B. Chrisse Harwanko's Page

It would be ok on an electric guitar but it would seriously kill the sound of an acoustic guitar.

Yes it will change the sound.  My brother is a professional guitar player and I would never dream of doing that to any of his guitars.  I contacted a local music store and was able to get one that had been damaged beyond repair and that's the one that I did all the work on.  It now hangs in my brother's man cave.

I started with a real fine grit sandpaper to just scuff up the finish on the guitar.  I had some photographs on mine which after printing off from my computer I used the 3M Sealer that comes in a spray can.  I wanted to give it a real layered look so I used Mod Podge Matte.  I would either paint directly onto the guitar or use pictures and started building layers using 3-4 coats of Mod Podge Matte in between each layer (make sure each layer dries completely before applying another layer or it will get cloudy).  For the song lyrics I used a Krylon paint pen on tracing paper which once in was Mod Podged down the tracing paper disappeared completely leaving the copper metalic letters looking like they were suspened between the layers.  I'm into multimedia so I used whatever media I had at hand for each layer.  To finish it off I used Mod Podge Gloss and built layer after layer until you couldn't feel the edges of anything and sealed that all with a 3M gloss finish clear spray paint...  

I have done 1 guitar which was for my brother who is a musician but I had a lot of fun doing it and plan on doing another.  If you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll answer them to the best of my ability...