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NOT EASY BEING GREEN...
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:58 pm
by jingle_jangle
I tried, I really did.
But this 730L lasted less than 24 hours in this color before I scraped it back to Mapleglo.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v693/jingle_jangle/DSC05590.jpg
It will now receive a more appealing color burst; sorry, Sheena. I know how you love the color, and it did look kind of unique on those 360s...
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:45 pm
by 4003
Wow! That was bad.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:00 pm
by johnallg
Good choice, Paul. Maybe as a heavy non-burst it *might* work, but I doubt it.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:06 pm
by kenposurf
could antiqua be next?!
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:15 pm
by wmthor
No Guacamole-Glo!
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:03 pm
by melibreits
Uhhhhh..... Ummmmm....
I guess the Curmudge
is only human after all!
Yikes!
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:27 pm
by sharkboy
You'd almost have to make a NachoCheeseglow 700C/12 to go with that one if you left it that way.
That wasn't my ideal shade of green. There's nothing wrong with showing your maple colors.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 6:48 pm
by sowhat
Well, what can i say? If you really dislike that color so much, then perhaps it's better not to try cause it'd feel...
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:36 pm
by jingle_jangle
Never better not to try. Of course I gave it my best; it was after the burst was finished that I hung it up, stood back, and realized that it was hideous. I came very close to putting varnish over it, which does add dimension to the wood; the green was a translucent color and the grain showed through, although this is not too evident in the pictures.
This is, in fact, the first guitar that I've ever painted that I've not completed due to hideosity rearing its, er, ugly head. Perhaps it would have passed eventually; I mean, it would have had gold plated tuners and gold-painted guard and TRC.
Nah.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:42 pm
by sloop_john_b
Ew. Good call, Paul.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:47 pm
by sowhat
Huh. It's not [color=#olive]my favourite shade of green[/color], anyway. And if the paint can be easily removed, that's fine, gives the opportunity to try anything from "acid green" to pearlescent pink. May i ask a couple of stupid questions, if you don't mind?
1. Before it was done, did you have a feeling whether it'd be beautiful or ugly? Yes, i do believe it works, and sometimes, no matter how you try, if you know from the start you don't like what you do, the result would be far from perfect.
2. Suppose it was a requested color & the work was - i dunno, prepaid or something, which guaranteed that the client would take it in that exact color (and no other) without a word in that color & pay top dollar. Would you try to tell the client that it's "ugly, disgusting, aaargh, etc"?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:57 pm
by sloop_john_b
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:19 pm
by sowhat
That's what i call "acid green". Brrr. Not better than "acid (nuclear?) pink".
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:21 pm
by jingle_jangle
Sheena,
1. I was trying for unusual and beautiful. That's how the purple ones started; every one a different shade of purple and all quite nice.
2. An unrealistic situation, so no use speculating. Most, if not all, clients, trust my color sense and experience and I would not let them down, if that helps.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:26 pm
by leesh
I think it's cool to see that it was attempted....there are some artists who could pull off a color like that (but not me...too much of a square).
