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| Author: | SniderMike [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:10 pm ] |
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Well, I finally got this one all done the other day. The blue isn't really my style, but I ended up liking it quite a bit. It plays great and sounds great as well. I'm going to have to make more with this pickup configuration. It is also chambered a bit. Nothing extreme. I had some sound clips, but they didn't turn out worth a gosh darn darn. Thanks again to Mattia and Bob C. for dying tips. 
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| Author: | Jloc222 [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:36 pm ] |
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Just beautiful! Very nice work. I must say that I love that blue and that is most definately what I am shooting for on my current solid body, although I might be a little shy of doing anything like your wicked ocean burst, which looks amazing.
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| Author: | clavin [ Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:54 pm ] |
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Great Job Mike!!!!! I can just picture a school of inlaid dolphins swimming right through that! Craig L. |
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| Author: | SniderMike [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:47 am ] |
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Jason and Craig, thanks! |
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| Author: | Alain Desforges [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:02 am ] |
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Mike, she is MINT!!! I love everything about it! That maple is stunning and the color is very very cool... I also really like your headstock shape. Top drawer, my man, top drawer! 
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| Author: | LuthierSupplier [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:10 am ] |
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Just Gorgeous Mike! I love everything about this one. Awesome job my man! Tracy |
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| Author: | Billy T [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:47 am ] |
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Yea! You know that looks real good! Too bad about the b-b-Bu, Oh forget it, I can't even say it! 
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:28 am ] |
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Mike, This has to be one of the most attractive "burst" I've ever seen. very nice guitar overall too! |
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| Author: | Wade Sylvester [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:11 am ] |
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Solid piece of electric eye candy there Mike! Great job. I like how the volute curve is echoed in the back curve at the neck/body joint. It all seems to flow nicely! Wade |
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:06 am ] |
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Really Cool!
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| Author: | af_one [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:54 am ] |
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I really like that! |
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| Author: | j.Brown [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:47 am ] |
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That looks pretty nice, Mike...but are you going to leave the peghead like that? 
Seriously, though, folks...... Nice work, Mike. I'm going to have to get some of those dye tips from you. -j. |
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| Author: | SniderMike [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:25 pm ] |
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Thank you all so much for the kind comments. 
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| Author: | SniderMike [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:54 pm ] |
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I forgot to also thank everyone who offered advice for the USL finish too. Thanks!!! |
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| Author: | npalen [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:57 pm ] |
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Is that Mohawk blue? |
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| Author: | Ricardo [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:29 pm ] |
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At last a guitar that I would give up my PRS Custom 22 10-top for! 
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| Author: | Jloc222 [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:41 pm ] |
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I gotta say again the entire thing is amazing, but something that really stood out when I looked at it again was how the control knobs followed the burst. What a creative idea, at first glance I just didn't think anything of it, then I realized how they darkened as the burst did, just an amazing addition there and something I could have never thought of and I love creative details like that. Anyhow, once again good stuff. I must say I am slightly biased though because I'm a sucker for blue dyes and volutes! Jason |
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| Author: | SniderMike [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:26 pm ] |
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Thanks again, y'all! Nelson, it is Transtint blue. Jason, the knob scheme worked out partly by accident. I only had two of the abalone knobs, and I was going to get another, but then I noticed how well the blue one worked. Thanks for noticing too! |
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| Author: | KenH [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:52 pm ] |
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Beautiful Mike! Youre the man when it comes to those blue axes! I tried staining a LP copy I made using the blue and wanted it to turn out just like what I see in yours. Needless to say, it didnt and I sanded all of the blue off of it and started over leaving it a natural finish. I am just amazed when I see guitars like this one and see how the blue blends so well with the curly top. I am humbled ! Outstanding ! |
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| Author: | Steve Kinnaird [ Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:56 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=SniderMike] Thanks fer lookin'[/QUOTE] Hey, thanks fer showin', Mike! Very inspiring work indeed. Steve |
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| Author: | Mattia Valente [ Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:56 am ] |
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Very, very nice! (and did you end up tinting, direct staining, or a combo of both?) |
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| Author: | SniderMike [ Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:33 pm ] |
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[QUOTE=Mattia Valente] Very, very nice! (and did you end up tinting, direct staining, or a combo of both?)[/ QUOTE] Hey Mattia. I wiped on the first dark highlight "coat," which I then sanded back. After that I sprayed it all. I tried wiping on the yellow, but it was just too splotchy. Thanks again. |
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| Author: | SteveCourtright [ Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:08 pm ] |
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The neck and heel/body joint is just so lovely. Very cohesive design. |
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