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Falling To Pieces (Original Post) Glamrock Jan 2021 OP
Always was a big fan of Bill Gould's bass tone! better Jan 2021 #1
Very unique! Glamrock Jan 2021 #2
It is indeed, and bass is kinda my thing... better Jan 2021 #3
Competent? Holy fuck, son! Glamrock Jan 2021 #4
Thanks! Though to be fair, mother nature gets most of the credit. I just shape em. better Jan 2021 #5
A year? Are you fucking kiddin me, man? Glamrock Jan 2021 #6
Yeah, that is a really nice one. It's a process called vacuum dye sublimation. better Jan 2021 #7
Wow! Glamrock Jan 2021 #8

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)
2. Very unique!
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 11:54 PM
Jan 2021

Sounded like it was atrung with rubber bands....but like, in a good way. Point is, I concur.

better

(884 posts)
3. It is indeed, and bass is kinda my thing...
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 12:31 AM
Jan 2021

Not much of a player, though I'm turning into a fairly competent builder...







Glamrock

(11,802 posts)
4. Competent? Holy fuck, son!
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 12:38 AM
Jan 2021

Those are amazingly beautiful! I’m fucking gobsmacked! You made those? Can I has one?

Incredible! You sir, are an artist. Sincerely. You should do a post in The Lounge so people can stroke your ego. No shit. It’s well deserved. Wow man! Just....wow!

better

(884 posts)
5. Thanks! Though to be fair, mother nature gets most of the credit. I just shape em.
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 01:02 AM
Jan 2021

Still waiting on some parts for a couple of them obviously, but only the third one is spoken for so far!

I'll think about the lounge. I tend to be a bit uncomfortable with the whole ego-stroking thing. Still consider myself more or less a beginner, since I've only been at this for a little over a year.

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)
6. A year? Are you fucking kiddin me, man?
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 01:07 AM
Jan 2021

I’m speechless. They are gorgeous! Pic 2 is my favorite. Those colors! Absolutely gorgeous! Sincerely. If I played, we’d be in negotiation right now rest assured.

better

(884 posts)
7. Yeah, that is a really nice one. It's a process called vacuum dye sublimation.
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 01:24 AM
Jan 2021

Basically, as I understand it, they're placed in a shallow layer of dye, and then a vacuum is used to pull the dye upward, through the wood, resulting in the interesting patterns. I get them from a guy in Croatia. I could go broke browsing his tonewoods catalog!

Here's a few more examples of some of his top sets...







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