File under: Finishes that you could dive into.
File under: Finishes that you could dive into.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
wow Pablo that is one amazing PRS ! Incredible flame top !
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scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Agreed. You could dive into that. It looks so much like water rippling.
Beautiful guitar. I so wish I knew how to achieve this. My feeble attempts at popping the grain fall woefully short.
cheers,
Gav.
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@ Gav I'd say the cap he has to start with has amazing figure. Much more than the PBG kits, I think with practice and a really high grade flame maple cap we can achieve close to this finish
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
That looks more like a quilted maple to me, which I think accounts for most of the difference between finishes you get for flame maple. Could be wrong though, not a wood-spotter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilt_maple
Looks great though
Lovely! (provided it is real wood, not some simulacra - the plastic trim/buttons on my Logitech gaming mouse has a sort of optical effect not dissimilar to that which appears much deeper than it really is). This one is similar I think (perhaps not quite those amazingly long waves that top has - and the obviously different pickups)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP69Xb2lO9I
Similar. A Custom 24 will set you back 2-4k depending on the top. This guy
is PRS Private Stock #1663. Private stock guitars are in the 15-30k range. Damn.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
I'm sure this is genuine quilted maple, but some cheaper guitar companies were (in the 90's at least) using a rippled plastic sheet under the clear finish to achieve this effect. (So I'm told anyway)
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
These do appear on another thread, but deserve to be here in their own right. And made by DB himself!
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GPB-4B: https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...548#post184548
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