mistermikev Posted March 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 so... probably fairly reckless and certainly experimental... now that I have my purple body finish sanded... I wanted to take a heat gun to it to try to enhance the purple.... before: and after: purpleheart starts to "sweat" if you get it hot enough... and I imagine that is getting to the danger zone because heating up titebond is a dangerous proposition. If you watch enough pen blank videos you'll see them really heat the piss out of the blank and before your eyes the purple will darken... def not going that far here. Can't heat it up before you work it because sanding turns it back to dull/brown/red. it def looks a hair more purple to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 21, 2023 Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 That's coming through my monitor as a highly purple purple to me. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2023 50 minutes ago, ScottR said: That's coming through my monitor as a highly purple purple to me. SR thank you sr. I'd like to get the fretboard a lil more... but the risk is not worth it. Purple 'nuf fer me!! thank you as always for your encouragement. very much appreciate it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 You have gotten good enough that you don't need my encouragement....but you certainly deserve my appreciation! SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted March 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 1 hour ago, ScottR said: You have gotten good enough that you don't need my encouragement....but you certainly deserve my appreciation! SR Not true... it is the encouragement of you and others on this forum that makes it all worthwhile. I also very much appreciate your appreciation!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 Congrats for the GOTM, and I see another serious competitor coming up nicely! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGTay Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 Congrats on GOTM. Very nice build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 27 minutes ago, Bizman62 said: Congrats for the GOTM, and I see another serious competitor coming up nicely! thank you Biz. Yes, lot of potential in the opposition build. Its def an honor for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 1 minute ago, JGTay said: Congrats on GOTM. Very nice build. thank you sir! very much appreciate the support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted April 6, 2023 Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 Well done, Mike. No use name dropping us in your entry - flattery will get you nowhere. Now start sucking more to give others a chance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 6, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2023 57 minutes ago, curtisa said: Well done, Mike. No use name dropping us in your entry - flattery will get you nowhere. Now start sucking more to give others a chance Just my way of acknowledging that I haven't done any of my builds alone. You hung in there with me on that bad driver board issue way longer than I could ever have asked and I deeply appreciate it. Plus you learned me something, and all my high school teachers collectively gasped at how you/Mikro succeeded where they failed lol! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAK Posted April 7, 2023 Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 Grats on GOTM Also that purple heart version is looking delectable! Does the heat treatment help the colour stay rich longer / age slower? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2023 Just now, JAK said: Grats on GOTM Also that purple heart version is looking delectable! Does the heat treatment help the colour stay rich longer / age slower? thank you! well... there is a lot of conflicting info in the world in regards to purpleheart. I've read that the sun turns it purple, and that the sun turns it brown. I've read that the only way to keep it purple is to use uv protection. I've also read that if you seal it well it will prevent browning. Then there is my intuition... I've seen at least a few old alembic guitars that are purpleheart and maple... and they most def did not have uv protectant on them... and yet they are still purple. I've seen lots more that have browned. Having seen the "pen blank guys" take a torch to purpleheart and make it vivid purple, my thoughts were: #1 get it as purple as possible to start with and #2 use osmo polyx which is opaque white when you see it at the right angle... figured this would help keep the sun off a little since I'm not interested in doing a gloss.. I guess time will tell... but for now... I put some tru oil on first and it made it a hair 'magenta'... then the osmo. it is looking pretty good and I'm working out the electronics as well as a few issues with finish and setup. I hope to get to a video of that one in the next week or so. You'll have to check back a decade from now to know for sure if it's still vivid!! hehe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 Nice one Mike, well deserved! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 1 minute ago, ADFinlayson said: Nice one Mike, well deserved! very much appreciate it ash, thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted April 11, 2023 Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 Way to go Mike! SR 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted April 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2023 Just now, ScottR said: Way to go Mike! SR Thank you Scott... very much appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted July 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 so about a week ago I finally found a place to buy a replacement piezo for the purpleheart version of this bass... think I can call it done now so I set about taking some photos. Have been working on a demo vid of it... but I guess I don't know how to play fretless anymore lol. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted July 29, 2023 Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 That’s a beauty! In my opinion purpleheart has a color that is very difficult to mix with other colors. The way you have done it here works really nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted July 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 24 minutes ago, henrim said: That’s a beauty! In my opinion purpleheart has a color that is very difficult to mix with other colors. The way you have done it here works really nice. thank you @henrim, that's very kind of you to say. Truth be told... I'm just picking up what alembic put down back in the 70's! you just can't go wrong with maple and purpleheart! I wish I had maintained a bit more of the purple... and I honestly thought the finish I chose would do that... but she turned a rich purple/red instead... and I'm pretty pleased with the accident. thank you again for the reply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted July 29, 2023 Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 Can't argue against that, the maple and purpleheart mix is delicious! And your camera work has improved exponentially! Some of the pictures made me drool... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted July 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2023 17 minutes ago, Bizman62 said: Can't argue against that, the maple and purpleheart mix is delicious! And your camera work has improved exponentially! Some of the pictures made me drool... hehe, thank you biz. I actually tried an experiment w camera based on some vids I saw where the guy overexposes the pics. so I went to aperture mode on my camera... and monkied around with that... but it was a pretty bad failure afa results. then I switched to manual mode... set iso and played with aperture... that resulted in pics 1-7 i think... much darker background. then my cat puked all over the backdrop so...she must have been satisfied with the pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted July 30, 2023 Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 12 hours ago, mistermikev said: set iso and played with aperture... that resulted in pics 1-7 i think... much darker background. Yepp, they almost look like the guitar is floating in darkness. The three last ones also hide the backdrop pretty well. Almost like renderings! Just to add to your toolbox, here's what I did with one of the others. Using Paint.Net/Brightness and Contrast I decreased the brightness by 10 and increased contrast by 10: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted July 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Bizman62 said: Yepp, they almost look like the guitar is floating in darkness. The three last ones also hide the backdrop pretty well. Almost like renderings! Just to add to your toolbox, here's what I did with one of the others. Using Paint.Net/Brightness and Contrast I decreased the brightness by 10 and increased contrast by 10: right on. floating: well I did have it floating a bit... I bought some rockler shop biscuits and used them to prop up the guitar... just about 1" above the backdrop but it is a nice effect. I did also monkey a bit with brightness/contrast in photoshop but Idunno.... I guess I feel that stuff is a bit like eq... should be a last resort. I hope that as I get more experience monkeying with the iso and aperture I'll arrive at brighter looking photos at the start... but it is always a good thing to know. thanks again for the reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted July 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2023 got a demo done... admittedly it's quite off the cuff... but I'd appreciate any feedback/comments y'all would be kind enough to give: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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