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Fellow forum bro Richard is building a quot;Wolfgang/Axisquot; project guitar and he wants a Flame finish like one of these on the body...does anyone here do this type of work or can they highly recommend someone they know for him!?

here's a couple examples...
Man, I like that first one. Sorry, but I have no idea who could do that.

That second one looks really slick!!

I agree about the second one, it's pretty cool.

Too bad about the flame inlays. But its one heck of a flame job, always wondered what it would look like in cooler colours.

Butnut does Outstanding flame jobs. I can do flames,But it's really not my thing. The 1st one looks like it was done free hand with a Air brush? I might try something like that one day... But I don't know if I have the artistic Abiltly?

yeah...Butnut did that one that Wattage has...that was sweet!
i wonder if he still does that stuff though?

Wattage's glitter flame was awesome.

the first style coined as quot;tru firequot; by Mike Lavalle (the person who started that style) is real tricky for most painters to do well. to be honest i'd give the first one a B- while not bad it could be much better. as mentioned the king of quot;tru firequot; is Mike you can see his work @ i've never seen him do a guitar but i'm pretty sure he would if your willing to pay for it. as for regular hot rod style flames, i know Dave Mansel can handle those i'm working with Dave for a detailed paint job for my current guitar build. he does work for Tony Rombola of Godsmack and is David McNaught's painter/finisher along with other stars...so you know he's good. i've seen more of his work than is shown on his site and hot rod flames would be a cake walk for him for sure!! for regular hot rod flames there is also Paul at who has gotten good reviews from the members of the jcf. i have never used him myself but i never heard anything bad. anyway, if you want quot;tru firequot; and want the best try Mike. if you want hot rod flames contact Dave Mansel (my first choice) or Paul.

hope that helps.

-Mike

there's a local bike-shop here in town where a guy does the quot;tru-firequot; like paintjobs. It takes some major skill. But IMHO, the best flame jobs on bikes are the ones that are engraved first and filled with metal-flake. they look so much more real.

The one thing you have to remember when it comes to flames or that complex style is most artists prefer to paint using Urathane paints. This is not the best material to use on a guitar. The Urathene will not let the wood move as well as Nitro so it can affect the tone of the guitar..... Man it looks so cool, but it would really suck if the guitar sounded like crap!

Go to Sky is the limit with them!!

from : localhost/love Boris Vallejo, and that just makes me cry with happiness that some of his work transfers so beautifully onto guitar.

i tried e-mailing bc like 5 times when looking for a painter. even tried contacting them through their ebay acutions. no reply at all. her work seems a bit so-so though as i see more pics and more pop up on ebay some is good but some looks to be lacking something. i'd look elsewhere if you want a real pro job. i'm just real picky about paint when it comes to cars and guitars.

-Mike

thanks for all the suggestions fellas...i'll pass this on to Richard if he hasn't read it yet!?

I was talking to some motorcycle painters about doing custom paint jobs on my homemade guitars and they were quoting prices of around $600canadian per body with minimum graphics..... The more air brush work the more it would cost.....

WhoFan

Yup, Mike Lavalle is the man when it comes to 'true flames'. Killer stuff. Thanks for the kudos on Watts Tele. I'm not an artist by any stretch, I only use airbrush for shading so my flame stuff is just 'graphics'...using metaflake gives it the old school hot rod look instead of just regular soilids or kandies. I still paint, but not much, doing a flaked vintage moped and I'm getting into pinstriping too.
Using metalflake does require a bit more poly to bury the flakes...alter tone? Just tweak yer knobs...LOL
Originally Posted by XSSIVEthe first style coined as quot;tru firequot; by Mike Lavalle (the person who started that style) is real tricky for most painters to do well. to be honest i'd give the first one a B- while not bad it could be much better. as mentioned the king of quot;tru firequot; is Mike you can see his work @ i've never seen him do a guitar but i'm pretty sure he would if your willing to pay for it.

I e-mailed mike from Killerpaint and he sayed that the price would start out at $1000 just to do Tru-Fire and anything else would be extra.

WoW...i clicked the Killerpaint link....his stuff is just SIIIIIIICCCCKKKK!!!!


Originally Posted by LSPToo bad about the flame inlays. But its one heck of a flame job, always wondered what it would look like in cooler colours.

I love the flame inlays. Gotta be totally flamed, baby!!!