donald k wilson Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Sorry the tenon joint doesn't show that well in that picture, I'll try to get a better shot tomorrow. Here is a pic of the neck joint and back of the guitar, I decided to put a little birds eye maple neck plate and heel cap detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald k wilson Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Sitting here looking at these last two pictures I'm seeing maple and mahogany... cream and cherry... I need to think about this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBlack Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Sitting here looking at these last two pictures I'm seeing maple and mahogany... cream and cherry... I need to think about this! ← How about cream on top, cherry on bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Sitting here looking at these last two pictures I'm seeing maple and mahogany... cream and cherry... I need to think about this! ← I was going to say the same thing! I don't like the look on that last pic. You could paint the edge on the body of whatever color you are doing the burst and then finish the job, it will hide the differece in colors like Epiphone do on their guitars. Mine got a limbe body with a thin mahogany veneer on the back and sides, and on the round over it is painted with cherry color before the cherry clear coat is applied. the heels is a whole different mosnter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opencan Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 your cream is a bit yellow. try off-white if so. or make it purple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald k wilson Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Maiden you are right, definitely some sort of solid at the edges and heel to hide the repairs with a transparent in the body and up the neck. The stuff on the guitar right now is just natural filler, the areas of the mahogany that were carved into are very open grain, they'd never finish. time for a session in coreldraw... dkw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald k wilson Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 (edited) (I'm liking the idea of cream front rolled to cherry burst on the back and up the neck) Edited September 2, 2005 by donald k wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bytrix Posted September 2, 2005 Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 Sound nice, for some reason when I see a cream guitar I just immediately think of a tele, looks kinda weird seeing it on other guitars. The cherry-cream burst sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald k wilson Posted September 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2005 I'm working on it now in corelphoto, it has possibilities but the colors are going to be fussy. I'll post something when I get a little closer. thanks, dkw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javacody Posted September 3, 2005 Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 No, how about cherry on top and cream on the bottom. Cherry cheesecake. Mmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald k wilson Posted September 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2005 The image and vibe of cheesecake and my recollection of how this guitar used to sound, rich, rich, rich... very interesting. dkw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald k wilson Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 OK sorry about the lag time, I don't use corelphoto that often and I'm a little rusty. Picture 1, actual guitar with mild red transparency to cream edges. The dark to light burst is interesting, I have to work on my airbrush skills but it's an idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald k wilson Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 (edited) Picture 2 a little braver on the cherry body color... The mask tools in cp change the file save formats, I have a little more homework to do to get the cream burst overlaid in this picture. There is way too much color choice in the program, if I was working on the guitar I'd just take what came out of the can! Edited September 6, 2005 by donald k wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javacody Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 I'm liking the darker red more, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald k wilson Posted September 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 The red is closer to the traditional sg cherry, I color matched it off a scan from a catalog picture. I'm still playing with this, the trick is tying it all together around the guitar and up the neck. I'm glad you all got me going in this direction, this has been a great experiment in designing a burst not an "explosion". more soon, thanks, dkw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 That is one really beautiful doctor job you've done, looks beautiful! I'm surprised nobody has offered 'Iommi Black w/ upside down crosses' yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 That rendering in cherryt looks like an SG faded. It would look OK, I will wait for your "burst-xplosion" thingy to see what you got in store... If it was mine I would be removing (pluggin') the front routs and making it rear rout wit h either 3 P90's for a classic tone or EMGs for a metal machine, and since you got the CNC advantage, I would be shaving 1/2" of the top and ordering a nice badass curly maple top and then doing a stained burst on it... he got quite a few beautiful tops right now!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 its not yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 That is one really beautiful doctor job you've done, looks beautiful! I'm surprised nobody has offered 'Iommi Black w/ upside down crosses' yet. ← the thing that always kills me about this... Iommi's crosses are RIGHT SIDE UP Everybody misses that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 the thing that always kills me about this... Iommi's crosses are RIGHT SIDE UP Everybody misses that one. ← Damn Lefties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Lefties are the work of the devil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Lefties are the work of the devil. ← "Sinister" is actually latin for "left handed." I knew those two years of high school latin would come in handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Lefties are the work of the devil. That's why they usually play better than righties...they've all sold their souls! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodBlessTexas Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Lefties are the work of the devil. ← "Sinister" is actually latin for "left handed." I knew those two years of high school latin would come in handy. ← I think your two years of high school latin may have been wasted. Are you sure it wasn't Italian? Sinister is derived from the latin sinistra, which in latin simply means left. It has Biblical roots because those favored by God sat at his right hand, while any mention of the left-hand had negative or evil connotations. In Italian, sinistra can mean both left or sinister. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEdwardJones Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 (edited) Lefties are the work of the devil. ← "Sinister" is actually latin for "left handed." I knew those two years of high school latin would come in handy. ← I think your two years of high school latin may have been wasted. Are you sure it wasn't Italian? Sinister is derived from the latin sinistra, which in latin simply means left. It has Biblical roots because those favored by God sat at his right hand, while any mention of the left-hand had negative or evil connotations. In Italian, sinistra can mean both left or sinister. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... ← My two years of high school latin were 15 years ago, but.... sinister Look up sinister at Dictionary.com 1411, "prompted by malice or ill-will," from O.Fr. sinistre "contrary, unfavorable, to the left," from L. sinister "left, on the left side" (opposite of dexter), perhaps from base *sen- and meaning prop. "the slower or weaker hand" [Tucker], but Buck suggests it's a euphemism (see left), connected with the root of Skt. saniyan "more useful, more advantageous." The L. word was used in augury in the sense of "unlucky, unfavorable" (omens, especially bird flights, seen on the left hand were regarded as portending misfortune), and thus sinister acquired a sense of "harmful, unfavorable, adverse." This was from Gk. influence, reflecting the early Gk. practice of facing north when observing omens; in genuine Roman auspices, the left was favorable. Bend (not "bar") sinister in heraldry indicates illegitimacy and preserves the lit. sense of "on the left side." And I will attempt to re-rail the thread. I'm a sucker for honey colored guitars. I'd say stain it a deep yellow. Edited September 8, 2005 by GEdwardJones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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