PLAY LIKE AN EGYPTIAN

[Great Ape]

...And of course I don't, but I couldn't resist the title...quilt maple on swamp ash...scarab burned in...dye to come...

 

[Surf n Music]

That last pic is looking good! I like the wood burning idea!

 

[Kuro Uma]

I already know this one is going to be awesome.  :icon_thumright:

 

[Cagey]

I never cease to be amazed at what you can do with a woodburner. 99.9% of the population couldn't do that with a pencil. You must have the patience of a saint and the precision control of a surgical robot.

 

[jackthehack]

:icon_thumright: What Caget said...

 

[swarfrat]

And the imagination of Lewis Carroll.

 

[stratamania]

Look forward to seeing this progress.

 

[Great Ape]

Thank you for the kind feedback; not only is it most gratifying, it keeps me on my toes and trying to maintain as high a level of creativity and execution as I can...

 

[Great Ape]

Burning is completed, and with the way the weather is going, it looks like a good day to dye!! :icon_biggrin:

 

[swarfrat]

Yes, it is a good day to dye!

 

[greywolf]

TUTely cool

 

[DangerousR6]

Pretty cool, but all that snow would drive me mad...Unless I guess I had many guitar bodies to carve on... :laughing7:

 

[Great Ape]

Kuro--these Prismacolor dye pens are rather cool, by golly!

 

[6stringer]

Good lord, Ape....you do some of the coolest stuff! This is my favorite so far.

By the way, I ran across one of your unmistakable pieces on eBay. I don't know how long you've had it on there, but I have had terrible luck selling guitars lately (to support my current build).....don't know if it's the economy, the time of year, or what.....but I can barely recover 30% on one of my better acoustic-electrics (22 y.o. collectible even). I've been pondering selling my '46 Gibson J-45 (inherited from my great Uncle) but there's no way I would put it up in the current marketplace. Good luck with yours!

 

[Great Ape]

Good lord, Ape....you do some of the coolest stuff! This is my favorite so far.

By the way, I ran across one of your unmistakable pieces on eBay. I don't know how long you've had it on there, but I have had terrible luck selling guitars lately (to support my current build).....don't know if it's the economy, the time of year, or what.....but I can barely recover 30% on one of my better acoustic-electrics (22 y.o. collectible even). I've been pondering selling my '46 Gibson J-45 (inherited from my great Uncle) but there's no way I would put it up in the current marketplace. Good luck with yours!
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Ummmm...I haven't put ANYTHING on eBay--not unless I did it in some narcoleptic spasm...can't imagine what you saw, but maybe my pieces ain't quite as ''unmistakable'' as you are giving me credit for!! Could you send me a link to that page/piece?

 

[Cagey]

Mmmm... narcoleptic spasms...​

 

[Great Ape]

Hey, it COULD happen! :icon_biggrin:

 

[Great Ape]

Color about done--on to finishing...



How 'bout that color?!? I call it 'Tiger Colon'  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Kuro Uma]

Kuro--these Prismacolor dye pens are rather cool, by golly!

Don't you just love the control they give you put dye exactly where you want? And they blend into one another!

I have to say this one is definitely my new favorite of yours. With the detail in your colors along side the amazing woodburning skills, I have a feeling this is first of many Great Ape creations that will wow us even more so than your previous impressive work.

Truly Kick @ss work!

 

[Updown]

Looking great Greg :icon_thumright: .................................................... again  :icon_biggrin:

What are the other spec's :ie  Neck and puppies.

By the way, I ran across one of your unmistakable pieces on eBay.

:dontknow:  Maybe you are mistaking Great Ape's classy wood burning skills for wood carving.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Exquisite-Custom-Carved-Warmoth-Guitar-Lindy-Fralin-Case-NO-RESERVE-/121274724953?pt=Guitar&hash=item1c3c897259&_uhb=1