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Winter Buildoff 2022: Still A Diva
- Thread starter TerribleTim68
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Do you have any more of that maple scrap to do a piece in all purple?
What if you did a purple burst, and keep adding more so it blends to darker as it gets to the edge?
What if you did a purple burst, and keep adding more so it blends to darker as it gets to the edge?
Personally I think the blue with no black looks the best. Especially if there's gonna be a reveal of the dark Wenge around the edge. Plus it accentuates the figure in the maple best of the 3More pictures! Playing with finishes -
These are all the Crimson water based Stunning Stains. First two are just straight color on the flame maple (remember, not super flame-y) -
Green and Purple -
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Blue -
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These are all with a base of Black, then sanded back -
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I was kind of playing with versions of two colors next to each other just to see how they look, or clash. Honestly, I'm digging the purple-green with no black base. I think it just looks more vibrant and I don't know that the flame pops any better with the black base. I do see that I need to learn how to blend them better, it just kind of has this odd line where they meet. This is why we practice on scrap first.
The purple wood gives me...
I’ll just show myself out.
I’ll just show myself out.
Sorry, that is incorrect.
See, the dilemma is, I really want to do a purple bass because purple is my favorite color and I don't own a purple bass. In my mind, I was thinking a purple to blue or purple to green burst. So part of this test was to see what combo clashed and what didn't. I feel like the purple to green is just too much. At the same time, the blue to green screams "Seahwaks", and I HATE the Seahawks! 
The wife has agreed, I think we're going purple to blue with no black undercoat here.
The wife has agreed, I think we're going purple to blue with no black undercoat here.
I'm not planning on a wenge reveal, mostly because the purpleheart is directly under the maple.
Plus, I'm gonna jack this all up, throw tradition completely out the window, stomp on it a couple times and then run it over with a truck. We're going REVERSE burst here. Purple in the middle, fading to blue around the edges.
You have consulted with the local expert and provider of the wood.
Done!
Of course, if you are going to run over tradition with a truck, you'll need to get it back from the shop first.
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You may want to test on pieces that have been sanded as you would with the bass. It may change how the stain is absorbed.
Thumbsup on violet and blue 
I've found with purple and green, you can get some brown in there where they blend because the red in the purple is complementary to green, and complementary colours often make browns and browny-grey.
I've found with purple and green, you can get some brown in there where they blend because the red in the purple is complementary to green, and complementary colours often make browns and browny-grey.
Okay, I've been trying to work on this radius sled for my fretboard for a while now. Rather than post it all here, I gave it a separate thread, here -
Router Sled - Fretboard Radius Jig
Didn't exactly work out as planned, so I'm still trying to get that done to help me with this build.
Router Sled - Fretboard Radius Jig
Didn't exactly work out as planned, so I'm still trying to get that done to help me with this build.
On a good note, the last of my parts has been ordered -
I'll be dropping off the brass rod with my brother-in-law next week, and he will machine up my string ball end retainers, so I'm in good shape there too. Kind of cheating on that one by having him make them for me, but hey, he literally works at a machine shop, it's called "using resources".
So, if all goes well, by the end of next week I should have everything I need except those tuners. I guess I'm running out of excuses.
- Delano Xtender 4 HE/S pickup (I'm stoked that I managed to find money to get the exact pickup I wanted to put in this, it helps that I only need the one)
- Delano Xtender acrylic routing template (because why build one when they literally sell one for $11? )
- Recessed barrel jack
- 500k Pot for the volume knob.
I'll be dropping off the brass rod with my brother-in-law next week, and he will machine up my string ball end retainers, so I'm in good shape there too. Kind of cheating on that one by having him make them for me, but hey, he literally works at a machine shop, it's called "using resources".
So, if all goes well, by the end of next week I should have everything I need except those tuners. I guess I'm running out of excuses.
When I run out of excuses,...well, I'll just flat out make some $h!t up.
Got attacked by wolverines, saving children from a burning orphanage, abducted, whatever it takes.
Got attacked by wolverines, saving children from a burning orphanage, abducted, whatever it takes.
And then there's those Canadians
