Limited "Purple Haze" finish...

[aarontunes]

This one-off came out of the finishing department this week. We're calling "Purple Haze". What do you think?

 

[anorakDan]

I like it! Make it one of the options!

 

[BigSteve22]

That's Frk'n AWSOME!

 

[DangerousR6]

nice...

 

[Day-mun]

Cool quilt pattern; I see an very Zen dragon meditating in lotus-pose  :laughing7: *Aaauuummmmm*

 

[rgand]

That's pretty cool. New finishes are fun to take a look at.

Now lets get going on a transparent, maroon dye.

 

[amigarobbo]

That's pretty cool. New finishes are fun to take a look at.

Now lets get going on a transparent, maroon dye.

:glasses10:

I've thought that myself: http://unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=25612.msg368610#msg368610

 

[Gemcutter]

That's D-stinkin'-lux!

It would be great if the formulas for various finishes like this were made available so that us do-it-ourselfers could give it a shot. Are these formulas/techniques available anywhere, or are they all top-secret?

 

[Jet-Jaguar]

I wish that and Magenta burst were normal things that you could order.  Although, I already have a magenta-burst guitar I got from warmoth a few years back, so it's not like *I* need one; it would be good for those people who didn't already have one.

 

[Schneidas]

Damn! Just when I was saving up the dough to buy a new PC in Feb they do something like this... AND chambered AND Mahogany AND Trem... exactly as I wanted.

Well just have to buy it. Goodbye PC... hello new Strat!!

 

[dmraco]

 

[stratamania]

There's something about it that doesn't do it for me.  Perhaps if the blue was in the Center and the purple at the edges might work.

But perhaps others may love it.

Actually I'd like to see someone build a Jazzmaster in that colour with a Floyd Rose and a CBS Strat headstock just for the sheer quirkiness of it.

 

[Kostas]

Another purple haze finish

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[stratamania]

Yikes, THe Wind Cries Mary, in the wrong key and no thumb over the neck.

 

[bagman67]

Yeah, that was a little jarring - particularly when he left out the fifth in the bass on the main riff.  But if the point is to show off the purple-osity of the guitar, I gotta admit it's a pretty nifty finish.

 

[stratamania]

The purple of the guitar in the video looked pretty nifty.

Yes the fifth in the main riff in the bass is something that's often omitted but to me it's something that is characteristic of the riff.  Also in the actual key in the next sections when you get down to the F chord there is a really nice move where the open G is hammered to the A, effectively the 9th moving to the 3rd of the chord.  It's impossible to get that move in the key used in the video.

 

[BigSteve22]

Guys, Guys.... A little harsh ain't? The man's just showing you his guitar, not trying out for your band. I'm sure your technical analysis is spot on, I just don't know if he was looking for a critique.

Kostas: Nice axe, man. Reminds me of the oil-on-water light shows from the old days.

 

[stratamania]

I don't think the guitar or the player is Kostas.

Actually not trying to be harsh on the player. More a comment on the key choice and no thumb over the neck was meant tongue in cheek. British humour.

This song is actually one that got me to use the thumb in that way as some of the moves it's the only way to do it. I was being somewhat ironic as my early training which was more classically based would frown on such a thing.

Any other analysis was a discussion of the song itself.

 

[BigSteve22]

I understand totally about the classical training. My first guitar teacher was Mr Patrick: Sit up straight, thumb in the middle or the neck, fingers arched over the fret board to the point of hand cramps. Not exactly what a 10 year old, who was still reeling from hearing the Beatles on TV for the first time, was looking for.

Second teacher was Dave Barron, a NYC blues/jazz player. He's the reason I kept on paying and still do. He would sometimes let me, a kid who had a hard time remembering the difference between an Am and a Cmaj, play his D'Angelico during lessons! I was hooked for life. If my family hadn't moved, I'd be a much better player today.

Sorry I misunderstood your intentions. Didn't occur to me that the play and poster might not be one and the same. Gotta go re-watch my Fawlty Towers DVD!

 

[stratamania]

No need to apologise BugSteve22, it's easy to miss that not all might get the intention especially when writing things down.

Have a great Xmas.