Leafenbacker

[bassestkkm]

I just had an eccentric idea for colors

The deep part of the wings should be black with the leafs and acorns silver and the framing of the rest of the body should be walnut... I have no idea where it came from but its a color scheme haha

 

[Bocete]

Brown burst sounds very interesting. But LK's plain woody look works so great, I'd be very reluctant to do it differently.

 

[mapleglo]

If you are going to go with colour, I agree that some sort of sunburst would be best. Especially if its one that lets some of the grain (especially that mahogany) through.

Maybe you should get some actual oak leaves to be painted into the finish? Kind of like that starburst effect with gold leaf in it.

I just had an eccentric idea for colors

The deep part of the wings should be black with the leafs and acorns silver and the framing of the rest of the body should be walnut... I have no idea where it came from but its a color scheme haha

Brown burst sounds very interesting. But LK's plain woody look works so great, I'd be very reluctant to do it differently.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm still undecided, but am now tending toward just leaving it natural. I suppose I could always go with some color at some point in the future though. I'll dwell on it over this week. There's still time to decide before I'm at the point where I start final assembly.

 

[mellowinman]

Before going with any colors, or bursting, please at least try some tung oil, or something to see how that's going to look natural. My instinct is that this will be a truly beautiful instrument.

 

[59jazz]

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[JimmyThunder]

no question, natural for sure

 

[mapleglo]

Before going with any colors, or bursting, please at least try some tung oil, or something to see how that's going to look natural. My instinct is that this will be a truly beautiful instrument.

no question, natural for sure

My inclination at this point is to go natural. I plan on picking up a can of tung oil this weekend for testing. Home Depot doesn't seem to carry it, but it appears to be a regular item at Lowes.

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Thanks for the interest

 

[JackG]

yeah, natural seems best in my opinion. it would be real cool if the leaves were stained darker near the bottoms to create depth, but it would be lots of work i imagine.

 

[randyripoff]

I think natural is fine, but you should do something with the leaves. I think they need to pop, whether that means color or a stain.

 

[Scoops]

I'm also in favor of natural, however, I'm thinking if you can make the recessed areas where the leaves are a little darker, it would sever as a real nice contrast. You could experiment and get some brown/tan construction paper and cut to shape just to get an idea.

-scps

 

[Hopkins]

It would be difficult to stain the area around the leaves without getting stain on the leaves themselves, or vice versa

 

[Scoops]

It would be difficult to stain the area around the leaves without getting stain on the leaves themselves, or vice versa

Leaves would go in after the stain. I'm assuming they aren't glues in yet

 

[frnjplayer]

Leaves would go in after the stain. I'm assuming they aren't glues in yet

The leaves should be stained reds and yellows. Autumburst!

 

[mapleglo]

Thanks for all the feedback. I think, after much thought, I'm going to go with my original vision for this build and keep it natural, or "mapleglo", as a replacement for my mid 70's 4001. The leaves are already glued in, so that kind of cemented my decision at this point. I think the time to add color, as has been suggested, was before the leaves were glued in place.

In other news, I finished winding the last pickup, and will pot it soon, and the strap came in today.

 

[wraub]

Thanks for acquiescing to the gallery. I think it'll look pretty damn awesome when you're finished.
Looking forward to it.

 

[ICM]

When the mahogany gets darker looking with the addition of finish and yellowing over time, it will look amazing, especially with the addition of the strap.

 

[zontar]

I like having a matching strap.

Looks cool.

 

[gmjhowe]

Thanks for all the feedback. I think, after much thought, I'm going to go with my original vision for this build and keep it natural, or "mapleglo", as a replacement for my mid 70's 4001. The leaves are already glued in, so that kind of cemented my decision at this point. I think the time to add color, as has been suggested, was before the leaves were glued in place.

In other news, I finished winding the last pickup, and will pot it soon, and the strap came in today.

Man, this is so close I can almost taste the finished thing. Why is it the last 10% takes 80% of the time?

 

[mellowinman]

Thanks for all the feedback. I think, after much thought, I'm going to go with my original vision for this build and keep it natural, or "mapleglo", as a replacement for my mid 70's 4001. The leaves are already glued in, so that kind of cemented my decision at this point. I think the time to add color, as has been suggested, was before the leaves were glued in place.

In other news, I finished winding the last pickup, and will pot it soon, and the strap came in today.

Fantastic. I can't wait to see the finished instrument. Really tasteful, nice build.

 

[Kaa]

Natural, smatural.

PURPLE SPARKLE!!!!!!

OK, now for a more serious post: could you maybe take a darker colored "touch up" style pen/marker and do the edges for the raised leaf pieces to maybe increase the contrast with the natural stain?