Chrome Paint, new method

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-1cTpSZ1l8

 

[Cagey]

Interesting.

I remember reading an article some years back when Satriani wanted a chrome Ibanez for his "Surfing With the Alien" tour. It seems they had a great deal of trouble pulling it off because they were trying to find a way to plate wood, which wouldn't cooperate because it's non-conductive, non-metallic, etc. They eventually succeeded, although I don't remember how. Maybe it was this process.

 

[DangerousR6]

Interesting.

I remember reading an article some years back when Satriani wanted a chrome Ibanez for his "Surfing With the Alien" tour. It seems they had a great deal of trouble pulling it off because they were trying to find a way to plate wood, which wouldn't cooperate because it's non-conductive, non-metallic, etc. They eventually succeeded, although I don't remember how. Maybe it was this process.

They eventually ended up using Lucite for the body of Satch's first chromeboy. Unlike wood, plastic can be chrome plated..

 

[Cagey]

Also interesting.

Although, I can't imagine living with a Lucite body. Buddy of mine had a Dan Armstrong back about 100 years ago that was a curious piece, but it weighed about 9,821 pounds. Also sounded like death, but it's hard to put a number on that.

 

[DangerousR6]

Joe seemed to make his sound pretty good...I even seen him use it in person...Didn't sound like death to me...But then again, Joe is Not of this Earth... :icon_biggrin:

 

[Cagey]

Right. He also wasn't saddled with Mr. Armstrong's gimcrack pickups.

I'm not exaggerating by much when I say it was 100 years ago. Lotta people like the pickups from way back when, but most of them sounded awful. The Dan Armstrongs were certainly nothing to write home about, and there were no aftermarket replacements since they were so special. No market to speak of. The best you could say if you wanted to be fair and balanced is that they worked and they were "unique". I'll leave "unique" up to the user to judge.

 

[DangerousR6]

Well to Mr. Armstrong's credit, he was boldly going where no one had gone before... :dontknow:

 

[DangerousR6]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-1cTpSZ1l8

Just watched the video, that's pretty cool...Has unlimited potentials.. :laughing7:

 

[Cagey]

Well to Mr. Armstrong's credit, he was boldly going where no one had gone before... :dontknow:

No question about that. Unfortunately, he was boldly going where nobody should go, as the market ultimately taught him. Different is not always better.