss and protection. I LOVE your style btw, always a fan of your artwork!😉👍

[@kidswitissues5718]

Love the guitar body artwork if your not familiar with painting it really does look real.🎸

[@coffeemachtspass]

Total badass. If I were one third as talented at drawing, I’d have a go at it myself. Hmm. Dilemma.

[@helikoptarhelikoptar9237]

Damn its was good ❤️ सोलायमान आकाश

[@veggiesaurus5834]

Looks amazing! Hoping to customise my acoustic, I assume it's the same process? Thanks for going into so much detail it really helps, I feel more confident to go ahead with my project now :)

[@FieldeyTV]

Yes! Same detail but maybe cross-reference with a couple more guitar painting tutorials

[@Bobbziee]

That’s a pretty sweet design 😃

[@marienacraig0393]

Love the art 😎

[@alessandrobecker1]

Aweeesome!

[@jeckobandit69]

she's gorgeous!

[@jayeshvijuda6132]

I am SO in Love with your art work Fieldey... It's very inspiring... I'm gonna try something like this...You got another Fan/ subscriber and Insta follower❤️

[@FieldeyTV]

Thank you so much 😀

[@joannecarroll5504]

Fabulous work as always, Fieldey. Love your attention to detail, right down to the zombie🧟‍♀️ chick drop sheet 😊

[@FieldeyTV]

Hahaha! Well, it's actually a very cool old shower curtain.

[@derrickfyffe7269]

Hi Fieldey.. I like your art work.. I was especially interested in the guitar art. I have had this idea to do an acrylic pour on a guitar... I d9nt really know anything about that kind of thing, so I have been watching KZbin videos to try and get some direction... from best type of paint to use to best clear coat that preferably dries really hard. I would appreciate any tips you are able to afford me. Thank you in advance, and keep making great videos 😊

[@mebibyte9347]

Wow. Thank you so much

[@gilku4725]

Thats awesome... do the headstock too to make it look more awesome!

[@bestvibes1589]

God damn that’s beautiful

[@gabe4u22]

I would always cringe when seeing artists paint acrylic on guitar bodies. This is the first time I was actually impressed. Also first time in my 20 years of playing guitar, I actually considered getting a custom acrylic paint job on one of my electrics lol. Great job

[@FieldeyTV]

Hahaha! Thank you! It's good to get this feedback from the guitar community :) I'm a pro artist, but not a pro guitar-painting-artist, so I was curious to know what people like yourself think of it, thanks!

[@rokinrandy]

So that's how an actual artist paints a guitar.

[@imlurkn5291]

Awesome

[@LosTrazosdeFede]

Maravilloso trabajo, quedo espectacular. 👍👍👍 Muchas gracias por compartirlo.

[@GetHeavy11]

Very cool

[@markpaz3438]

thanks britta

[@x-dah-t-er8779]

Thanks for sharing I liked the tutorial! Now when you clear coat spray it’s doifferent from the wet sanding technique, which is brush on!!! Ie; layer of gel medium, or midge podge, wetsand, dry repeat I still havn’t successful sheen with that but in da process!

[@barrylafratta6994]

very cool

[@jakkspaghetti8250]

i love this work woooow

[@kairuexe7318]

Music itself is also an art