westhemann Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 here is what i would do if it were mine...and i have given this some serious thought... i would take a natural colored brown stain(like a vevety soft type of brown)and i would stain the topwith it,then sand it back until it is all gone except in the deeper grain...then i would take a transparent brown laquer and i would color coat it with that...just thick enough to reach the perfect shade of brown to complement the tone of that wood...i think a thin color coat would do it while still staying transparent and not hiding any grain....then i would topcoat it with clear gloss .make a very thick,glasslike clear finish over the color coats...then polish the absolute hell out of it... i think that would look nice. but i would try to rout out as much of the center through neck as possible...use multiple pickups ,a floyd rout,large pickup rings...that sort of thing...bbecause in my opinion that flame in the center greatly throws off the quilt of the rest of the top. i would have hid that neck through with a full top..but that is just me...it is much too "busy" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightLamp Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 I'm totally digging the trans blue and trans red finishes that pukko drew up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Here's a brown version, were you thinking lighter or darker, westhemann? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 lighter...much much lighter. the color you have there would be in the bottom of the "quilt" grain...but the overall would be so light as to be almost amber... basically...it would be an almost natural look except that the quilt would be enhanced... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukko Posted December 2, 2006 Report Share Posted December 2, 2006 Ok, two versions of amber/brown: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 sort of...but lighter.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted November 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Well after much debate with myself I finally decided on this as my color scheme. What do you think? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Can't see it, it is asking for log in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted November 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 sorry wrong path to pick............. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 (edited) Well it turn out rather nice! And the figure on the neck laminates is nice!!! I like big flames like those!!! I would use them with this top and don't bother on covering the neck thru! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v195/Maiden69/07e888b4.jpg Edited November 15, 2007 by Maiden69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Well, I'm a little late, it looks like, but here's what I was going to say: Lovely CT6 in your example, there. A friend of mine has one with that exact finish, only with a little wilder quilt. I'm always one for a kind of amber/natural finish, so that would've been my first choice, but something like this (this one's a Carvin Bolt Plus of mine) would be nice...and looks like it's close to what you ended up with: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsguitar Posted November 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 it's the same burst i did on my Revelation. The carved top is going to get black hardware. Here is a look at the Revelation......... It's a three color burst / Lemon yellow center, vintage amber, and then cherry red... Hardware on Revelation will be chrome. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 That one looks nice, but I think that the neck needed to be about 1" farther out. Is like everything is too much into the center? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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