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Interesting, unusual finishes...
- Thread starter Iridescentone
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- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,602
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
- Jun 30, 2010
- 49,602
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- musician/artist/owner - Gildaxe
Passinwind
I know nothing.
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This Marco Bass was done with an apprentice’s GF’s hair dye, I think he did the guitar finish too.
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I thought Brunswick Green. A friend said it looks moldy. I probably shouldn’t have sold it.
Bowling ball swirls are damn awesome, and is it me or do I see some subtle bursting?
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It's a Decorative Arts technique using black & green paint - a green base-coat and thinned black on top 'swirled' with (usually) a cheesecloth, then clear-coated. Bowling balls that look like that are physically blended plastic epoxy.
I always loved those finishes. I was once in contact with a TB'er who had a red bowling ball finish L-2500 that he supposedly wanted to sell. I tried for a long time to finalize a deal but it never happened. He'd ignore me for a while and then finally respond asking if I was still interested. I'd say YES!, he'd acknowledge getting that message, and then he'd disappear for another few weeks. After repeating that cycle a few times, I finally gave up.
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Dunno if all the Swirls were done exactly the same way, but I know the Red Swirl had some metallic gold paint involved. It would absolutely dazzle under bright lights in a way that I could never capture with a camera. Apparently the Swirls were delicate finishes too, I just barely bumped mine against the metal grill on a cabinet, took off a paint chip down to the wood.
This Form Factor Wombat is one of the craziest finishes out there. All of the art on this instrument is burned in using hand tools, it's called pyrography. I've had this guy for sale for quite some time. Originally they are around $7k new, and I'm just trying to get $3k for it!! Steal for whoever finally pulls the trigger.
