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mica

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Brown pickup casting experiments
« on: June 28, 2021, 10:22:25 PM »
I've been doing some experiments with recreating some of the brown pickup colors of the early 1970s. Back then, the polyurethane ONLY came in brown, and it wasn't even the same color every time. I've narrowed it down to three main colors, and I'm pretty happy with my first tries of two of them. It will be a little while before I'm able to offer these as options, still working out the kinks, and they will likely also have some amount of color variation as the originals, but I'm pretty sure this is going to make some people very happy.

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2021, 04:28:26 AM »
i run an engraving shop to support my alembic habit and so whenever i embark on a venture like this,  i'll tell my boss "i love a science project!" and he'll roll his eyes and walk away shaking his head.  often as not something pretty cool will result.  good luck with your adventure and don't forget your safety gear!
Been down...now i'm out!

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2021, 04:34:11 AM »
Great news Mica!   I would love to get a set.

Michael

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2021, 05:50:30 AM »
 :o  April Fool's was a while back, Girly.

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2021, 08:57:03 AM »
Sounds cool, I’m sure a lot of people will like them!  :)

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2021, 09:25:16 AM »
Great Mica!
That will be a bestseller!
Love it.
Greetz
Oliver (Spyderman)

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2021, 12:30:47 PM »
Looks like Mica’s making caramel brownies to me.

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2021, 12:40:02 PM »
What are they...plain and chunky?!!!!
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2021, 12:48:33 PM »
Will a re-issue of Clown Vomit casings be far behind?

hehehehe

Bill, tgo

mica

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2021, 12:53:12 PM »
Oh I can do clown vomit - those colors are premixed with pigment. There is no catalog number for "diaper brown" variants however ;)

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2021, 01:45:47 PM »
This could be just the thing for a certain guitar I have in mind.  :)

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2021, 05:41:30 AM »
What type of butter is being used in the brownie mix?


Asking for a friend.   ;)

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2021, 07:16:01 AM »
Oh I can do clown vomit - those colors are premixed with pigment. There is no catalog number for "diaper brown" variants however ;)

I find a lot of that color in my granddaughter's diaper.

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2021, 08:24:58 AM »
I wanna dip an apple in that one on the right.  ;D

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Re: Brown pickup casting experiments
« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2021, 02:54:20 AM »
wow!