[69CamaroSS396]

I want to give my son a Millett Hybrid amp and surprise him with his band's logo or picture from a CD cover or some such thing custom painted on the aluminum Hammond enclosure. Anyone do this or know someone who does? I have no qualms about paying good money for a job well done.

Thanks, Greg

 

[rb67]

Man, you are a really cool dad. I wish I could help you out, but unfortunately I do not know anyone that can do that.

 

[picklgreen]

Call all the autorepair places in your yellow pages. You will find some of the best local artisits that can airbrush, pinstripe, etc working under the guise of auto paint specilist! And having access to all those cans of automotive paint (the best for painting on metal anyways!) certainly helps also!

 

[rb67]

I just realized computer case painters might be right up your alley. There are lots of custom jobs people have done for their computer cases. I did some really quick research and here's what I've come up with.

http://raktron.com/custom/
http://www.badasspaint.com/computer.htm
http://www.be-unique.com/

Custom airbrushing places for cars and motorcycles (as mentioned ^) would also be a great source.

 

[69CamaroSS396]

Thanks gentlemen! Those are a couple of great ideas.

Greg

 

[Uncle Erik]

Check out your local silkscreeners. They can take an image or logo and create a screen from it. Then, the screen can be used to spray multiple things. One with the band's logo could be used to mark their gear, even.

 

[AndrewFischer]

You could also try some of the airbrush forums.

 

[Zarathustra19]

oh man, when you get that done, post some pics! Thats an awesome present.

 

[69CamaroSS396]

Thanks to all for the ideas. When I get this done I'll definitely post pics.

Greg

 

[69CamaroSS396]

I contacted Terry at the link below and he said he can take care of what I'm wanting to have done. Some of his work is pretty cool. I'm getting my ducks in a row so he can give a quote.

http://www.mccallcolors.com/

 

[bhjazz]

Wow, I'm hooked on Bad Ass Paint. Damn. That is some very high-end work. Thanks for the link!

 

[69CamaroSS396]

Finally got the paint job I wanted. The photos do not do justice to the work done by Terry McCall in New Lebanon, OH, a suburb of Dayton. I tried all kinds of angles to show the depth and gloss, but I can't get the true effect. It's very high gloss black with clearcoat. The red logo looks to be very deep into the black. I nixed the Hammond idea and made an enclosure of my own. It is anodized aluminum, which had to be acid etched before painting. It will house an LM4780TA based chip amp instead of a Millett Hybrid.

The best part of it all is my son loves it. Needless to say, his band is metal.

Click on each photo to see an enlargement.

 

[dawalsh]

Wow!!!that looks awesome. Your son is one lucky guy

 

[rb67]

Oh WOW. Very nice! What'll he be using it with?

 

[69CamaroSS396]

The amp will be used with a very nice pair of Signet bookshelf speakers(Stereophile Recommended Class E, I think), a small 8" powered sub, and a pretty decent CD player. The set up is for a small apartment.