Hummingbird tremolo and DOD 440 reissue

[jjjimi84]

Those look great!  I'm going to give the verde green a try on my next build.  Do you treat the enclosure before painting?  I've had bad luck with spay paint in the past, but I'm starting to get sick of the same enclosures.

my process is the following:  sanding the enclosure, usually with oribital hand sander. clean with whatever you have, i usually use alcohol or naptha. Prime with rustoleum primer, two coats. Three coats of hammered paint, sometimes four depending on color. 20 mins in convection toaster oven and apply graphics once cool. whole process takes about an hour . I have it down pretty good. After around 50 enclosures I splurged on the last tayda sale and ordered some powder coated enclosures. for odd size enclosures or certain colors I will still use hammered rustoleum.

Cool, thanks for the info.  What grit paper do you sand with?  What temp on the oven?

I use 100 grit just so it's even and the paint can grab. I use the lowest heat setting on the oven. 175-200 for 20 mins. To long or high and the paint starts burning or gets a wired texture.

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Your builds look great and I love the hammered paint look, going to have to give this a try.

Jimilee, I recommend going the kit route for your first amp, I did a metroamp kit when they were still available. Check out valvestorm.com for marshall style or allenamps for fender and trinityamps for everything under the sun.

Be warned its just as addictive as building guitars and pedals.