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10-15-2010, 10:45 AM
|  | zulu as kono
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | | new build thread - honey what top you gonna wear?
Well, my brief flirtation with a twin has led me to the Roscoe Kool-aid stand where I have drank deeply. The twin will have to find another suitor as, alas, her body is just too svelte for my physique.
So what's a guy to do? Well, call Greg and order a Century 5 fretless 
We have it mostly sorted - light weight goal (so ash body), unlined diamondwood board, black hardware, Bart BTMB. The only real question is aesthetics. I'm not really into classic "pretty" basses. Though I consider my Deep5 stunning, it also is a bit odd with the chevrons, and my Mouse bodies are more on the weird-yet-clean lines (see below). For this I'm thinking fairly psycho but a limitation is that I want an oil finish so that lets out a lot of the buckeyes, etc. So far I think this is the top runner: 
With this as an interesting counterpoint: 
Though it may be work going gloss to get this: .jpg)
Imagine that with an odd diamondwood with some greens/blues/etc. The audience won't need to provide their own drugs...
For reference my current sibling bodies:   
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10-15-2010, 10:50 AM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | I had a feeling that this thread was coming...
I'd be all kinds of over this top, by far my fave of the ones posted.
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10-15-2010, 10:55 AM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | For understated, I like your #1 choice. For acid trip wild I say go for #3.
I'd hafta choose #3 just for the  factor.
Good Luck
God Bless, Ray
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10-15-2010, 11:01 AM
| | zulu as kono
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | well, with the myrtle I could go oil finish. With the burl I'd have to go gloss. Not the end of the world, but I do love the look/feel of oil.
Gard is suggesting a birdseye maple fretless board with the myrtle. Hmm...
Or go burl with rainbow diamondwood  |
10-15-2010, 11:07 AM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Birdseye and myrtle.... oh my, oh my, oh my!
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10-15-2010, 11:08 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Edgewater Maryland | | This one gets my vote:
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10-15-2010, 04:15 PM
| | zulu as kono
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | | Well, myrtle seems to be the front-runner as I can do oil finish with it. That with black diamond wood should be "classy." Still wondering what that crazy burl would look like though...and maybe Gard will find some wacky walnut or other oil-friendly top in the pile in the next day or so. Either way going to finalize by Monday in the spirit of expedience. |
10-15-2010, 04:19 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Hmmm, the black/myrtle combo would indeed be classy, and fit in very well with your collection....
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10-15-2010, 04:46 PM
| | zulu as kono
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | hmm, not sure I'm feeling this (although lousy photoshop doesn't help. I think I'm partial to darker woods...
#1 
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10-15-2010, 04:48 PM
|  | Well, Ahoy Paloi | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Cape Cod, MA | | | Nah, I agree with the darker woods. In this case the colors don't "flow".
Embrace the Dark Side. |
10-15-2010, 04:50 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Remember though, it'll be darker when oiled up and finished.
I'd also think you'll get some of the dark grain on the sides and a$$ end in on the action in the final piece.
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10-15-2010, 04:51 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | It's hard to know, hmm.....
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10-15-2010, 04:54 PM
| | | I vote No. 1 too.
Crazy Burl would look more like this:  |
10-15-2010, 05:04 PM
| | zulu as kono
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | #2 
this is more psycho
#3 
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10-15-2010, 05:12 PM
| | zulu as kono
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | help, i've fallen into photoshop and i can't get up...
#5 
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10-15-2010, 05:18 PM
| | zulu as kono
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | ack
#6 
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10-15-2010, 05:24 PM
| | zulu as kono
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | eeep
#7 
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10-15-2010, 05:36 PM
| | zulu as kono
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | thhhhpt
#8 
#9 
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10-15-2010, 06:17 PM
| | Well, Ahoy Paloi | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Cape Cod, MA | |
My vote here is "ACK"  |
10-15-2010, 06:20 PM
| | zulu as kono
Endorsing Artist: FEA Labs Effects | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: los angeles, CA | | | yeah, that top didn't really "pop" for me until I slapped it on a mockup.
if you did ack with a birdseye diamondwood board the rip in the space time continuum would be so big even Brett Fauvre's ego couldn't plug it.
Well...ok...maybe not *that* big... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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