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Topic: Color for Super Pro build |
Storm Rosson
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Silver City, NM. USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2010 3:50 pm |
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 Yo guys I thought I'd start a little thread and try to get some color / finish ideas for my Super Pro build....everything I come up with seems ho-hum and boring. So throw some thoughts out if you would, maybe get some creative juices flowin.....(if I have any left  )...all help appreciamated....Stormy  |
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Igor Fiksman
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 9 Aug 2010 5:14 pm
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Congrats on a new guitar, you know that it'll have to be black to maximize the tone potential. 
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 9 Aug 2010 7:02 pm
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Hey Storm, these days my head can't seem to get past this color scheme: A bright blue on the front and rear aprons. Clear lacquer on the top deck and the same blue for the necks (I assume it has wooden neck(s))
This color would be nicely accentuated with a rope style inlay banding - one only on the top of the front apron and one on the front of the front neck.
Show us some pics of how it's coming along
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Glenn Austin
From:
Montreal, Canada
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Posted 9 Aug 2010 7:06 pm
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This is the finish that I would do |
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Pat Comeau
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 9 Aug 2010 7:56 pm
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| Bent Romnes wrote: |
Hey Storm, these days my head can't seem to get past this color scheme: A bright blue on the front and rear aprons. Clear lacquer on the top deck and the same blue for the necks (I assume it has wooden neck(s))
This color would be nicely accentuated with a rope style inlay banding - one only on the top of the front apron and one on the front of the front neck.
Show us some pics of how it's coming along |
Bent...that's really funny cause thats the color i did on my current Comeau #3 build, kind of aqua blue with the top clear lacquer  , you must of read my mind 2 months ago when i stain it.  , i will post pics on our builders forum.
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Leslie Ehrlich
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 9 Aug 2010 8:45 pm
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Could the sunburst S-B D-10 be the guitar that Lloyd played on Charley Pride's 'Wonder Could I Live There'? If it is, it may have been the first S-B steel I ever saw. I can remember hearing the solo and seeing a guitar just like it on TV way back in the early 1970s. The Sho-Bud logo was in plain view, and I'll never forget it.
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Tony Rankin
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Land O’ Lakes, FL
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 8:01 am
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Could the sunburst S-B D-10 be the guitar that Lloyd played on Charley Pride's 'Wonder Could I Live There'? If it is, it may have been the first S-B steel I ever saw. I can remember hearing the solo and seeing a guitar just like it on TV way back in the early 1970s. The Sho-Bud logo was in plain view, and I'll never forget it. |
That sunburst D-10 was on many Charley Pride hits. However, I am thinking that in the early 70's the D-10 you would have seen Lloyd playing is the one in this photo. I believe Lloyd had this guitar converted to an SD-10, then in 1973 received his Sho~Bud LDG.
Here's a link to a Charley Pride hit where you can see and hear Lloyd playing the sunburst D-10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJQdR0ciwYg
In the interest of keeping this post on topic, I too vote for the sunburst finish.
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Martin Weenick
From:
Lecanto, FL, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 9:43 am
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Storm, I have always wanted to do a burnt orange steel. I think my next one I will dye Burnt orange, I dont know yet whether I will dye the whole guitar or just the aprons and neck. Martin.
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 11:32 am
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Storm, I still have the same blue/natural color stuck in my head
Leslie, I believe, you are correct. That guitar pictured with Lloyd looks like the sunburst lightening bolt, which is the one he described using on the Panther Hall album
Martin, whatever color you choose will guaranteed look like a million bucks.
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David Kellogg
From:
Tualatin, OR
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 11:34 am color
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| I'm working on a super pro also and was thinking of teal in the center fading blue and then fading to purple on the outer ends. I was also thinking of a black stain so you could see the woodgrain under it, I have never seen that done. |
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 11:51 am Re: color
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| I was also thinking of a black stain so you could see the woodgrain under it, I have never seen that done. |
Sho-Bud had "Ebony stain", with a swatch, in their list of finishes in the brochure I got in 1983, but they must not have done very many. I don't think I've ever seen one, in person or in pictures. |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 11:52 am
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Bent, something like this?
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Adam Goodale
From:
Pflugerville, TX
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 12:18 pm
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I always wanted to see a lime green lacquer. or a pink lacquer...
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 2:01 pm
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Roger, exactlylike that. Maybe except for the bottom strip of inlay on the front apron. . Just a taste thing. Man what beauty!
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Bill Ford
From:
Graniteville SC Aiken
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 2:31 pm
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| I always wanted to see a lime green lacquer. or a pink lacquer... |
Lime green maybe, pink...NO, been there done that, trying to get the right red. Seriously tho, anything that shows the figure of the wood is what I like. I have to agree with what Bent said about Martin's guitars.
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Elton Smith
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 4:46 pm
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I would say a natural wood finish.Just show the beauty of the wood.
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 5:26 pm
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GREEN with envy
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Curtis Mason
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 7:54 am
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I refinished a Sho-Bud Pro a few years ago...the original color was Black...and after several years of fading and the laquer fade it actually looked like a dark Green color... When I stripped the cabinet what I found underneath this was a beautiful Birdseye Maple, and decided to go with the Natural in the Middle and slightly darkened ends. The owner was very happy with the results...here are a couple pictures.
Notice the Top and Bottom are Natural, and the Middle is a Red Mahogany.
Since then, I like to see what's hiding underneath before deciding to cover it all up.
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Ulf Edlund
From:
Umeå, Sweden
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 1:38 pm
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Black lacquer is one of my favorites.
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 4:05 pm
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| I like that Vicks Vaporub BLUE like Roger's Show-Pro |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 4:58 pm
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| Nick, I only wish that was my Show Pro! Mike Johnson likes it too much to let me have it. It's purdy for sure. And from what I've heard him play on it, it sounds great,too. |
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