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Title: Buckeye/Resin topped bass- our first one!
Post by: mica on February 12, 2020, 11:16:45 PM: I've been a little busy lately with the move and all, but I've been meaning to share a snapshot of this custom Buckeye Burl / Resin top bass.
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Post by: jazzyvee on February 12, 2020, 11:22:48 PM: Wow Mica, that is seriously impressive!
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Post by: rv_bass on February 13, 2020, 03:35:50 AM: Pretty Cool. :)
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Post by: edwardofhuncote on February 13, 2020, 04:08:13 AM: Love the little purple splotches in the lower bouts. 8)
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Post by: gearhed289 on February 13, 2020, 08:05:38 AM: Beautiful. Buckeye and spalted usually aren't my thing, but this looks cool. Is that a balance K with a modified lower horn?
Title: Re: Buckeye/Resin topped bass- our first one!
Post by: mica on February 13, 2020, 01:08:26 PM: Quote from: gearhed289 on February 13, 2020, 08:05:38 AM
Is that a balance K with a modified lower horn?

Yes! Keen eye. This is a custom variant, "Balance B"
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Post by: wick5 on February 13, 2020, 02:26:49 PM: Where is this bass?
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Post by: mica on February 13, 2020, 08:02:43 PM: It's at home with its new owner in Texas.
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Post by: pauldo on February 13, 2020, 08:52:18 PM: So the resin fills the voids in the wood?

It is indeed an attractive body shape and I am always a sucker for a Heart Omega.

Paul (actually any Omega cut makes me giddy)
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Post by: s_wood on February 14, 2020, 06:37:59 PM: Incredibly beautiful. Can the resin technique be used with quilt maple?
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Post by: jazzyvee on February 15, 2020, 05:40:29 AM: Wow Steve wouldn’t that be amazing with 5A quilted maple. Would you get one of yours refinished?
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Post by: soflbass on February 15, 2020, 05:54:20 AM: Wow! Gorgeous.
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Post by: mavnet on February 15, 2020, 04:16:39 PM: Subtle and very pretty.
Did you find that the extra density or changed elasticity of the body made any difference in the tone?
(assuming that the resin added density or changed elasticity)
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Post by: Deltaphoenix on February 18, 2020, 04:14:16 PM: Simply Gorgeous!

Can I send mine in for a refinish and get this done?
Title: Re: Buckeye/Resin topped bass- our first one!
Post by: mica on February 18, 2020, 10:24:15 PM: Quote from: Deltaphoenix on February 18, 2020, 04:14:16 PM
Can I send mine in for a refinish and get this done?

Don't think the vacuum chambers can handle a whole bass!
Title: Re: Buckeye/Resin topped bass- our first one!
Post by: mica on February 18, 2020, 10:25:07 PM: Quote from: mavnet on February 15, 2020, 04:16:39 PM
Did you find that the extra density or changed elasticity of the body made any difference in the tone?
(assuming that the resin added density or changed elasticity)

Well, it makes Buckeye Burl sound a bit brighter.
Title: Re: Buckeye/Resin topped bass- our first one!
Post by: mica on February 18, 2020, 10:26:16 PM: Quote from: s_wood on February 14, 2020, 06:37:59 PM
Can the resin technique be used with quilt maple?

I haven't seen it, but I will ask my supplier about it. Mostly I see it on burl and heavily voided woods.
Title: Re: Buckeye/Resin topped bass- our first one!
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on February 22, 2020, 03:03:50 PM: That's sweet!

There's a burl-&-resin Further in this month's ad in Vintage Guitar magazine (p. 29); if Ed McMahon should come knocking today, I'll fer shur be looking into it..................(oh, wait; darn, you, Ed!)

Peter
Title: Re: Buckeye/Resin topped bass- our first one!
Post by: mica on February 23, 2020, 03:22:58 PM: Quote from: s_wood on February 14, 2020, 06:37:59 PM
Can the resin technique be used with quilt maple?

I've been informed this technique does not work on Quilted Maple - sorry Steve!
Title: Re: Buckeye/Resin topped bass- our first one!
Post by: mica on February 23, 2020, 03:25:43 PM: Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on February 22, 2020, 03:03:50 PM
That's sweet!

There's a burl-&-resin Further in this month's ad in Vintage Guitar magazine (p. 29); if Ed McMahon should come knocking today, I'll fer shur be looking into it..................(oh, wait; darn, you, Ed!)

Peter
Here's the ad you saw! Always looks even nicer on the screen. This is the one that was over at Eddie's Guitars, but the sold it recently.
Title: Re: Buckeye/Resin topped bass- our first one!
Post by: mica on February 27, 2020, 06:02:17 PM: Also, this was the Bass of the Week over at No Treble (https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2020/02/24/bass-of-the-week-alembic-signature-deluxe-balance-b/) - check it out!
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Post by: David Houck on February 28, 2020, 08:01:43 AM: Nice pictures on the No Treble site; and a little backstory from Mica.
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Post by: edwardofhuncote on February 28, 2020, 08:19:16 AM: Nice indeed. :)
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Post by: Grouse on March 16, 2020, 10:52:39 PM: That is a sweet ride! I like that Modified Balance B, gives it some heftiness or something. Nice Work!
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Post by: haircuttingcowboy on May 10, 2020, 12:35:56 PM: Beautiful Bass.