Wood Burning on cedar?

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Permalink Reply by Jud Hair on July 6, 2011 at 12:17pm

Susi ... My Seagull S-6 is cedar, but I'm not sure about wood burning.   used to burn decorations into random pieces of wood as a youngster, but I've never done it on anything I valued highly.  Not because it wouldn't look great done by an expert, I'm just not artisitc enough to take a chance!  Maybe someone will join that knows.  Or you might try asking the folks at Godin via e-mail.  I've found them to be pretty responsive.  Good luck!

Permalink Reply by susi Lawson on July 6, 2011 at 12:36pm

Thanks! that's a good idea!

Permalink Reply by Craig MC on May 12, 2012 at 2:50pm

Here's some woodburning I did on a cigar box resonator I built a while back. not sure how the iron would work on finished wood, though. can't blame you for getting rid of that awful fake rosette on the A&L. I know Godin saves money on this for their "value" line, but they ought to come up with a better solution than this.

Permalink Reply by susi Lawson on May 12, 2012 at 11:20pm

Gorgeous!!

Permalink Reply by Ray on May 12, 2012 at 3:29pm

Now that it's almost summer, you might take in a local art fair.  You might get some ideas and also learn who you would trust to do it.  I think of it as getting your guitar a tattoo.

Permalink Reply by susi Lawson on May 12, 2012 at 11:20pm

I want to do it myself! I did end up wood burning my fiddle and it looks pretty cool! 

Permalink Reply by Craig MC on May 13, 2012 at 9:36am

Like the old joke about Carnegie Hall, practice, practice, practice. On the cbg above, I'd already done most of the work on the box, cutting, bracing, electronics etc. before I decided to do the artwork. Not a lot of investment other than time (it's a cigar box, after all) but I didn't want to screw it up either. Same for my headstock logo:

so work out your designs on paper and practice your drawing/burning techniques on scrap first. And if you're burning through a finish, you should wear a suitable mask or keep a small fan nearby. One other suggestion to dress up your plain jane A&L is to route out a ring and install a rosette, made or purchased.

Permalink Reply by Ron on May 14, 2012 at 6:26am

Hi

I have had some artwork done on a couple of my seagulls.. on the main site page there is a photo section ,, photo's 66 to77- I think are some pics of one. put on here I guess by the artist that did it. Also if you can search the main forum for 1980s seagull there is more and the other guitar. I am new here and don't know how to move them to seagull talk or I would. would like to have other peoples opinion of them too. Anyway I personally think it could be done with wood burning or paint as you can see from mine finding the right local artist is the trick..also if you like I can go through a couple of steps that I think are important.....good luck

Permalink Reply by susi Lawson on May 14, 2012 at 12:27pm

Thanks for the tips, Ron. I am an artist so would do this myself. I ended up selling the AMI, and now just have my baby Taylor and my artist Seagull. I did woodburn my fiddle and very happy with it. I will try and find the images you mentioned