what cap is this?

[ponch]

Hey guys. I want to order an ib7 kit with a cap something like the picture. Doesn't need to be exactly this but was just wondering what you thought would get me in the ball park. Cheers.

[pablopepper]

Total guess, but that could be burled walnut.

Maybe a quilted maple top dyed black, lightly sanded back and then dyed red would get close to this.

[ponch]

Thanks mate. As far as stains go, I've heard feast Watson's gear goes alright. Was thinking Japan brown for back and sides and the neck, Japan black for the grain but unsure what red to go for.

[Michael Icefire]

I have a Dean bass like that, it's quilted maple on the cap. As someone else said, you can stain it dark, sand it off, then color finish to really make that quilt pop..It's nice and stable, unlike Spalted maple, which sometimes has soft areas in the 'spalt".

[ultpanzi]

If Im not mistaken, thats MCG's wet and dry sanding tutorial and that isnt actually a cap. Thats a paint job. One heck of a good one too. He has a vid on how to marble paint like that. He does it on a 6 string bass in the vid.

[wokkaboy]

I'd be very interested Eshays if you can find the video on the technique if that top is painted and not a cap.
Andrew, might be worth doing some research to find a veneer supplier to glue onto the IB7 cap, a quilted maple or some sort of burl should give you this effect.

[ponch]

Yeah that's the vid. Adam can do a custom order for the quilted top so will go that route.

[ponch]

After looking at mcgs Facebook I really want to marble my old ibanez!

[dingobass]

I used Feast Watson stain once.... NEVER AGAIN

[ponch]

Can you reccomend a good stain brand dingo? Will dingotone be ready in a few months as I'm guessing that's how long it takes for a custom order to be shipped.