Red Coral vs Bloody Basin Jasper

[Frankencat]

I would like to see some pics of both of these options. I am doing a new build and I want to go reddish but it's hard to tell what it looks like on the Warmoth website. I am using it in a roasted maple neck.
Thanks,
Frank

 

[Frankencat]

Nobody has either of these inlays?

 

[Cagey]

Well, red coral causes cranial cancer, and bloody basin jasper carries a curse that causes creeping crotch crud, so neither one gets used very often, except by the clueless who don't actively participate in the forum.

Just kidding  :laughing7:

I'm guessing Warmoth is glad offering off-the-wall inlay materials didn't cost them a great deal of money, as I haven't seen much take-up on it. But, this forum only represents a small percentage of their business, so I could be wrong.

 

[Fat Pete]

A quick search on here provided these 3 threads:

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=25356

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=25883

http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=25411

They're all jasper; none of the threads I found featuring coral dots had working pictures (photo*ucket), but as far as I can tell, it's the same as most coral stuff you see - a paler, pinkish red.

 

[ByteFrenzy]

If you do a quick image search on bloody basin jasper you'll find a link to some pictures on this forum of a build with that type of dots. It gives me the impression that the dots are not at all as dark as they appear on the Warmoth product page. And that in turn makes me suspect that the red coral may be more the orangish tint that I am familiar with it having from other applications, like the decorations of the traditional ladies' dress from my native Walcheren.

 

[Frankencat]

It would sure be nice to have a clear comparison.

 

[Logrinn]

This is how my bloodwood neck with ebony board looks like with coral dots. Btw the body is satin Dakota red.
I chose these dots because I thought they would go well with the body - which they do. But playing the guitar, I find that the dots are a bit too dark on that ebony board. In poor light it's sometimes hard to see the dots at a glance. Of course - with a roasted maple neck you should be able to get better contrast with red coral dots.

 

[dmraco]

This is how my bloodwood neck with ebony board looks like with coral dots. Btw the body is satin Dakota red.
I chose these dots because I thought they would go well with the body - which they do. But playing the guitar, I find that the dots are a bit too dark on that ebony board. In poor light it's sometimes hard to see the dots at a glance. Of course - with a roasted maple neck you should be able to get better contrast with red coral dots.

A Little off topic but I wold like to see the back of that neck

 

[Logrinn]

A Little off topic but I wold like to see the back of that neck

Sure thing. Here it is:

 

[Cagey]

I wonder against the body.

 

[Logrinn]

Here's some more:

 

[Cagey]

There we go. Looks good!

 

[Logrinn]

It does, doesn't it? And that smooth shine isn't because I burnished it, that's the way it came from Warmoth.  :icon_thumright:

 

[rgand]

Damn, that makes me want to build a guitar much like it. And I don't need another red one. :laughing7:

 

[bassetman]

Everyone here is pretty much an enabler for GAS. Now I need a bloodwood neck.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I ask, "how red can it be?" and the answer is, "None more red!" 
arty07: :headbanging: :headbang5 :headbang4:

 

[davegardner0]

If you email warmoth, maybe they'd be willing to take a quick cellphone photo of a piece of those inlay materials next to some roasted maple lumber? It doesn't have to be actually inlayed or anything to get an idea of how the colors look next to each other.
Just a random thought of course...

 

[Cagey]

Everyone here is pretty much an enabler for GAS. Now I need a bloodwood neck.

Yeah, this is pretty much a "gateway" forum. You start off with something small, like a new neck or body, and everybody oohs and ahhs. Then you gotta have both, and you start to feel the envy you create. Then you start finding excuses to build due to an unwillingness to waste even insignificant leftover parts. Then you need more and more of them until it's financially unsustainable so you buy a bandsaw, drill press, drum sander, fret press, neck jig, etc. and all the associated hand tools so you can start building your own designs. I'd call it a sickness, but I know it's not. I can quit any time  :laughing7:

 

[Logrinn]

If you email warmoth, maybe they'd be willing to take a quick cellphone photo of a piece of those inlay materials next to some roasted maple lumber? It doesn't have to be actually inlayed or anything to get an idea of how the colors look next to each other.
Just a random thought of course...

You can go to their neck info page and choose neck wood and inlay shapes and see what it looks like.