Mike has had the opportunity to paint some really awesome guns over the years. He uses Dura Coat paints that are extremely durable and made especially to withstand the wear and tear on a weapon. Camo is always popular – so Mike likes to “mix it up” with some great designs. Check these out:
What a crazy world we live in!! The Confederate Flag has always been a popular design on custom guitars – especially when it comes to Dimebag tribute pieces. Who knew that in 2020 all those guitars would be cancelled? Here are several customs that we did just in the last year.
Mike is always creating unique custom finishes for his guitars. These 2 builds were inspired by a license plate collection of Colorado plates Mike had in the shop. He liked it so much he eBay-ed classic Texas plates and made another. Both guitars were created from kits and where used as examples in one of […]Read More
We have had a lot of requests for a How To on beveled tribal graphics. The following technique is a really simple way to go about it. The tribal graphics were created in CorelDRAW. Once the shape was finessed, an 1/8″ contour was added and the file printed. For this project, we first painted the […]Read More
This is a guitar build Mike completed for a local musician. He wanted a custom classic built on the basic style of the Randy Rhoads Gibson V Sandoval. Specs:Wood – Alder wings with 3 piece neckPick Ups – 2 HumbuckerControls – Les PaulBridge – ShallerScale Length – 25.5Frets – 24 JumboNeck Wood – 3 piece […]Read More
This classic design NEVER goes out of style and looks great EVERY time it is tried. Hot Rod Flames take anything to the next level of cool and are never the wrong choice!
Those of you who work with vinyl mask know how frustrating it can be at times when you cannot really see the cuts on your mask. This can make it very difficult to properly weed out and can cause you to end up with missing pieces of a design. Force your cut lines to stand […]Read More
Mike has painted quite a few guitars for Rich at Stormshadow Guitar Works in the UK. Here is the latest … The Reaper! Stormshadow Vanquish S4 “The Reaper” Specs: Alder Vanquish S4 Body Maple Neck / Rocklite Ebony BoardEx Jumbo 6000 Frets / R2 NutEMG Pickups KH “Bone Breaker” SetSchaller Lockmeister Floyd RoseFU-Tone.com Brass Block & SpringsMike […]Read More
This series of guitars was featured at the prestigious NAMM show in the Jackson booth! Mike was asked to portray the “7 Deadly Sins” on 7 guitars and the series was one of the spotlights at the show. Check these out: Envy, Gluttony, Greed , Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Wrath. Can you spot which is […]Read More
The Tattoo You Stencil from Mike Learn’s Air Essentials is crammed full of tattoo style artwork that can be used in dozens of layouts. Take a close look at all the different templates that are wrapped up into this one handheld stencil. We will most likely do multiple tutorials on this particular stencil. For the […]Read More
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SOLD!! Those of you who have followed us for awhile may remember the project Mike did with Grover Jackson – The ICON. After prototyping they decided not to move forward with the project, however Mike let this one go to a repeat customer. I have always loved this carved wooden style!! This will be leaving […]Read More