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Custom Grabber - 1st A to Z build

#163
ThaCoast said:
I guess I'll wait and see about that when the time comes. SO far, it looks like the test piece has a darker change while retaining the flake aspect of it which is what i'm after. But it might all change on the actually body piece.
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Because you didn't put a full wet coat of purple over the blue. If you tried that effect on the whole body it would be next to impossible to get it even.

A transparent red over the blue, or better yet, a trans purple over a silver base coat would give you the effect that I think you are looking for.
 
#165
ThaCoast said:
...It's cause i'm going for a dark purple metal flake color. It's what my dad saw once years ago on either a guitar or a bass, not sure if it was an actual grabber that he saw, but he said it was one color he hadn't seen since and it'd be cool to have. It's more for him than for me, but the paint scheme works...
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Didn't Gene Simmons have a Grabber that was refinned in dark purple metal flake once?

I'm pretty sure I've seen pictures of it in another thread here on TB - supposedly it's the one he's holding on the cover of "Alive!".
 
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#166
Gene with his purple flake Grabber:

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#167
Hopkins said:
Because you didn't put a full wet coat of purple over the blue. If you tried that effect on the whole body it would be next to impossible to get it even.

A transparent red over the blue, or better yet, a trans purple over a silver base coat would give you the effect that I think you are looking for.
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Actually when i did the test piece at first, i did put a coat of purple over a wet coat of blue that had perhaps 5 mins of dry time set in. The 2nd coat was done today early morning to determine if it would be darker if i did use a second coat ontop the single blue coat. And it worked. I've thought of doing the same as this as he used dupli color blue flake and VHT red brake light paint. I had asked what he used but seeing his finished product, it's not the color i'm after. So i figured if i use the blue flake but just use a actual purple colour over it, i'd have the purple flake as desired with the blue acting as a darken factor for the purple top coat. But i do see what you mean by using any of the other combinations

Dadagoboi said:
Not much...but I'm looking forward to being pleasantly surprised. So far you're doing a great job!
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Thank you, i've been watching and researching techniques of spray painting guitars.
hillerup said:
Didn't Gene Simmons have a Grapper that was refinned in dark purple metal flake once?

I'm pretty sure I've seen pictures of it in another thread here on TB - supposedly it's the one he's holding on the cover of "Alive!".
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Actually his was red metal flake not purple, but same principal i'd figure although today it would be easier to replicate that since the dupli color flake does come in red as well. :P
 
#169
ThaCoast said:
Actually his was red metal flake not purple, but same principal i'd figure although today it would be easier to replicate that since the dupli color flake does come in red as well. :p
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Hmmm... Comparing the colour of the bass to the colour of the blood running from his mouth, it have a pretty hard time seeing that his bass is painted red metal flake - Looks more purple or burgundy to me...
 
#170
Hopkins said:
I guess I am not seeing what you are seeing.

The purple that extends past the blue on the bottom doesn't look any different than the purple on top of the blue.
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IT's cause i sprayed the blue however on piece & then the purple on top of the blue is, to me, darken by the blue i would guess. But the bottom part is just on the wood itself and also it's more mist from the purple ontop of the blue flake.

hillerup said:
Hmmm... Comparing the colour of the bass to the colour of the blood running from his mouth, it have a pretty hard time seeing that his bass is painted red metal flake - Looks more purple or burgundy to me...
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It was a refin from possibly the burgundy grabber.
 
#171
ThaCoast said:
IT's cause i sprayed the blue however on piece & then the purple on top of the blue is, to me, darken by the blue i would guess. But the bottom part is just on the wood itself and also it's more mist from the purple ontop of the blue flake.



It was a refin from possibly the burgundy grabber.
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So are you just trying to dust the purple over the blue?
 
#173
ThaCoast said:
Npt exactly, i'm trying to get the purple just dark enough over the blue and have the flake appear within it. It may be high hopes and long shot, but i'm pretty positive it'll work.
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That is going to be next to impossible to do that with an opaque color and get it even.

What you need is a trans purple over the blue in order to get an even coat.

Something like this would probably work for you [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
 
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#174
So the blue flake is looking nice. I'm contemplating what i should do with the purple, just thinking about it for the moment. But onto new things: I'm close to profiling the neck. As per my father's request, a thunderbird profile it was to be...until i tried one out :( kinda displeased with it's profile. It's fast and comfortable, but i'm gonna beef that profile up a bit. I'm glad i have a jazz neck and precision neck profile, i'll be able to do an in between leaning more towards the precision profile at first, until i'm satisfied. I can take wood off, but not put it back :).

So is there a general process on how to shape a neck profile? Any tips on how to carve out the heel and scarf joint?
 
#175
Good plan - start big and "sneak up" on the final profile. I use a quarter-round rasp for the heel and volute areas (are you going to do a volute?) and a Shinto Saw Rasp for the straight areas. But there are lots of perfectly valid methods.
 
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#176
I don't have a shinto saw rasp, all i got are files and a quarter round rasp to hog out the excess. No volute, i'm just going straight blend between headstock and neck. I thought it was a good plan too, so far so goo, i've only focused on the bigger portion of the neck, i'm doing the heel and head/neck blend afterwards. Pictures to come perhaps later or this weekend, cold weather + metal = thick gloves ;)
 
#177
ThaCoast said:
I don't have a shinto saw rasp, all i got are files and a quarter round rasp to hog out the excess. No volute, i'm just going straight blend between headstock and neck. I thought it was a good plan too, so far so goo, i've only focused on the bigger portion of the neck, i'm doing the heel and head/neck blend afterwards. Pictures to come perhaps later or this weekend, cold weather + metal = thick gloves ;)
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Shinto Rasps are cheap enough that nobody should not have one. Really, they are that good of a tool. Probably my favorite tool in existence, next to a router.
 

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