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Warning!! This finish will not suit most tastes!
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Finger-too funny I like your obvious font size change. Hey, everybody like something different. haha
Even though I'm a hardcore burst/tort guy, I still think that's a cool effect. I actually tried real hard to buy a bass with a similar finish here once (a G&L "bowling ball" finish) but the owner wouldn't actually commit even though he would periodically message me to say he really wanted to complete the deal before disappearing again. I eventually gave up and stopped trying to contact him. 
Keep posting them as you do them.
Keep posting them as you do them.
It's a common, classic thing done to endpapers in books. Though the proper name of the process is escaping me at the moment - wait a minute - my brain is not totally broken, it's marbling.
Paper marbling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'd concentrate on process improvements to get it more usable straight up - the front of the body looks pretty good from here, the back and especially the headstock have a bad case of fugly going on, and sanding it out will probably change the character of it a lot. Not going totally nuts on the color selection improves the good taste of yours over, for instance, the picture on the top of that wiki article.
I've seen far worse things right here.
When you said you were "dipping" I was afraid you meant plasti-dip.
Paper marbling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'd concentrate on process improvements to get it more usable straight up - the front of the body looks pretty good from here, the back and especially the headstock have a bad case of fugly going on, and sanding it out will probably change the character of it a lot. Not going totally nuts on the color selection improves the good taste of yours over, for instance, the picture on the top of that wiki article.
I've seen far worse things right here.
When you said you were "dipping" I was afraid you meant plasti-dip.
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I like it. Sometimes wood can look really nice but mostly woodgrain is just woodgrain and I actually prefer paint in a nice color. That's a neat look but I personally think it's a bit "busy" and I wouldn't want to own it because I know I'd get tired of it. If you could get the pattern to follow the shape of the guitar more I'd probably be a lot more interested.
I love it. What do guys usually charge for this process I've had my eye on a new jazzmaster guitar and I think this would rock the house!
This was the very first mod I ever did on any guitar!
Odd that I remember this vividly. It was an Eko with 3 pups and a vibro-bar. Used Testors model paint. Blue, green, yellow and red. Did in the utility tub in the basement. Mom was pretty PO'd when she saw the residue in the tub.
Guys in the band thought it was the coolest thing they ever saw.
Got the idea from a model car building mag I was subscribed to. Peps were doing this to their model/slot cars. I just applied the concept to my guitar.
This was about 45 years ago
Odd that I remember this vividly. It was an Eko with 3 pups and a vibro-bar. Used Testors model paint. Blue, green, yellow and red. Did in the utility tub in the basement. Mom was pretty PO'd when she saw the residue in the tub.
Guys in the band thought it was the coolest thing they ever saw.
Got the idea from a model car building mag I was subscribed to. Peps were doing this to their model/slot cars. I just applied the concept to my guitar.
This was about 45 years ago
Scoops- guess this is nothing new for you. Too cool you did it a long time ago
Friendly- I'm not prepared to put a price on this yet since I am not sure how much finish work I will have to do. This is something you could likely turn out decent to the point that I have it now, on your own. Adding clear coat is a different story.
My final process will include blue ghost pearl in the final top coats. We'll see.
T-Bone- yeah, I'll work on the process, this one stays the way it is minus cutting down paint blobs. Not sure about color selection.
Ultimately, this is a display guitar which will be for sale, rather than being a commissioned piece this is an example of finishes I am preparing to offer.
Friendly- I'm not prepared to put a price on this yet since I am not sure how much finish work I will have to do. This is something you could likely turn out decent to the point that I have it now, on your own. Adding clear coat is a different story.
My final process will include blue ghost pearl in the final top coats. We'll see.
T-Bone- yeah, I'll work on the process, this one stays the way it is minus cutting down paint blobs. Not sure about color selection.
Ultimately, this is a display guitar which will be for sale, rather than being a commissioned piece this is an example of finishes I am preparing to offer.
In a way, I think this body looks more 'iced' than the Iced Bongo.
Nice in a way, but IMO better for guitar than bass.
I do like the choice of colors and the contrast, and the overall layout of the pattern.
Nice in a way, but IMO better for guitar than bass.
I do like the choice of colors and the contrast, and the overall layout of the pattern.
I can see that with better colors chosen. Would be a killer camo with the appropriate color pallet.
You are right. It doesn't suit my taste. Might have been cool in the 1960's at a Grateful Dead concert, now it's just butt ugly.
