Maori Tribal Sea Turtle

[Great Ape]

Wanted to do another ''Full-body-burn'' with no shortcuts or easy way out, and for whatever reason, a sea turtle kept coming to mind, so...
I'm using basswood because of its lack of grain pattern, it's soft, so it burns easily, and, since this guitar is to be a dedicated slide instrument, and I'm gonna be using Ken's new Valco/Supro Roadhouse pickups, I did NOT want to use a 'premium' tonewood, since I'm shooting for a funkier, greasier, 50's & 60's tonality...... 

 

[Great Ape]

And...

 

[DangerousR6]

That's pretty cool Greg... :headbang1:

 

[Great Ape]

Thanks, Doug; and it's just the beginning...and BTW, it's getting a 59 Roundback for a bit of beef...

 

[DangerousR6]

That will certainly add to that greasier 50's vibe... :laughing7:

 

[Surf n Music]

That is gonna be saaaah wheeeet! As you can tell I am a little ocean minded! Love it and I ampartial to the HH setup.  :rock-on:

 

[Cagey]

Can't wait to see the rest of it. I'm hoping for an "Alien vs. Predator" thing. Predator has neon green blood, and you know how much you like colors...

 

[Great Ape]

Actually, I may not do colors at all...just the burn, and a dye or stain overall, but that decision is a ways away.

 

[greywolf]

Oh lovin it .. and my 2 cents ...I'd say keep it natural so it retains the tribal vibe .  May be a bit of light whisky amber ...

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Turtle looks better than tortoise on a guitar.  :icon_thumright:

 

[Great Ape]

Oh lovin it .. and my 2 cents ...I'd say keep it natural so it retains the tribal vibe .  May be a bit of light whisky amber ...

That's the direction I'm leaning...

 

[Kuro Uma]

Actually, I may not do colors at all...just the burn, and a dye or stain overall, but that decision is a ways away.

+1

Looking good!

 

[Great Ape]

A little more...

 

[DangerousR6]

Looking good, somewhere in the design you could incorporate the word honu..Maori for turtle.. :icon_biggrin:

 

[Surf n Music]

Actually, I may not do colors at all...just the burn, and a dye or stain overall, but that decision is a ways away.

+1

Looking good!

+2  :toothy10: What kind of wood burner do you use?

 

[Great Ape]

It's a Razer-tip 88-10; it'a 2 pen unit...

 

[Great Ape]

Looking good, somewhere in the design you could incorporate the word honu..Maori for turtle.. :icon_biggrin:

Why thank you, Doug; an obscure factual tidbit that I never would have known were it not for your effusive magnanimity! I believe I sense a custom neckplate in this project's future... :toothy11:
 

 

[DangerousR6]

Looking good, somewhere in the design you could incorporate the word honu..Maori for turtle.. :icon_biggrin:

Why thank you, Doug; an obscure factual tidbit that I never would have known were it not for your effusive magnanimity! I believe I sense a custom neckplate in this project's future... :toothy11:

Always here to help... :icon_biggrin:

 

[6stringer]

That is just amazing. I really love your work, GA.

 

[Surf n Music]

It's a Razer-tip 88-10; it'a 2 pen unit...

I looked into em a bit. Looks like a real nice unit. Looks like you have a control board and then like you said there is one you can plug two pens into. So is the 88 and 10 the tip size? Like you have a fine tip and a shader? It looks like there are quite a few tips to choose from. I am interested, I love to paint and it would be fun to paint on wood. Also what wood to you find easy to work with... ash, alder, poplar?