SHOOTIN' THE CURL--AQUAGLO 700C BEGINS

red_rob · Post by **red_rob** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:42 am

These guitars are going to be amazing Paul. You continue to raise the bar buddy!

Scastles · Post by **Scastles** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:47 am

And in Fiji it means, sugar.

Undoubtedly your refinish will be spectacular, Paul, but I really do like the natural finish.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:28 am

You mean I said "sugar *****"?

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:31 am

sugar ***** glo?

Maybe that'll be the color of the year!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:13 am

It does have a sweet sound. But it's politically incorrect.

Oh, well.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:28 am

Ahem. "Beach glo" (to avoid political incorrectness) - will that do? Or simply "sukaglo"?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:40 am

Beach Glo sounds great!

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:48 am

"sukaglo" sounds like the hero, or villian from a 70's blaxploitation film!

"sukaglo is a bad mother... SHUT YOUR MOUTH!"

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:21 am

Mmmm. "WarmBeachGlo".

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:52 am

Happiness is a warm beach...

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:26 am

Yupper!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 4:49 pm

OK, yuppers, now don't shoot me. These are spray booth shots, and I think we've determined that it's the lights in there that screw up blues and greens.

But how can I NOT show you progress on this honey?

Last week I got the color onto the maple and spruce. Then the binding was scraped (me, with a single-edged razor blade, just like the nice ladies do at the Rick factory...)

Then, the clearcoat. The whole guitar went...WHANNGG!!! and all the colors brightened up and it really sung!

OK, the edges aren't blue; they are dark aqua. The front spruce panel is not army olive drab, it's a nice golden color with dark aqua edges. And all the beautiful curls show through. This is one of the very few guitars I've done lately that don't have ambered varnish; it would turn the whole thing greenish. So the binding is pure white.

Enough talk. Here it is:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/special%20acoustics/DSC00051.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/special%20acoustics/DSC00054.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/jangle_jingle/special%20acoustics/DSC00055.jpg

ealdrett · Post by **ealdrett** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:52 pm

OMG!!
My jaw hit the floor after seeing this one.
Paul, that is simply stunning.
Beautiful work. Looks like it should be in a museum.

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:48 pm

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:30 am

Paul, that is every bit as gorgeous as I had imagined it would be.... Must be amazing in person!