How to Reskin Your Guitar in 30 minutes! axedecals.com / Custom Guitar Body Wrap

[@ryanelliott5976]

This reminds me of when I first started. I finished the guitar with deck stain, and used vinyl on the pick guard. And even I had the good sense to remove the pickups my first time.

[@mwarnken1234]

this is so you can now lend your guitar to your friend who sweats like a lawn sprinkler

[@soloripper7]

This lead makes me feel like a guitar virtuoso! Lol.

[@SophiaAphrodite]

Nice, took a $100 guitar and made it look like a $75 guitar.

[@juana1483]

Sophia Bogard $35 guitar for the kids.

[@spokes1355]

Agreed

[@urgefann77]

This comment is the greatest!

[@rayman1738]

Haha ditto!

[@ZachTNT]

He could’ve made it look way better if he bought a vinyl that was 10 dollars more expensive 😐

[@alabamahebrew]

So I take it this is not a very popular thing to do? Man, judging from the comments this video created a lot of hate and anger. I think the point that the haters are missing is that if you do not have the talent, desire, equipment or the time to properly refinish your guitar, this stuff is much faster and easier than all that painting. Plus with this stuff you can make the guitar anything you want. I did not pay that much attention to the original finish but perhaps it was scratched up or something and a guy just wanted to make it "look" good? I don't think you would see too many guys doing this to their Les Paul unless it was really bad, but then again there are idiots out there paying people to make their guitar look old. I would like to see and touch the finished product in person. I am just getting into customizing guitars and this would be a way to fix up something like a head stock? The question for me would be the top coat. Can you spray on or wipe on a poly or nitro clear coat? I don't think you could because there would be nothing for it to adhere to. Well I for one enjoyed the video, accept at the 5:30 mark where the caffeine kicked in on the editor and he changed the music to that.. whatever the heck it was supposed to be, crap. I am going right now to check out that link, as for the negative commenting people, haters gonna hate!

[@nealdew71]

True the fella is only demonstrating a method .

[@pitujet68]

yes indeed;I can speak as an amateur guitar builder,and nobody likes to be crytisized that hard...let's use a little of empathy!! This man is giving us free lessons of how to do certain things;I can only feel thankful with him,cause today I've learned one thing to do that I didn't know...Cheers for you,buddy!!!💪💪💪💪

[@TheEchelon]

Wrapping a guitar also takes skill... At least having it make look good. Pretty sure that seam won't look appealing in real life. And what if you want to wrap both front and back? You'd have an even uglier seam. Most people that refinish their guitar do it because they think it's a fun process.

[@DMDvideo10]

Never seen a "resin" like this. I did notice you put your pickup rings on incorrectly. The slant should go towards the neck not the bridge... Interested to see the finish assembly.

[@mouse_eater]

How to reskin your guitar in 30 minutes! Step 1. Don't

[@Skelly5962]

Ultimate Raptor Of Greatness and Fertility Why not?

[@mouse_eater]

Skelly it looks awful

[@Skelly5962]

Ultimate Raptor Of Greatness and Fertility Nope. Done right, it looks great.

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

looks like a bag of dirty diapers that was left in a hot car for 3 weeks,then ran over multiple times with a steam roller,then shaped into a guitar

[@XMetalChefX]

@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 the fuck you feed your baby?

[@Dartheomus]

✔️ Cue terrible backing track. ✔️ Drastically underestimate time for modification. ✔️ Seriously risk damaging the original finish by employing a razor blade. ✔️ Make guitar look worse than when you started. Great Job guys! You made a terrible youtube video! I'm especially impressed with how much this surface attracts oily finger prints. That should look beautiful on stage.

[@adammoran7849]

Not to mention the adhesive residue on the pickups

[@GuiTarIdIoT07]

Adam Moran vinyl doesn’t leave adhesive when installing. It takes years after being applied for its adhesive to peel off.

[@brCharlieNagy]

Great job. I guess we have to spray clear coat (lacquer) on it to make it last longer, right ?

[@M5guitar1]

Does this work over bare wood?

