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05-03-2011, 08:15 AM
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I have seen some very green samples of buckeye maple, do you think I could retain my classic image with a buckeye top ?
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05-03-2011, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL  I have seen some very green samples of buckeye maple, do you think I could retain my classic image with a buckeye top ? | What's buckeye maple? |
05-03-2011, 08:27 AM
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05-03-2011, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by allexcosta What's buckeye maple? | 5072
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05-03-2011, 08:30 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: AZ mountains | | | Do you mean birdseye maple? I believe Buckeye is in the chestnut family.
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05-03-2011, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL | That's not buckeye maple, there's no such a thing...
That's buckeye burl... |
05-03-2011, 08:38 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Jersey | | | gorgeous bass, damn!
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05-03-2011, 08:40 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Toms River,NJ | | | Gorgeous bass...nice top and worthy of sacrificing your green image thing... |
05-03-2011, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL | Beautiful but it looks unfinished without a matching headstock.
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05-03-2011, 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL I have seen some very green samples of buckeye maple, do you think I could retain my classic image with a buckeye top ? | I dunno, MM, I'm skeptical that any natural wood would be green enough for your image! Be a trailblazer: order buckeye burl with trans green finish. I'm not kidding.
If that's not possible, well, I'd be curious about those green samples. Will they remain green once the bass is finished? Here are before and after photos of another buckeye Sadowsky:   |
05-03-2011, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by allexcosta That's not buckeye maple, there's no such a thing...
That's buckeye burl... | Picky, picky, picky. 
I don't think I've ever seen any burled wood with a green stain. I honestly think it's a shame when the natural color of figured wood is covered with a stain or dye. That's just my 2 cents. 
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05-03-2011, 09:06 AM
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05-03-2011, 11:24 AM
| | A Hard Rockin Lover of GREENBURST Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | | | That would be very interesting to have a buckeye top bass with a color finish.
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05-03-2011, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL That would be very interesting to have a buckeye top bass with a color finish. | It would be.......an abomination |
05-03-2011, 11:36 AM
|  | poppin in the corn belt | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: A tank of gas from Chicago | | | I'm not a fan of buckeye or burl anything. I prefer quilt or flame. It's cool, but the thought of filling in parts with wood filler just doesn't sit well with me.
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05-03-2011, 12:31 PM
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Im sure Green would pull it off too. |
05-03-2011, 12:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere in middle America | | | Perhaps if you find a lighter piece of buckeye burl, you could test a little sample with a slight green finish to still be true to the Major Metal image. |
05-03-2011, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by MAJOR METAL That would be very interesting to have a buckeye top bass with a color finish. | Spector ?
Also, Buckeye is a Chestnut tree.
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05-03-2011, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Fuzzbass I dunno, MM, I'm skeptical that any natural wood would be green enough for your image! Be a trailblazer: order buckeye burl with trans green finish. I'm not kidding.
If that's not possible, well, I'd be curious about those green samples. Will they remain green once the bass is finished? Here are before and after photos of another buckeye Sadowsky: | That's a beautiful body, is it a certain kind of buckeye? im not to familure with woods, but all the other buckeye i have seen hasnt been as nice | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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