| Author | Message | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 427 Registered: 5-2007 |
Mica says Vermillion turns 'brick red'. Anyone have an picture of on older model with a Vermillion top? | ||
| white_cloud
Senior Member Username: white_cloud Post Number: 669 Registered: 11-2007 |
I dont have any pictures but my Prometeus basses had Padauk necks - and yes it does go very red in colour with age! Its a very very hard, nice sounding wood but not usually highly figured! John. | ||
| crobbins
Advanced Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 361 Registered: 6-2004 |
This is suppose to be 500 years old..  | ||
| rraymond
Advanced Member Username: rraymond Post Number: 360 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hmmm, 500 year old pickup cover. What's the rest of the guitar look like? :-) | ||
| 2400wattman
Senior Member Username: 2400wattman Post Number: 711 Registered: 11-2005 |
My ol' '80 Series 1 supposedly had a Vermillion top but I'll be damned if there was anthing RED about it! | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 428 Registered: 5-2007 |
That is where I am confused. Will it turn dark red (Which I would like) or will it turn dark brown? | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 6128 Registered: 6-2000 |
It's definitely a browning process. So it gets darker by getting more brown. Under the older finished that yellowed significantly, the color looked even more brown. But even then, at least I could tell that it was a slightly reddish brown. My husband says it's the girl color thing. He would probably call it brown. At some point the color would bloom exactly to the shade you would want, then later it would get darker and more brown. If you're really after a stable red, choose Bloodwood, which seems to brown out at a fraction of the rate of other woods. | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 429 Registered: 5-2007 |
What kind of tone does Bloodwood impart? | ||
| bkbass
Advanced Member Username: bkbass Post Number: 201 Registered: 11-2003 |
Bloodwood, to my ears, like Paduk is in the Mohogany neighborhood. Interestly, Rickenbacker fingerboards where/are Paduk and don't oxidize as quickly either. Maybe it's the lacquer slowing it down? | ||
| heike
New Username: heike Post Number: 1 Registered: 5-2009 |
I also had been thinking that it was West African Padauk (pterocarpus soyauxii), b/c of the really vivid red color w/ black and white "veins" of the fretboard wood of my 4001C64, but John Hall and some others insisted on RIC not having used anything but Bubinga. And, as I also found, Bubinga is said to display quite some color variation ranging from the brown known from W*rw*ck Thumb NTff via red to even purple. Also may have "veins". Fading of color as I understand partly is due to exposure to UV radiation. I guess a lacquer containing some "sun blocker" may then be helpful. But using bloodwood indeed is a nice idea... | ||
| white_cloud
Senior Member Username: white_cloud Post Number: 686 Registered: 11-2007 |
Padauk is much much harder than Mahogany and resonates as such. The attack is far greater and the tone not as warm! John. | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 434 Registered: 5-2007 |
Thank you John | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8147 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hi Heike; welcome to the board! | ||
| blackelan
Intermediate Member Username: blackelan Post Number: 111 Registered: 7-2007 |
Google "Nuno Bettencourt Padauk" you will see his pics of a Washburn guitar made of this wood. This is the most well known example I can think of. | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 440 Registered: 5-2007 |
Thank you |
