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Is it possible to find guitars with transparent finishes (such as tobacco sunburst and the likes) on a top that is neither quilted nor flamed ?
Just wondering...
Just wondering...
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Re: Non flamed & non quilted tops ?
Possible, yes, but a lot of good body woods don't necessarily have attractive woodgrain. Alder, poplar and mahogany are not very figured, although some pieces look very nice. Most of the non-quilted or -flamed tops with transparent finishes are ash, which is my personal favorite. Spalted maple can look great too. -
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Flamed Koa and Lacewood also are tops J/C have used with natural or trans finishes.Comment
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Come and get one in the yarbles, if you have any yarbles, you yunick jelly thou!Comment
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Re: Non flamed & non quilted tops ?
Well even that is too much figured...
What would an ash top look like ?Comment
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Re: Non flamed & non quilted tops ?
Like this:
As was stated, most body woods are not figured, so a trans finish is usually considered a waste, and can actually make the natural wood look unattractive.
Some mid-90's Dinkys were done with Ash bodies and painted in a "graphite" finish (dark trans grey with no gloss) and you could see the wood figure, but the overall appearance was just crap in many opinions.I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
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Re: Non flamed & non quilted tops ?
Okay...
What about this finish, is it trans, I don't see as much figuring as on the pictures above...
Is a Tobacco Sunburst doable without being "trans" ?Comment
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Re: Non flamed & non quilted tops ?
Transparents look great over ash. Not as great as a nice piece of flamed or quilted maple (hence, this one is capped on top). But pretty "traditional-like" killer in their own right, IMHO.
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Thats a Jazz guitar Hellswrath, so the top is possibly spruce? Which has no figure at all unless its of the rare bearclaw variety. The top of my Acoustic is trans blue but the spruce has no figure at all so it looks like a solid finish.Comment
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Re: Non flamed & non quilted tops ?
Yeah I saw that but I thought that maybe that result was possible on a solid body guitar.
So my next question (haha noob fest) would be, is a tobacco sunburst possible as a solid finish ?Comment
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Re: Non flamed & non quilted tops ?
hrm...I don't know but I think the sunburst effect is created because of transparency of the finish. One of the luthiers or painters on the board would be able to answer that better though. I'm pretty sure I've seen some old solid color bursts on old jacksons. Like Blue and greenbursts.Comment
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Re: Non flamed & non quilted tops ?
Probably the easiest way if you're having one built is to request a plain (non-figured) maple top and do the normal transparent burst on that. Plain maple has very little figure, spruce is another good alternative as noted above.Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam!Comment
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jackson made the euro strat head limiteds in the 90's with a tobacco burst over ash. looks sweet. some cat here has it i think. i been hunting it forever. lol
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Awright thanks for the info everyone !Comment
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A burst finish is possible without trans colors.look at the LP Silverburst for example.you would just have to use regular paint as apposed to the translucent paints..the "fun" part would be choosing the proper colors..Bon Jovi is like a frozen Coca Cola.. It's cool, it's crunchy, but when all is said and done it is still pop....
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