[@jamesmata2945]

Damn everybody hating. I thought it came out great.

[@ZachTNT]

Bro there’s so many bubbles and the color looks terrible 😭😭

[@jamesmata2945]

@@ZachTNT yeah its more just okay

[@ranajeetidutta]

Who cares what a guy wants to do to his guitar? This is a free world and the guy is free to whatever he wants to his guitar. There are some who just destroy guitars on stage for fun. Atleast he is giving it respect. Moreover it is his money and his guitar. So why should we bother with negative comments. He is not forcing anyone to watch the video.

[@ClearAdventure]

Excatly. 🤘

[@jeremilicata]

Is it possible to wrap the whole guitar not just the frontside?

[@delboyoelmundo4718]

This looks hard , the sharp knife could surely scratch the finish below ?

[@anthonysclafani3963]

I can't even wrap a gift with wrapping paper properly, there's no way I'd try this

[@Treywayne504]

pretty simple, the time it takes to strip the factory paint and repaint would make no sense, when you can wrap the guitar and it would only be a 1 min job to revert the guitar back to original paint, and wrap it again with a different color, design, etc. to some people expressing there mind and design on a guitar makes it there own unique guitar. example eddie van halens guitar stood out, i want mine to do the same without too much hassle.

[@ClearAdventure]

You get it! I feel the same. It's just some stupid kids here spouting off. Even if you are a kid, at least you are not stupid, lol. I want to wrap my guitar in as well! 🤘😁

[@TheEchelon]

Good luck achieving that unique look with something restrictive like a wrap... Let alone make it look good...

[@niklimnat1061]

one question, how will i be able to switch from one pickup to another?

[@allephdacosta6760]

nik limnat He forgot to cut the switch and knobs lmao

[@orlandopelletier5036]

your not seriously considering shrink wrapping your guitar in some kinda cheap looking vinyl in a cheesy attempt to upgrade its appearance are you? somebody could vandalize my only guitar by drawing a giant swastika in pink fluorescent paint an hour before im about to play an important gig (a bar mitzvah for the son of record label A&R dept. senior executives ) id still never dream of using such a hideous product....ill take my chances with a giant swastika on my axe playing in front of hundreds of jews comprising the family of a man who could give me the biggest break of my career...rather then showing up to a gig with a giant red heat shrink tube over your guitar would easily have you coming off as the bigger asshole even in that extreme example....

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

awesome,just awesome....

[@TheBaconWizard]

@@orlandopelletier5036 XD Thanks for the laugh!

[@logikylearguments6852]

@@orlandopelletier5036 that design is actually in their catalog

[@guitaranswerguy]

I'm still hoping to find a tut where someone wraps the entire guitar. I got hopeful at first b/c it looked like that's what you were going to do. I have an RG7620 I want to wrap... but I want to do the whole body. My search continues...

[@Shaylok]

I'd like a protective cover like this over the entire body of the guitar. Or at least the sides as well.

[@sunnytaufiq07]

Good idea. Gonna to experiment this on my Jackson PS1 soon

[@rutiger6901]

This is a good tutorial video. I bin hobby refinishing with rattlecans and I'm finally comfortable/confident with the process. But this skin job is intriguing, I will be trying it out. I have a chrome finish in mind. I hope I can find a video of a front AND back reskin tutorial. But I bet that's a tuff job to do. Too bad about all the dullards throwing feces in the comments. They probably like their guitars all krappy and broken looking. Duh!!

[@pm8rsh233]

I would say stripping the paint, sanding, re-spraying,waiting for the layers to dry, wet sand, protect, polish and assembly is probably a better way to reskin a guitar. It takes long but you'l get much better results. I have the mental image of that thing squeaking against your arm and sticking to your skin. No thanks

[@UtoyOnWheels]

Same thing comes to my mind. I can't stand that squeaking sound too.

[@fatarry]

Cover it in clear nitro lacquer. Wont be any different.

