Have It Your Way

Dips, Pours Create Unique Guitar Artwork

Fall 2022

Painted Axe will create special custom artwork - a dirty pour or hydro dip - in your colors of choice on a 2010 Fender Standard Stratocaster.

It will be a one-of-a-kind personalized guitar, never to be duplicated. Jackson, Fender and Ibanez charge $900 to $1100 for similar swirl guitars in limited edition or short production runs. However, there is no allowance for color differentiation or say in color emphasis or swirl complexity.

Your choice:

• Dirty Pour – all colors are poured through a sink strainer onto the guitar surface to spread naturally. The surface is then tilted back and forth to create paint flows to the sides and over the edge. Price: $755.


• Hydro Dip – the guitar body is gradually dipped into water with a film of paints floating on top until it is completely submerged. The paint clings to the guitar as it passes through the paint film. Price: $775.

In both techniques, the guitar's front and back will be covered. Painted Axe will produce a test - based on your color preferences - on a guitar blank, allowing you to review and make minor changes before getting to the actual guitar. The guitar will be clear coated with a urethane product as it was when it left the factory. You can also select an option to paint the pick guard and/or headstock. Note: What you see on the actual guitar will be similar to but not duplicate the test blank. Painted Axe will not attempt to copy similar art effects on guitars of other musicians. Additionally, all results are final. There are no do overs or refunds.

For more than 20 years, Painted Axe has been custom painting branded and personalized guitars and gear for festivals, special events, bands, musicians and charities. We are not just brush and bottle artists. Our repertoire includes India ink line art, geometric patterns, auto-themed designs with routed cavities for hood emblems, spin & splatter effects, folky caricatures and much more.

If you'd like a dirty pour or hydro dip applied to your own guitar, contact us at info at paintedaxe.com.