Hey,
I've been trying to track you down. I was a few seconds to late at the end of that auction - I was planning on buying and refinishing that guitar myself LOL. I saw your progress on the G&L forum, really impressive so far.
I dig Rampages, have two but in my opinion Superhawks are the way to go if you can find them. I'm always looking for them but they don't turn up to often and they are either beat to complete shit or way too expensive. I bought this one for about $450.00 last year and with a $55.00 set up and a new bridge pickup it's just the bomb for a guitar under $600.00.
So for your color, do you want the Olympic White or are you going for the faded cream like JC's Blue Dress Rampage? I don't know much about do-it-yourself painting but if you want to have it done professionally for about half the price take it to an autobody shop and let them shoot it. They can mix the color as close as you want it. Even if you do decide to paint it yourself then at least buy the paint from them. High quality, good color mix and relativly inexpensive. Another plus to doing it yourself is after you get the initial color coats on you can then lay on some cool graphics cut right out of a magazine if you wanted and seal them on with the clear coats. Depending on what clar coat you use you can actually make th guitar look more aged if it has an amber tint to it. Got to a furniture restoration place and talk about clear coat options. Also talk to them about wet sanding as ou go.
Email me or hit my Myspace and keep me post on your progress. Very cool project, gonna be a sweet axe when you're finished.
-spot
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Life is too short to play a shitty guitar...