First attempt at Drums

This is a early 60's marching band bass drum that is currently in the process of being converted to a full drum set. The shell has been stripped, and stained with Green cake icing dye, and several coats of Satin Finish.This drum belongs to Rodney Fultz .

SMOKING MANGO "DRAGONS BREATH" #5

I learned a valubale lesson with this one. PLYWOOD BODIES are not a good idea for this process. It did turn out to be one of the better looking guitars but the plywood really does shine through. This is a 2000 ish Kramer owned by Scott Vantastic of Deaf Angel. I used food coloring , green black and blue to get this effect just right followed by Daft Gloss Finish .

Smoking Mango "K5K Brown Sugar" p bass "#4

This is a 2000 Squier P-bass Smoking Mango custom. The theme on this was to go old school vintage John Paul Jones style/punk. This one was stained then burned while the stain was still wet. I mixed a walnut stain with oak and a touch of red food coloring. The pick guard is the original, i just spray painted it purple then applied the same stain mix over it to make it look natural. The wooden knobs and gold input jack are from allparts.com . This bass is owned by Kelly Robinson K5K of Deaf Angel.

Smoking Mango Custom "Shotgun Whiskey" #3

This is my third attempt. My own 86 Charvel model 4 I think. My mom got this for me at a pawn shop in 1991 for $450.00 for Christmas. The body was damaged in 1999 and at the time I didnt know how to fix wood. It was orignialy solid black with a Jackson pattened Floyd Rose. I went all out and got a Paul Stanley Seymour Duncan , with a Lace neck pickup and added a wilkinson bridge. For the knobs I ordered 12 guage shot gun shell knobs and bridge from allparts.com . This guitar was not caught on fire like the first two of the series. Mostly went for a whiskey barrel color using traditional walnut stains and mixed with green food color.

*** Not for sale***

Smoking Mango Custom :Sand Monster #2

This is a 99 Samick Smoking Mango Custom. This is number 2 of the series. I kinda want to re do this one. I stained and burned this one as well. After it was burnt I dropped in on the ground and ruined the orginal look i was going for and ended up with a completly different result. (Shown Above) . I made the best of it ,but not my best work. Top Pic is the end result, the one below it is right before it fell. The last picture of this post is the condition it was handed to me in. The goal was to make it look vintage and we acheived that .This guitar is owned by Ian G

Smoking Mango "DEAF ANGEL" #1 of the series

This is the one that started it all. A 2002 Sonata Strat-style Smoking Mango Custom. This one was stained then caught on fire before it dried. I coated with several coats of Daft Satin finish. Added a Seymour Duncan Destroyer, with one volume knob . I branded the Deaf Angel logo in the headstock (featured Above). This project spawned the ongoing series of the Smoking Mango .

Custom Ibanez Blood Soaked Angel ,#6

This is a Smoking Mango custom 2002 Ibanez Rg 170 original color was blue with a nicotene stained neck. I was able to round off the body with a belt sander to look more like the Ibanez S-

Series. The stained used was Cake icing dye found at Walmart in the cake decorating section. Topped off with mulitple coats of Daft Sealer and Satin Finish. I dropped a Seymour Duncan invader and hid the tone knob internal.I have named this one Blood Soaked Angel.My wife Tina of Deaf Angel gave me a challenge to do a wine color burgandy. This is as close as I could get but its more beautiful then these pictures. Extremly light weight and plays very well. I own this guitar ,***Not for Sale ***