[@mosneedly3751]

Nothing indicates quality quite like a giant red sticker. Thanks for showing me the perfect way not to repair a guitar finish.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Better custom job than a pickguard leaves room for and that hotrodred stands out to front of house perfect!

[@markbooth.13]

are you not cutting into the guitar as your using the razor knife on the sides? etc?

[@rikkufan009]

So my question is how long does the finish last on the big sticker

[@MobileFreedomEnterprise]

This came out fantastic!!!

[@HighlineGuitars]

The humbucker rings are backward. They are supposed to slope down toward the neck, not the bridge.

[@einarabelc5]

hey, do you know if they have mystic dream like Petrucci's guitar?

[@robertdevino4109]

So no effect on the sustain of the guitar from putting a sheet of rubber on it?

[@jamess.829]

gets rid of that unwanted vibration through the wood... :(

[@Colhogan06]

You know I rarely write anything bad on these videos. I'm of the belief if you cant say anything positive, dont say anything at all. That being said, this could have been so much better. There were visable bubbles in the wrap and the background track was somewhat annoying. Maybe give it another shot and eliminate the bubbles and change the background track. This would improve this quite a bit. The video and the concept of what you were trying to do was sound. Maybe just a little more practice before showing the world.

[@logikylearguments6852]

I'm not a big fan of the look or the music, but what I think you are referring to as bubbles are impressions in the vinyl over the holes where the pots and switches go. Once installed, they cover that part of the vinyl. At least I assume.

[@thatdrewrivers]

So basically, you gave it a gimp mask?!

[@philljrton]

why not make the pick-ups red to with the extra material

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

the lead guitar on this video reminded me of my first 3-4 hours of playing way back about 35 years ago

[@sharonlee4773]

Why not take the pickups out beforehand??

[@74dartman13]

That's wild!

[@juana1483]

Can you Relic this guitar?? And punch holes for knobs while your at it.

[@Iggytommy]

can this technique be used to improve the appearance of a wife once she gets over, say, 50? (assume once cut holes for the orifices and eyes)

[@thrashfan4ever]

lol no maybe a shitload of plastic surgery

[@thrashfan4ever]

maybe a bag like ugly bob the south park character in canada they he had a bag on his head they said he was hidius

[@the_nondrive_side]

They call them "FACEKINI"

[@maya_coqsalonga]

The humbucker rings were put on backwards.

[@jamess.829]

I saw that. I wondered if it were maybe a new fad to have the front coil closer to the strings by the neck. It would make no sense at the bridge.

[@hadleymanmusic]

5:30 now its meddle proofed?

[@BASSPLAYER13]

why leave the pickups in?

[@DigiPal]

Wiring, I suppose...

[@Skelly5962]

BASSPLAYER13 You just cut and peel away the vinyl you don't want. Much easier than removing all the electronics.

[@Iggytommy]

lazy

[@mantelmann13]

Because in this case it would be stupid to solder them out. Didn't you notice that leaving the pickups in worked absolutely fine? Do you think they remove tires before a foil-coat. I don't think so, smartass.

[@pearldivers8351]

Do what you like dude. I think you got the Guitar Government came pay you a visit here with some of these comments. FREEDOM. I wouldn't do it to an expensive guitar but hey, do what you LOVE.

[@orchestrasingular]

So there are no knobs and buttons anymore on the body

[@troublingleaf]

Why did you leave the pickups in?

[@setogenico]

Nice method.

[@IRONMAN000]

Is it ok to wrap the pickups too or would that cause issues?

[@orionasgardzero7793]

Finally I can buy a Les Paul gold top and cover it with black plastic!!!

[@biffedya]

awesome sound track the guitar player shred's ....I recorded this and play it all the time...rock on bro and nice cherry guitar finish

[@AmarbirSingh]

This is just amazing

[@Panufo]

It (the unintentionally hilarious guitar soloing) really does detract from the cool procedure. Different music, please? Or narration?

[@chrispile3878]

You installed your pickup rings backwards, dude.

[@jamess.829]

We noticed. Vince James and I commented on it (above)

[@jamess.829]

A whole bunch of people noticed. :)

[@SirGigalot941]

How skillfully illustrated!

