Peavey B-Quad 4 transformation - creative content

[JIO]

I'm anxious to see the "finished" product... the whole bass in its splendiferous new golden glowing attire

… dressed to kill - write it down!

 

[ubnomnar]

… dressed to kill - write it down!

Hmmm... where have I seen that before?

I'm a fan of your "gildaxe" work.

 

[JIO]

Hmmm... where have I seen that before?

I'm a fan of your "gildaxe" work.

thanks! check out my fb page - much going on lately

 

[mapleglo]

Not surprisingly, this looks amazing! Sub'd.

 

[ICM]

Sweet! Looks great. All this gilding is giving me the bug to try it on a pickguard or something.

 

[JIO]

Sweet! Looks great. All this gilding is giving me the bug to try it on a pickguard or something.

A pg would be a good scale to start with. If you live near an decent art store they will have what you need.

 

[JIO]

The B-Quad is 'in the mail' (final finished by Pat Wilkins) so should have it by Thursday - I'll post pics by the weekend.

 

[JIO]

o…m…g

 

[JIO]

I've done some cool finishes - but this one hands down takes the cake. Anything I post here on the road to reassembling the B-Quad will only be a very pale facsimile of what it looks like in person - and especially in twilight. In fact - I'm calling this 'look' "Twilight Zone" - because the half-light that is twilight is when the gold dusting (nailed by Pat) activates. Uber elegant. My concept with this is inspired by the tony sidewalks adjacent to high-urban architecture - the kind that 'sparkles' under foot at night ('twilight' created by street-lights, (auto) head-lights and store/shop lights catching the glittering aggregate mixed w/the concrete. I had Pat do it on an early attempt but it was too subtle. (cool, but only up close)

In the pic above and below - you can see the tiny dots of metallic dust. From a distance - the variegated gold leaf is the show. It holds and activates light access its metallic surface - then, a slight move into a different angle of light and the gold dust dances all over the body with killer understatement! ~magic~

 

[God's Favorite Bass]

I've done some cool finishes - but this one hands down takes the cake. Anything I post here on the road to reassembling the B-Quad will only be a very pale facsimile of what it looks like in person - and especially in twilight. In fact - I'm calling this 'look' "Twilight Zone" - because the half-light that is twilight is when the gold dusting (nailed by Pat) activates. Uber elegant. My concept with this is inspired by the tony sidewalks adjacent to high-urban architecture - the kind that 'sparkles' under foot at night ('twilight' created by street-lights, (auto) head-lights and store/shop lights catching the glittering aggregate mixed w/the concrete. I had Pat do it on an early attempt but it was too subtle. (cool, but only up close)

In the pic above and below - you can see the tiny dots of metallic dust. From a distance - the variegated gold leaf is the show. It holds and activates light access its metallic surface - then, a slight move into a different angle of light and the gold dust dances all over the body with killer understatement! ~magic~

Well done sir...

 

[JIO]

 

[JIO]

 

[AGH]

Looks awesome! This bass is gonna shine under a bit of stage lighting.

 

[JIO]

Looks awesome! This bass is gonna shine under a bit of stage lighting.

You hit the nail on the head AGH - these finishes live under stage lighting!

 

[ICM]

Saw this on my phone, thought: "Another great one from JIO"

Now on the computer moniter: "Oh my god, it has sparkles and flakes and looks like the bottom of a beautiful pond with small flecks of pollen hitting the water and a warm sunny summers day"

 

[mapleglo]

Am I seeing the grain of the wood coming through on that last picture, or is that just a reflection of the vertical blinds?

 

[wraub]

Pretty sure that's the blinds... But, whatever it is, it all looks fantastic from here.

Stunning.

 

[aRandomAggie]

Wow, just...wow. Can't wait to see the rest of this come together.

I wish TB had a feature that would just auto-subscribe me to JIO's build/mod threads.

 

[JIO]

Am I seeing the grain of the wood coming through on that last picture, or is that just a reflection of the vertical blinds?

It's a refection off the blinds - no wood grain on this one! (check out my black & blond makeover thread for grain)
http://www.talkbass.com/threads/black-blond-p-makeover.1087946/page-3

 

[BioWeapon]

I might need some gilding in the future after seeing this...