What guitar color is Natural?

[Patrick2]

Here's the bridge base that left that ghost in the post above;

[Patrick2]

Here's what the bridge looks like now. I've also put the pick guard with the floater back on it.

[Jabberwocky]

I like an Old Blonde meself...make that Antique Blonde.

[fws6]

She looks like my mum

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

This is getting a bit awkward...

[339 in june]

... but we like it !!!

[palindrome]

i hate that pale maple look, always let mine get a little UV tanning when they are new.

I have two Ibanez Artcores with the pale maple look under a poly finish. I'd be interested in opinions on whether it would be useful to expose these to my sunlamp, and for how long, etc.

[Patrick2]

Here's my Hreitage Super Golden Eagle. This, and only this . . is true natural.

[Patrick2]

Or this one. It's my Golden Eagle in progress with the neck being set. The photos are B&W. But, it's a natural "white wood". If the photos were color . . it would look pretty much the same. This . . . is a natural.




Here's what this diamond in the rough turned into when it wad done;

[fumblefingers]

Two can play this game.

[Max405]

I just got wood..

[nickyboy]

I find that "natural" guitars look very different depending on lighting.

[edh]

As an aside, do quilted vs tiger striped bring in more, less or doesn't matter dollars?

FF, the quilted is beautiful.

[fumblefingers]

it depends on the quilt but yes, that's why i opted for it. i think it makes it slightly more collectible/marketable.
flamed maple is more common.

on the other hand, i've seen some incredible looking, book-matched flamed maple backs that were simply extraordinary.

so i think it depends on the specimen in question.

[Patrick2]

I don't mind adding my $0.02 to ff's reply to edh. I'll go a bit further than ff and say it does absolutely result in a higher cost/value than even the most exquisite flamed maple. But, that would be true mostly in the world of aesthetic driven collectable subjectivity. Its higher value is driven by demand of people like myself and others who understand the importance of guitars such as ff's Citation as being important artistic works . . . . just as much and in some cases even more so than as musical instruments. Would anyone actually believe that guitars as beautiful as ff's Citation . . or Monteleone's Four Seasons were created purely as the jazz guitarists' working tools? If so . . . click on this link and listen carefully at what the interviewer asks at 40 seconds in . . and to John's answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=LYrpid9Qva0

Also, the value is driven by availability. Bubble and/or quilted maple is extremely rare . . . difficult to find and difficult to work with. So, it all tie together, if you will, the scarcity of it, the difficulty to work with it . . along with the willingness of those who just have to have it to pay what ever it takes toget it . . and you've got market driven high prices. But, the end result is . . you've also got a beautiful piece of functional art.

[uburoibob]

Different woods ?

Bingo. Different spruces and maples are different colors naturally. So, if there's no tint put in the finish, and there's a color to the wood, then it's natural, and the the type of wood should be the identifying factor.

Here is a link to Ken Parker's Archtop Guitars Overview page. All of these are natural finishes - no tints have been applied.

http://kenparkerarchtops.com/photos.html

Bob

[fumblefingers]

I don't mind adding my $0.02 to ff's reply to edh. I'll go a bit further than ff and say it does absolutely result in a higher cost/value than even the most exquisite flamed maple. But, that would be true mostly in the world of aesthetic driven collectable subjectivity. Its higher value is driven by demand of people like myself and others who understand the importance of guitars such as ff's Citation as being important artistic works . . . . just as much and in some cases even more so than as musical instruments. Would anyone actually believe that guitars as beautiful as ff's Citation . . or Monteleone's Four Seasons were created purely as the jazz guitarists' working tools? If so . . . click on this link and listen carefully at what the interviewer asks at 40 seconds in . . and to John's answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=LYrpid9Qva0

Also, the value is driven by availability. Bubble and/or quilted maple is extremely rare . . . difficult to find and difficult to work with. So, it all tie together, if you will, the scarcity of it, the difficulty to work with it . . along with the willingness of those who just have to have it to pay what ever it takes toget it . . and you've got market driven high prices. But, the end result is . . you've also got a beautiful piece of functional art.

Thanks for the added color Patrick. I guess I remember hearing that quilt was more of a hassle to work with. I don't know how it differs sonically from flamed, or even birdseye.

Ok, i"m off topic now.

[Patrick2]

Thanks for the added color Patrick. I guess I remember hearing that quilt was more of a hassle to work with. I don't know how it differs sonically from flamed, or even birdseye.

Ok, i"m off topic now.

You wanna start a new "Tonewood" thread???

[fumblefingers]

why not? i drink too much Cabernet to remember the old ones.

[iim7V7IM7]

Here is a nice example of a carved, flatssawn quilted Bigleaf back au naturale

[fumblefingers]

very nice! my Grand Cabaret is made with rosewood. that quilted looks very similar to the back wood on John's 35th anniversary Virtuoso.

[gary mitchell]

nat-u-ral existing in or caused by nature, not made or caused by humankind. does your guitar still look like tree.

[fumblefingers]

kind of a dumb question.

are trees free of bark and quartersawn?

[spiral]

I find that "natural" guitars look very different depending on lighting.

...and age.

[gary mitchell]

I was kidding