[header] How to custom paint your electric guitar [title] Remove your guitar strings and the screws in the body of the guitar. [step] Remove the guitar strings and then unscrew the neck of the guitar from the body with a phillips-head screwdriver. Once the body is standing alone, unscrew the screws and knobs on the front of the guitar. 
Remove the screws on the pickups and bridge of the guitar. [substeps] If there is a faceplate over your volume knobs, you'll have to remove the plastic portions of the knobs before you can lift the faceplate off.