September 20, 2008 | 9:30 am - 5pm SO-CAL Speed Shop will host a "can't be missed" workshop with world famous pinstriping guru Herb Martinez. This workshop will cover an introduction to brushes, paints, solvents, safety and of course applying the lines! Some design work will also be covered. This workshop is a must for any airbrusher or custom painter involved in the Hot Rod or motorcycle decorative arts. Cost of the workshop is $250 per day and will include: One '00 Mac series' 10 striping brush One 1/4 pint can of white '1 Shot' paint (sponsored by 1shot) One 4 oz Squeeze bottle of 1Shot Thinner a clipboard for holding a slick paper magazine for paletting your paint. Bring a magazine of your choice. Herb Martinez's Guide to Pinstriping book There will also be miscellaneous color charts and reference guides available at no charge You must reserve a spot for the workshop by filling an application. A $50 deposit must be made to reserve your spot. Any further information needed is included on the application. Go to SO-CALs site to apply. Don't wait too long because the spots will fill up fast! More details at http://www.so-calspeedshop.com or http://www.herbmartinez.com/ Who's going to sign-up?
the pinstripe planet is pretty cool- i picked one up about a year ago!! Coverage on a ton of old school stripers and new up and coming in the biz! From Von Dutch to Tommy the greek!! just don't let Herb stripe some horns on your hood of your cadillac j/k!!
i had just picked up my 65 caddy and finished the airride on it- my uncle and herbie have been neighbors for ages- stand on a chair and you can watch Herb pinstripe rides in his garage and driveway- so i got herbie cell # and asked if he would free hand some lines on my rig- we started with the trunk and did some fancy lines in grey and interlayed with white. we work our way over to the hood and i told him to have fun with it- he took it too real! i come walking up the drive way and he is cleaning his brush and was finished i was like alright he's done and my cad is ready for poor boys midnight mass 2007- i look at my hood he ran some cool line up to the middle of the hood and i look at the caddy symbol and he ran 2 lines extended out on eack sides coming to a point and he says in a laugh every caddy looks good with horns- i stood there and was like damn it- that does look like horns he laughed and in my head i was like i can't tell him to take them off He's the great Herb Martinez- so i rocked those horns for a year and everyone teased my for days on the horns and asked if i was from texas!!! lil funny i know!!
Ha ha ha! What a great story! Last year he pinstriped one of my buddies shoebox and did something real similar to the trunk lid. Like you, he drove it like that because Herb striped it, but 6 months later he repainted the car.
OK, I'm dialed-in.....I'll see the rest of you wanna-be stripers there. Maybe when this is over I'll start my "second career".............ha!!
Bring your hybrid! Maybe he'll lay some horns on the hood. No seriously, Hell lay some lines on it if you guys get some time. btt
I will be driving my hybrid, as always. It could use some lines......and although I have dabbled in this stuff for many years I never had the nuts to just palette a brush and lay 'em down.
Hilarious if you like the horns i'm sure he would do it with a big grin on his face- herbie is one hell of a striper and is still showing the new guys how the biz is done right!!!
Here are a few, he did the fenders freehand and then filled them with one shot, it has aged to a textured finish that doesn't show up in the pictures.
Herb has striped a few of my cars. Got to be real careful giving him full freedom w/ your car though. On the Deuce- I had Dennis Ricklefs remove Herb's work & flame it at So-Cal. The before & after is on So-Cal's website. http://www.so-calspeedshop.com/home.html
Ouch! Steve, your car is turned out bitching! Dennis and Herb are both masters at what they do but one of the them knows just a little more about traditional. Both of them are my pals so i'm not saying more. he he he
I just talked to Herb (he just returned from Europe).........we need some more participants, come on gang......how can you perfect the craft without guidance from one of the masters!!
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