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Thanks, Paul. My favorites are the first retouch - the bleached wood with gold hardware & white pickguard, the solid white with gold hardware and white PG, and the last - the solid white with all gold plated hardware.

walker wrote:Wes - I just took the shots against a white background. Makes it easy to crop & fade out any unwanted background distractions.

I've got that much, but how do you stand em up? I've seen people hang by wire, use clear stands, etc

I just lay them on the ground and took the picture from above. You could also lean them up against a wall instead of using a stand.

Here's my latest project - a composite collaboration with Antfarm Studios. He supplied the girl in the costume, and I did the rest.

Here's the before & after:

Excellent, Mark!

walker wrote:More of the same series:




If I recall correctly, he ended up going with the white with all chrome hardware.

Yes Mark, great job and great memory
Here is the picture of real bass:


Thank You very much for the help!

Interesting detail work on the toaster.

jps wrote:Interesting detail work on the toaster.

Yeah... I like that he went all the way with the white theme and did the toaster & knobs, too.

Opulence reigns supreme!

jps wrote:Interesting detail work on the toaster.

The origin of the white backround is more interesting. If You buy Prosciutto di Parma in the cuts, this is a pearl glossy white separating foil. So I made probably first toaster pick-up with the ham flavour

Hey - a bonus if you get hungry during a gig!

Any thought about painting the tug bar white, too?

walker wrote:Hey - a bonus if you get hungry during a gig!

Any thought about painting the tug bar white, too?

I´m thinking about the better white coat of the knobs and maybe about the silver toggle switch. No energy for the improvement in this time....

After lurking here for a while (not too much to offer – just absorbing) I have to say – you all amaze me as much as the wood-work folks do making a block of wood into a bass. I have dabbled (have a few 35mm bodies and lenses and an underwater camera… sitting around) but you all show some really amazing artistry. Regardless of shooting (i.e., Jeff) or editing (i.e., Mark), I have to say you all (and some of the others here) have probably forgotten more than I will ever know about this stuff. Thanks for being great sources of info – and love the web sites!!!

You do know, Tom, that we can help you be a better photographer! Just ask away!