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Posted: **Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:11 pm**

Done with Photoshop...

Posted: **Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:22 pm**

I sure hope that isn't what they'll look like.

Posted: **Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:30 pm**

Thanks, Jeff... OUCH!

I wish I could unpost it, now that I see it on the web. The actual work is a good deal more subtle.

DEFENSIVE?? ME DEFENSIVE???

Posted: **Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:03 pm**

Have to admit it is tad too light or white in the burst. But a nice effort.

Posted: **Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:09 pm**

Thanks, both of you! Actually, posting it was a shocker, but no way to retract...three glaring errors are visible (especially on my Apple, which has a different color profile than the machine it was done on):

1. Blue edge FAR too intense and dark

2. Blend too abrupt, although not evident until posting

3. The too-white problem that Stan mentions.

And of course you're right, Jeff--I wouldn't buy it looking like that either!

Posted: **Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:31 pm**

Interestingly enough, the first unit we sprayed, a 360/12, looks just like this (or at least how it appears on my monitor). Just today Ben and I were discussing what to do with it, i.e. strip it or make it a Hard Rock Cafe wall hanger.

The production color is an electric blue close to this but shaded darker at the edges and then to a very faint blue in the middle. There is no "white" area at all in the middle as it just doesn't look right on this color.

Posted: **Fri Jan 28, 2005 2:37 pm**

If you don't want it Mr Hall, I know a good home......

Posted: **Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:01 pm**

Sorry Paul, I wasn't very tactful. I do appreciate the effort if that helps any.

I am looking forward to seeing what the production models look like in this finish, and the 660/12 is probably the model I'd be most interested in.

Posted: **Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:19 pm**

Hey, Jeff, no harm done!

I just put down my MB 660-12 for the night, and after a month of daily noodling, I'm getting comfortable with it.

Have you ever owned one? If not, I think you're in for a treat! What a sound, even uncompressed...

Posted: **Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:37 pm**

Yeah well the blueburst we first sprayed is down here in my office and I think the one shown here actually looks nicer. Regardless, the shade we settled on looks much nicer than this!

Posted: **Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:58 pm**

Welcome Ben! What is your relation to John? I knew there was a B. Hall from a Fedex package I had sent a while ago that you signed for, but wasn't sure what the B. stood for. I guess we don't have to ask you what your favorite guitar brand is, huh?

Posted: **Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:06 pm**

Welcome Ben!!

Nice to have another "official" RIC man around!

Posted: **Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:12 pm**

I'm his son. That package is probably something from my days as shipping clerk here at the factory.

Posted: **Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:13 pm**

Do you play guitar/bass?

Posted: **Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:17 pm**

Welcome to the Forum, Ben.

I look forward to your participation...the more, the better.

Ha, I hope the bass is your main instrument!

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Blueburst 660-12 (photo)

Blueburst 660-12 (photo)