futurama63 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Does anyone know of any custom shops or guitar finishers that can chieve this effect, the pearl being similar to the italia bass finishes... also lookinh to vinyl cover the other half of it, cant find anyting online man. I know its not to everyones liking but its for an old retro project im finishing up. best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) The old full-body pearloid finishes used celluloid material, softened with acetone so that it could be stretched over the body, in the same way older accordions tend to be finished. The material for this is nigh-on impossible to get hold of in decent sized sheets. If you're just doing the top of an instrument, I'd look at using drum wrap which you can get in a range of sparkle, pearloid and glitter finishes. It won't stretch over complex curves, but it will work very well on a flat top. I've just finished the top of an old lap-steel guitar with red sparkle drum wrap, and it looks great! Brandoni guitars do pearloid covered bodies in the old accordion style, and they used to advertise that they would cover bodies to order, so it might be worth contacting them. [url="http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/pearloid.asp"]http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/pearloid.asp[/url] Edited June 19, 2014 by Beer of the Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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