Pick out a few scarves or funky scraps of fabric to wrap under the strings at the headstock. Knot them tightly. [1] X Research source Wrap some strings between the tailpiece and the strap of your guitar to keep it held in place.
Use a ruler to draw stripes across your guitar’s body in different colors. Find a funny image to stencil on, like a dripping ice cream cone or a frog prince. Go for a super intricate design that spans the entire face of the guitar. It might be helpful to remove strings and hardware in order to get more access.
Decorate with a sticker from your hometown or another place that’s special to you. Try out a sticker with a photo of an animal you love. Go for a wild collage with twenty or so overlapping stickers.
Paint a nature scene that has a nostalgic memory tied to it. Paint your guitar’s body in your favorite shade of magenta. Or, you could even splatter paint your instrument!
Choose a guard the matches the shape and size of your current pickguard. Blow a hairdryer on your old pickguard until the glue unfastens and a corner starts to lift from the wood. Peel off the old pickguard from the raised corner. Peel off the remaining glue. Clean and dry the guitar’s face. Lay your new pickguard on the guitar and trace, in pencil, the outline of the ideal pickguard location. Place your new pickguard with the sticky side facing down inside the outline.
Remove the strings from your guitar. Next, take off the tuning pegs’ nuts and washers from one side. From the other, use a screwdriver to remove the pegs. Place your new pegs in the hole, screwing one side back into the pegs. Now, place the nuts and washers back on the opposite side of the tuning pegs to fasten. Make sure you buy new pegs with screws that match the size of the holes left by your old pegs.
Then, gently push down your new knob into the old knob’s spot.
Now, go crazy! You could glue random patterns with various gems or go for a more cohesive look by covering the entire face in tiny crystals.
Woodburn a night sky on your guitar’s face. Try burning a butterfly on a flower. Woodburn your name (or your guitar’s, if it has one!) in cool lettering.
