Painted Guitar Bodies
                     PAINTED GUITAR 
BODIES: TURNING 
WOOD INTO ART & 
TONE
When it comes to building your dream guitar, few elements 
shape its personality as powerfully as the guitar bodies. This 
important aspect does not only affect the tone and the 
resonance, but also creates the initial visual impression on a 
person, who picks the instrument. At Exotic Wood Zone, luthiers 
and music lovers could pick from an array of exquisite options 
starting from electric guitar body blanks and ending with fully-
finished, artistically-painted guitar bodies that combine 
tonewood quality with visual appeal.
The Heart of the Guitar: A 
Look at Guitar Bodies
Your instrument is based on the body of the guitar. Solid bodies are 
fundamental in electric guitars in the process of defining sustain, resonance, 
and the sounding character. As much as you are making a classic Strat, Tele 
or a custom piece, the choice of the correct wood is a basic phase. Exotic 
Wood Zone stocks a wide range of premium electric guitar body blanks from 
alder and mahogany to more exotic species providing builders with the 
palette they need to craft something truly unique.
To most guitar makers, it is the wood that determines the soul of the guitar. 
Compact, resonant tonal woods assist in maintaining and defining, whereas 
lighter tonal woods may add brightness and equilibrium. But beyond tone, 
today's builders increasingly want eye-catching finishes and that's where 
painted guitar bodies shine.
Why Custom Painted Guitar 
Bodies Matter
A custom painted guitar body turns your instrument from a tool into a personal 
statement. Whereas conventional stained and natural finishes display the grain 
pattern of wood, painted finishes have unlimited creativity. There are candy apple 
reds, traditional sunbursts, gloss blacks, custom bursts, just to name a few, that can 
be found in finished bodies, and are ready-to-assemble.
Exotic Wood Zone offers finished guitar bodies in a variety of pre-painted styles for 
popular guitar shapes like Telecaster and Stratocaster. Such bodies come smooth and 
ready to fit the hardware and this saves the builder immeasurable hours of sanding, 
priming, and painting. With a vintage-style 3-tone sunburst and smooth Olympic 
White and deep Candy Apple Red finishes, these bodies are made up of professional 
finishes and quality tonewood blanks.
This is ideal for:
◦ builders who want a custom painted guitar look without the finishing workshop,
◦ those hobbyists who are fond of putting together, not painting,
◦ and fine old-school luthiers who were after consistency and professional painting work.
Blank to Masterpiece: The 
Make Journey.
For those who enjoy crafting every detail, starting with an electric guitar 
body blank opens even more possibilities. The variety of ready-to-rout or 
ready-to-cut bodies designed by Exotic Wood Zone will enable the builder 
to select the type of wood species, shape, and then apply the custom 
paint, stain, or design of their preference.
Being able to select a blank implies that you have the whole aesthetic at 
your discretion:
◦ Natural grain finish to emphasize exotic figure patterns,
◦ Multi-coat custom paint jobs that say about your musical tastes,
◦ Or even more detailed such as fades, bursts, and graphic design.
To most of us, this is the best of both styles in that the choice of woods 
gives that soulful tonal quality and the finish is reflective of individual 
craftsmen.
Exotic Woods: The Soul 
Behind the Beauty
An emerging trend among guitar builders is the use of Exotic Woods 
in body construction. Woods such as figured maple, walnut and 
other rare species provide the eye with visual complexity and depth 
of tone. These woods, being used either to a natural finish, or as a 
base upon which the translucent paint is applied, make the 
instrument more than merely useful, and, in a way, to be a piece of 
handcrafted art.
The flame, quilt and burl patterns of the exotic wood grain patterns 
can shine through clear finishes or add vibrancy to the aggression of 
bold painted work, providing your guitar with its unique appearance.
Concluding Considerations: 
Associating with the Right Fit.
The process of building a guitar can greatly vary from one 
person to another; it can even be a totally personal experience. 
When you pick a custom paint job or any other technique for a 
body of a guitar, painted guitar bodies are the ultimate way to 
express both craftsmanship and creativity. Exotic Wood Zone 
can offer builders a wide range of choice starting from plain 
wood for making a guitar and ending up with already painted 
masterpieces that can inspire the next project.