[@patrickstep]

If different lacquers effect the tone what does this do?

[@smoggyama]

Looks like a great, goof proof, alternative to learning painting technique. First you'll need a scrap body,

[@Skelly5962]

Smoggyama With a little practice, it's not hard to get good at laying the vinyl down flat and even. The advantage over paint is that you can get vinyl printed with all sorts of cool designs that might take longer if they had to be painted by hand.

[@gp85hkg]

You see a red vinyl wrap going on and moan about not painting it...but that wrap was just just for this how to video. You can get any design you want on a wrap...take a look at what's out there and tell me it's easier to paint it (".)

[@aalex497]

It is just one side. Is anyone knows how to reskin whole body? Is it possible?

[@Stefiusz]

Maybe yes, but it would be really difficult for non specialized person. I think you should just add a stripe on a side of your guitar. This stripe would separate both foils :)

[@Skelly5962]

aalex497 It's easiest to just do the same on the back and where the edges of the vinyl meet, have one overlap the other, but only as little as possible. I would overlap front to back. Believe me, it's barely noticeable, unless you look very close.

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

yep,its called PAINT

[@jimclark7917]

Bridge and neck pickup rings looked to be installed backwards. Probably no big deal, just an ibanez

[@gabrielcornea9119]

Looks good. I can't comment on the sound, because I never tried that. P.S. Dude, you installed the pickup rings backwards! The thinnest part should be towards the neck...

[@43audio89]

is that just stick on vinyl?

[@zippy61]

Wow so many negative comments. I think it’s cool to do if you want that look or a million other looks available with vinyl. I wouldnt be a fan of covering up some sort of flamed top high end guitar but for a change on something less expensive then I think it’s an option. But I know me and could never get this installed to my satisfaction it would end up all wadded up into a big red ball in the trash. Hire a pro installer.

[@mandy-vs]

I think it looks great! It might not be your taste but he's done an awesome job.

[@timirdas353]

You can do this if you want your guitar to be just a showpiece instead of playing it..This will certainly reduce the resonance(sustain) and tone of your guitar due to the extra weight.

[@jeffbateman2339]

Timir Das THIS is a SHOWPIECE?!?! It looks like crap... What a waste of time.

[@terran236]

@@jeffbateman2339 maybe a showpiece at a carnival... in the clown house... on Halloween.

[@Rachels123]

What about the hrs it took to break the guitar down, and put it back?

[@gp85hkg]

Hours..? You've obviously never taken one apart

[@tormenttor2733]

i would love to see a reaction by paul reed smith to that torture of ear and guitar :D

[@r613-v7y]

did you ever put knobs on or just have it wired hot

[@CheapGuitarsAndMore]

if this is left out in the sun will it peel?

[@Skelly5962]

Guitars AndJams If you get a good quality vinyl that's UV protected, it won't.

[@michaelbergman1073]

I love the look of a well played guitar. I have had guitars that I swear if you fixed would not sound the same. May just be me though.

[@Shaylok]

Yeah. Does make you wonder how this vinyl wrap might affect the tonal quality of the wood.

[@guadalupegonzalez3249]

@@Shaylok it just makes it quieter

[@DavidCasper]

@@Shaylok With the insights from this video by Jim Lill, I'd guess that it won't affect anything tone-wise at all: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGGVpXyjmMpmd6c

[@Shaylok]

@@DavidCasper That video is getting alot of attention fast. It was like Myth Busters for the guitar. Gave me alot to think about. But still, if i'm buying a bolt-on guitar, i'd prefer a hard wood body so the bolts never harm the guitar.

[@DavidCasper]

@@Shaylok Sure. Just seems like vinyl wraps will likely have zero effect on tone. Also, it's worth noting that guitar vinyl is usually the same kind as car vinyl wraps, which are known for being even more durable/resistant to damage than car paint. Very likely this vinyl wrap will protect your guitar pretty well.

[@cvcofficial5399]

do you do wraps for guitar shapes like explorers?

