Author Topic: Alembic in Oil or Satin Finish??  (Read 3240 times)

rv_bass

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Re: Alembic in Oil or Satin Finish??
« Reply #30 on: June 17, 2016, 03:00:15 PM »
I have a satin finish on my zebrawood bass and it still brings out the depth in the grain.  My birds eye maple bass has a gloss finish and that looks nice too!  I'm interested to see what the semi-gloss looks like, I'm sure it will be nice. You might be setting a trend!

adriaan

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Re: Alembic in Oil or Satin Finish??
« Reply #31 on: June 17, 2016, 03:00:58 PM »
Not to worry, they just don't get things wrong when it comes to woods and finishes.

growlypants

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Re: Alembic in Oil or Satin Finish??
« Reply #32 on: June 17, 2016, 05:03:30 PM »
(Amen!)
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

rnolan

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Re: Alembic in Oil or Satin Finish??
« Reply #33 on: July 19, 2016, 08:01:59 AM »
Here's some pics of my new SC Brown, flamed walnut, oil finish, I just fell in love with the look of this bass and bought it.


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Re: Alembic in Oil or Satin Finish??
« Reply #34 on: July 19, 2016, 01:10:36 PM »
That's how it was with me, too!  I walked into the store, saw the bass... end of story.  (I bought it!)  Congrats, beautiful bass, and excellent choice!
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

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Re: Alembic in Oil or Satin Finish??
« Reply #35 on: July 19, 2016, 02:10:54 PM »
Yeah, what growly said... that Brown Bass of yours is a fine specimen. ;)

I reckon my bass may be in the spray room by now... after going back and forth between oil and poly, I finally settled on the latter, but asked for it to be polished out to a semi-glossy shine... if possible, to split the difference between satin-feel and the mirror-like gloss. 

rnolan

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Re: Alembic in Oil or Satin Finish??
« Reply #36 on: July 20, 2016, 04:25:09 AM »
Hey thanks guys :-). Hey EoH, I'm sure it will come up a treat, particularly with the maple, I think you've made a good choice, and hey, at least you've decided now, no more umming and ahhring LoL.  Looking forward to the pics (like a few others here I suspect).