Yipes! Stripes! Stripe my Strat

Post Reply

How to stripe?

The "Traditional"
3
20%
The "Lowdown"
6
40%
The "Centerline"
3
20%
The "Northeast"
2
13%
Something totally different!
1
7%
 
Total votes: 15
User avatar
glasshand
Reactions:
Posts: 705
Joined: Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:53 am

So I have a new Strat (actually an SX Hawk) I'm thinking about refinishing, and I was thinking of putting a racing stripe on it. But how? Where, and what direction should it run?

The "Traditional"
Image

The "Lowdown"
Image

The "Centerline"
Image

The "Northeast"
Image
User avatar
uwmcscott
Reactions:
Posts: 1451
Joined: Wed May 27, 2020 1:45 pm
Location: Northern Wisco
Gearlist: A few LP's, a Strat, a Tele and a few acoustics.

I'm liking the lowdown, reminds me of this

Image
AGF Survivor Champ Emeritus (Ask TVVoodoo )
User avatar
TVvoodoo
Reactions:
Posts: 482
Joined: Wed May 27, 2020 11:56 am
Location: Sasquatchewan
Contact:

Digging centerline...
Endless source of eye-rolling dad jokes, aspiring empty-nester, custom strap-maker https://reverb.com/ca/shop/well-hung-guitar-accessories
User avatar
nomadh
Reactions:
Posts: 1718
Joined: Wed May 27, 2020 1:32 pm
Gearlist: My Gear:Electric
Gibson '13 studio dlx hsb
Gibson '79 flying V
Gibson '06 sg faded
Gibson '15 LP CM w gforce
Epiphone Casino coupe
Epiphone dot studio
Fender USA strat w mjt body _w Original body 81
Fender lead II
Firefly spalted 338
Squier affinity tele bsb
Squier strat std relic
Squier subsonic baritone
Agile al2500 albino
Agile al3001 hsb
Sx ash Ltd strat
Sx ash strat short scale
Sx ash tele
Sx callisto jr
Dean vendetta
Washburn firebird. Ps10
Johnson trans red strat
Johnson jazz box Vegas
Seville explorer
Inlaid tele
flametop bigsby tele wood inlaid neck
23

Acoustics
new Eastman acoustic
Sigma dm3 dread x2 (his and hers)
Fender 12 str
Ibanez exotic wood
Silvercreek rosewood 00
Ovation steel str
martin backpacker acoustic
Johnson dobro

I like all except the centerline. It feels like you're faking a through neck
User avatar
mickey
Reactions:
Posts: 2668
Joined: Wed May 27, 2020 1:37 pm
Location: Wausau, Floriduh

TVvoodoo wrote: Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:28 pm Digging centerline...
My Gretsch 5622T came stock with them. :D
CNW.JPG
Gandalf the Intonationer
User avatar
andrewsrea
Reactions:
Posts: 1194
Joined: Wed May 27, 2020 4:43 pm
Location: Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gearlist: 28 Guitars: (2) basses, (2) acoustics, (3) hollow bodies, (3) Semi hollow, (1) Double-neck, (17) Solid-bodies

I like the 'lowdown,' but it is wasted due to the jack and pickguard covering it. Reverse lowdown (put it on top)?
Live life to the fullest! - Rob
User avatar
glasshand
Reactions:
Posts: 705
Joined: Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:53 am

andrewsrea wrote: Thu Jul 15, 2021 10:53 am I like the 'lowdown,' but it is wasted due to the jack and pickguard covering it. Reverse lowdown (put it on top)?
That was my thought exactly as well. It looks cool on the uncovered body, but once you put the pickguard on, you're going to lose most of it. I don't think I found any pictures of the "high-up", though.
User avatar
Partscaster
Reactions:
Posts: 1543
Joined: Thu May 28, 2020 12:41 pm
Location: Mars: Sector 6

I'ld do an offset cross of light blue, like the flag of Finland, but very light blue like your "traditional" option, and offset so that lines cross above bridge, and maybe whole thing is angled a bit so its not perfectly level. Maybe 15 degree slant or some such.
images.jpeg
images.jpeg (6.09 KiB) Viewed 1215 times
"The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. The motions of his spirit are dull as night, and his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted."
Post Reply