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07-06-2012, 11:12 AM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | Thanks PaPaVB...Robs Single Cut will be hanging and drying tomorrow night, just about to start the finish coats of oil on that. I'll probably do a quick build synopsis on that bass soon |
07-06-2012, 11:47 AM
| | | | Great! I will test drive that bass as soon as it get`s here, I am happy he choose you to build is bass, you are a genius! |
07-26-2012, 08:36 PM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | Well Papa, it has shipped, we'll see if Roberto even likes it...LOL. keeping my fingers crossd |
07-27-2012, 09:45 AM
| | | | Ohh I am pretty sure he will!! I saw the pictures on your FB and all I have to say is WOW! Amazing work, if it sounds like it looks(I am sure about that), he will threw away all his other basses out... |
10-05-2012, 03:17 AM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | finally some time to add a little more 8 string content
got the body sanded and dyed, the effect I was going for was a dark burgandy color with darker ghost flame type figure. Very Subdued look initially, but very impactful in person. This took me better than a month to get right. I am including both Low res phone pics to show more of the color, and higher res camera pics to show the effect, but it washes out the red/violet color a bit.
fully dyed 
pics of the neck and body in the booth with first few sealer coats, this is where the grain effect starts to show.     
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10-05-2012, 06:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Miami Gardens, Fl | | | Looks good... JC
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10-05-2012, 06:41 AM
| | | | Like the chambering ! |
10-06-2012, 09:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Puerto Rico | | | That neck is something else!!!! |
10-06-2012, 11:48 PM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | Yeah Jose, it's an aircraft carrier....LOL. have a 9 and 10 in the works at the shop now, this will be done by the end of the month. |
10-07-2012, 10:55 AM
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Endorsing artist:see profile. | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CHICAGO,IL. | | | I had a chance to check out the body and the neck yesterday. The pics does not do any justice and the neck is a work of art, it's not chunky at all, and the attention to detail really is super top notch.
Who ever get this bass will have a well crafted instrument from a very talented luthier. |
10-07-2012, 03:08 PM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | Thanks Jauqo, you are way too kind my friend. We had a great time!
Jauqo, Vuyani Wakaba, Bill Clements, myself, my wife and family also had a great Pizza Party. As a break from the shop work, Also a great time....LOL |
10-07-2012, 05:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Puerto Rico | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Musiclogic  Yeah Jose, it's an aircraft carrier....LOL. have a 9 and 10 in the works at the shop now, this will be done by the end of the month. | Would like to see some pics of those. |
10-07-2012, 06:52 PM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | I'll post pcs of the 9 n the coming weeks, the 10 is for Summer NAMM and will probably not be posted until Spring |
01-07-2013, 12:03 PM
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01-07-2013, 05:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dartmouth, Canada | | | Outstanding work! I really love the finish colour. |
01-07-2013, 07:55 PM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | Thanks Geoff, originally I was gong to do a deep Green, Jauqo suggested a deep Red, so I tried to get a translucent version of Midnight Wine, and in person, it is very close although the pics don't quite capture it....LOL |
01-07-2013, 08:12 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Boston, Mass | | | I must say this is one of the most impressive basses I've seen in quite sometime. |
01-07-2013, 09:39 PM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | Thanks Shiny, I am hoping for this to be a really nice looking 8, especially considering it will be an inexpensive instrument when it is sold. The idea Jauqo and I agreed upon was to make an 8 that looked and played like a high end Boutique ERB, but be sold at a Mail Order price. Hopefully this ends up fitting those parameters.  |
01-07-2013, 09:44 PM
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owner/builder, ISLAND Instrument Mfg. | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Montreal QC CA | | | That stain is GORGEOUS!
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01-08-2013, 01:13 PM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | Thanks man, I am really happy with the color, Jauqo was here a few weeks ago, and seemed to be very happy with it also. So far it's been a great experience pushing some of the limits of what I am able to do with the ERB platform. I have a couple more I will be posting as I get them going. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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