WTF?
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I just finished a Candy Tangerine Tequilla Burst that Warmoth finished.
I'm actually surprised they get the finishes as good as they do. Mine had a couple of spots, but was a very impressive job overall.
I painted cars for about 20 years and these are extremely difficult finishes, especially when you have someone holding your work up to their face to inspect it.
Candy, at least on cars which I believe is the same as the guitars is a metallic sprayed as a base then a transparent color sprayed over the top then cleared so it can be polished.
Any dirt as well as an imperfection in the wood, i.e. grain, etc., will actually be magnified as the layers and process is done. That means a speck of dirt in the metallic is magnified into the transparent then magnified again in the clear.
I have sprayed Candy colors on cars where a simple sputter of the gun or a missed scratch can ruin a weeks work.
My hat is off to Warmoth in the quality of their finishes.
I'm actually surprised they get the finishes as good as they do. Mine had a couple of spots, but was a very impressive job overall.
I painted cars for about 20 years and these are extremely difficult finishes, especially when you have someone holding your work up to their face to inspect it.
Candy, at least on cars which I believe is the same as the guitars is a metallic sprayed as a base then a transparent color sprayed over the top then cleared so it can be polished.
Any dirt as well as an imperfection in the wood, i.e. grain, etc., will actually be magnified as the layers and process is done. That means a speck of dirt in the metallic is magnified into the transparent then magnified again in the clear.
I have sprayed Candy colors on cars where a simple sputter of the gun or a missed scratch can ruin a weeks work.
My hat is off to Warmoth in the quality of their finishes.
Alfang said:
I figure it will make me play faster. It's called a racing stripe for a reason.
arty07:In all seriousness, though, it's just something different and I like the look of it. It's not something everyone else is doing. Same basic reason EVH pinstriped his guitar. :icon_thumright:
I'm not a big fan of tradition.
That's actually exactly what I was thinking. :glasses9:
Rob at Warmoth said they might refinish it, in which case, I think that's what I'll ask them to do, or they might re-fabricate it, in which case I was thinking about asking them if I could go with a Firebird, since I already bought a Warmoth Jazzmaster second hand while waiting for this one. If I did get a Firebird, I was thinking a blue burst mahogany, heavy on the black. No lam top, because I would want the raised-center mod.
Rob at Warmoth said they might refinish it, in which case, I think that's what I'll ask them to do, or they might re-fabricate it, in which case I was thinking about asking them if I could go with a Firebird, since I already bought a Warmoth Jazzmaster second hand while waiting for this one. If I did get a Firebird, I was thinking a blue burst mahogany, heavy on the black. No lam top, because I would want the raised-center mod.
