Don't forget you can come sya hello and see some painted guitars at the upcoming Bristol guitar show next weekend.

www.ukguitarshows.co.uk

Checkout the events and press page to see goings on at the recent KKBO show.

Most recent guitar paint...it's another 'inspired by an album cover' job, this time Jimi Hendrix' Axis: Bold as love album. Seems to be a few contraflicting stories on origins of the album artwork etc but however it came about it's become another classic album and cover that's instantly recognisable.

Again, i didn't want to cram everything on there, especially with very little space due to the plate, so i picked out what makes it recognisable at a glance ie the blue, the cobras and the orange and pink rays. I chose to leave out the image of jimi and band to keep it simple, choosing just a few of the heads. Plus a bit of artistic license in places; no point having one if you're not going to use it!!

These strat bodies always look a little messy at this stage but give a few weeks or so and with solid colour back and sides and fitted neck and scratchplate it should look a gooden!! Keep an eye for more Jimi inspired strat stylings coming soon...

Most recent guitar paintings based on Steve Vai's classic 'Passion & Warfare' album cover. Not sure who the original artwork was done by but it was crammed full of various items and symbolism and to get it all on would have made a messy looking guitar, so i took what i though were the key features, items and symbols that summed it up and tried to apply it to the shape of the guitar....