[@pigjubby1]

If you cause a small puncture to the material, will it start to peel away?

[@lynnetanner7713]

Excellent, thoroughly recommend this guy, he's amazing, can re-skin anything! Wait until you see his drum skins.......

[@kauairalph108]

Would be good with tollex

[@jonw3462]

4:51 Dat solo though lol

[@terran236]

@Woah Wahoah Dude lmao

[@MsRavens13]

This is how full livery ads on commercial and public service vehicles such as london Taxis are done. These vinyl sheets were designed for covering metal -which retains the heat easily whilst fitting takes place .Its not suitable for wood,and certainly not instruments where resonance is paramount,and affected by the surface.

[@ClearAdventure]

The guitars have paint, just like a car, vinyl decals are not used on metal, they are used in vehicle paint. Effect the sound, lol, you have zero clue what you are talking about. 🙄🤣

[@jamessmith-zk4co]

That was cool! I see all the hate out there but do your thing man!

[@r613-v7y]

LOL Come on guys, it wasn't that bad- the solo nor the guitar. The color makes it look somewhat cheap I think but some of these wraps could be kind of cool.. Thanks for the vid. This shows how to do it fairly well

[@fedeandfamilia5935]

The work is good come on guys I think if he had chosen a better color his work would look much better great video man 👍👍

[@dave.gorman]

Legot wrapping skills!

[@carlwilson4425]

I like how they leave the pickups in, and take the pots/switches out...Yea, lets slice up the pickups! Looks like crap, may as well make sure it sounds like a Glarry!

[@natetheguitarkid]

Honestly looks pretty good. Im gonna do this on my 100 dollar epiphone.

[@sebastiencomeau3048]

but why just the front?

[@brewedawakening6577]

And I thought my playing was bad. At least a vacuum cleaner when you unplug it, it don't suck no more.

[@Angeroast]

HAHAHAA that was funny.

[@kirt-x9m]

Any more

[@Even_N.D.]

Did i miss sonething you guys hear? Sounds pretry okay to me.

[@rwagner3120]

I had to mute that annoying guitar in the background :(

[@Even_N.D.]

Why annoying?

[@terran236]

@@Even_N.D. mediocre metallica knock off jam session maybe? sounds the way that guitar looks lol

[@TheJshow-n6e]

Nice

[@nikmlz9347]

fondant

[@joes.1836]

what do you use around the edging to stop you from cutting into the paint?

[@threatdesign]

electrical tape

[@contact1araya]

So, can you complete it doing the back half? and If you can, how does the seam where both halves come together look?

[@soundtracksist]

recently they made cutting tape for that that has a wire you pull from it to do your cutting and it wont ruin the paint below.

[@potusmama3130]

why would u leave the pickups in when it takes 10 seconds to unsolder them???? by the way the end result looks like a nightmare. poor ibanez

[@33312evil]

this looks fun, but I have a question. you didn't clear coat after applying the sticker thing. won't the plastic wear out over time and peel off, get scuffed up, tear, ect?

[@michaelaiello9525]

I was hoping this was about removing a poly finish in 30 minutes… not adding more plastic Lol! But cool 🤘🏽🎸 !

[@gunmath6115]

wow, well now i know what I'll never do to a guitar.

[@ReinhardEsteban]

Is that a sticker only?

[@ericbachmann8037]

Dra H Nier Steve It’s vinyl wrap. Not a sticker.

[@suhribzevolution645]

How much?

[@bernhardnizynski4403]

Why?

[@АртемШклярук-т9ц]

А что за пленка? Сколько стоит???

[@jimbarnhill4903]

Where is the how to part?

[@hollierthanthou83]

speeding this video up when it was recorded with a handheld camera was a really poor choice.

[@FuzzyJohn]

Doesn't look complete. You should have painted the back with a roller.

[@Cestariarts]

Knobless, cool

[@cheapocastercheapocaster3234]

Ill do it if i had the tools looks great👍

[@frankr4776]

pick up covers are backwards :O

[@soulvaccination8679]

I scared my cat when I put this on.