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Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:40 am
by johneek
heinpete wrote:
Paul, you are master in smooth transition fireglo!!!
Magnificant!!!
+1...While there is what sometimes seems like an endless list of things to admire about Paul's work, what always strikes me the most is his finish work, especially those that feature a burst or glo of some sort. Those are the guitars I've always liked the most but are also those about which I personally tend to be rather anal and critical. Paul's work in this area is beyond critique. What's involved I suspect is a lot of thought, patience, skill and years of experience. The end result is always stunning.
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:33 am
by jps
Paul knows what we ricknuts prefer in a FG finish and certainly aims to please!
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:14 pm
by xakattack
paul,
first off, that bass is stunning. you do awesome work.
was the bass originally walnut?
jingle_jangle wrote:Well, Alisha posted a thread about receiving the above guitar, and I was out with a bad flu (despite flu shot) for over 4 weeks...so things moved back a bit. I have four more jumbo acoustic bodies ready for finishing, but meanwhile there are six or seven projects that needed minor finish touchups, parts, etc., which I'm attacking one by one.
This 4000S has been hanging around awhile, waiting for this 'n' that, but I finished it this week and it's now trucking its way back out to Tennessee to its excited owner. It's had a refinish, refret, and new TRC and guard in soft gold.
...now I have a matched pair of BB 700s (yep, the same ones I mentioned earlier) whose varnishes are hardening, and which will be shipped out next week. This weekend I've got a pair of LSs on the bench--one DOA, and one needing some minor tweaks.
Then, some other projects, which I will show one by one...and with each completion, Mr. Simer's projects move ever closer to the booth.
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:34 pm
by jingle_jangle
I believe it was walnut.
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:43 pm
by xakattack
ahhh..it was once my 4000.
man, it sure does look a million time better.
i think i remember sending it to ya a couple years ago for the current owner.
jingle_jangle wrote:I believe it was walnut.
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:13 pm
by jingle_jangle
October '06, by my records...
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:00 pm
by xakattack
yeah, sounds about right.
jingle_jangle wrote:October '06, by my records...
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:47 pm
by scotty
After reading pages of OOhhhs and AAAhhhsss and Oh Paul your the Greatest man since Jesus`Well maybe not Jesus` lets say Moses.Can I ask just one simple question.When you get in from a day out working does your Mrs say words to the effect of `Hey lard *** time you vacuumed the lounge`or `Hey big ric hows about doing the Dishes?`
Just wondering you super stunning smooth transition big beauty of a fab guy.
I personally love `Hey big Ric`
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:46 pm
by jps
Paul's daughter tells him that!
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:37 pm
by johnallg
"A maid, a maid. A man needs a maid."
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:56 pm
by jingle_jangle
scotty wrote:After reading pages of OOhhhs and AAAhhhsss and Oh Paul your the Greatest man since Jesus`Well maybe not Jesus` lets say Moses.Can I ask just one simple question.When you get in from a day out working does your Mrs say words to the effect of `Hey lard *** time you vacuumed the lounge`or `Hey big ric hows about doing the Dishes?`
Just wondering you super stunning smooth transition big beauty of a fab guy.
I personally love `Hey big Ric`
Funny you should ask, Scotty...tomorrow I'm getting up early to go and rent the carpet cleaning machine so I can help get the house ready for Dalia's Big Birthday Bash on Thursday (she's 39--again...). There will be two pianists and three guitarists in attendance, so the instruments shuld get a nice dusting-off, too...
I did the dishes yesterday. Now it's her turn for the next 29 days.
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:36 pm
by wints
Bit late here, but that FG 4000 is simply spectacular, and to my eyes, comparable to any vintage finish.
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:37 am
by woodyng
re:the 4000....OMG,how did i miss this-that is just friggin' fantastic,paul! the finish work,and the gold pickguard/trc are just incredible.....wanna do another one? (see my avatar)
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:40 am
by woodyng
also,i'm sorry if i missed this in an earlier posting,but what color was the 4000 originally? the tennessee owner isn't in memphis by any chance?
Re: LOTS OF PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION...
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:43 pm
by jingle_jangle
It makes me (jaded, cynical, sarcastic, curmudgeonly, etc.) very happy to read comments such as these. I'd put up a smiley array, but that would be trite and a bit insincere, I think.
The Tennessee owner is in Nashville. He was very pleased with the finished instrument!