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mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 4377
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, March 30, 2007 - 5:54 pm:   Edit Post

Some stuff for you to start enjoying:

assembly

assembly

assembly

assembly
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 4935
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 12:08 pm:   Edit Post

Wow, that looks nice!
jahnahisti
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Username: jahnahisti

Post Number: 54
Registered: 9-2005
Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 2:59 pm:   Edit Post

Looks like it's made out of stone. Nice blue Buckeye!
tbrannon
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 346
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 5:04 pm:   Edit Post

I love blue buckeye!!
hifiguy
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Username: hifiguy

Post Number: 89
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 6:30 pm:   Edit Post

That is some seriously gorgeous wood!
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 4434
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 5:00 pm:   Edit Post

Body to neck now:
in pipes
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 4603
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, May 25, 2007 - 8:27 pm:   Edit Post

Routed now:
routed
jerico
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Username: jerico

Post Number: 84
Registered: 7-2005
Posted on Saturday, May 26, 2007 - 9:20 am:   Edit Post

Wow - can't wait to see this one with finish. Love the BB!
rraymond
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Username: rraymond

Post Number: 256
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, May 26, 2007 - 12:45 pm:   Edit Post

This wood features another one of those "built-in sunbursts." Flippin awesome!
extraterrestrial
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Username: extraterrestrial

Post Number: 6
Registered: 4-2007
Posted on Sunday, May 27, 2007 - 7:16 am:   Edit Post

We'll Call this one the "Marble-lembic"!
georgie_boy
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Username: georgie_boy

Post Number: 233
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 - 5:12 am:   Edit Post

nature can be just SOOOOOOO beautiful at times.

G
bigbadbill
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Username: bigbadbill

Post Number: 330
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 - 5:35 am:   Edit Post

That is just gorgeous!!!!
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 5098
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 8:51 pm:   Edit Post

This is really nice!
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 4661
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, June 15, 2007 - 6:56 pm:   Edit Post

Sealer coats... and transformed!
spray

spray
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 4662
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, June 15, 2007 - 6:57 pm:   Edit Post

Back view too:
spray
tbrannon
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 472
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Friday, June 15, 2007 - 7:13 pm:   Edit Post

Wow- hard to believe that's wood. Incredible top and the back is just as beautiful.
the_mule
Senior Member
Username: the_mule

Post Number: 675
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 1:57 am:   Edit Post

Great looking bass, marble magic!

Wilfred
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 5125
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 3:37 pm:   Edit Post

Wow! is right!
I couldn't find words, but Toby's "Incredible" works for me too!
rraymond
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Username: rraymond

Post Number: 281
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 4:53 pm:   Edit Post

Good grief! Buckeye just doesn't get any better than that! Congrats!
lothartu
Advanced Member
Username: lothartu

Post Number: 229
Registered: 8-2003
Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2007 - 7:24 pm:   Edit Post

WOW!

I'm guessing that more than a few folks are seriously wishing they had gotten their hands on that plank.

I think Danno might have passed up his usual "black paint thanks very much" for a shot at this one.

Once again WOW! ... just WOW!!!

- Jim
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 1214
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 11:28 pm:   Edit Post

Stunning!!

Graeme
jtussing
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Username: jtussing

Post Number: 98
Registered: 12-2006
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 3:15 am:   Edit Post

This is going to freak people out, dude. Out of this world! I hope you like attention!

Jim
fish
Junior
Username: fish

Post Number: 49
Registered: 6-2006
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 6:38 am:   Edit Post

WOW
georgie_boy
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Username: georgie_boy

Post Number: 244
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 8:36 am:   Edit Post

I keep looking at these wood samples, and I keep saying that they are the most beautiful pieces that I've seen--------but-hell this is another classic of all time.
Let's thank Mica & co (and Chip) for being able to "foresee" such beauty.

Gulp!!!!!!!

G
mele_aloha
Intermediate Member
Username: mele_aloha

Post Number: 165
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 - 9:15 am:   Edit Post

WWWWWOOOOOOoooo!!!!!! ffffffffshshshshshshswawhat the HOLY!

No words for it. Excuse me I am trying to get my jaw off the floor.

You are one lucky somanuhgun!
the_8_string_king
Senior Member
Username: the_8_string_king

Post Number: 703
Registered: 9-2005
Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:32 am:   Edit Post

Utterly mind-boggling!

If I wasn't getting Coco Bolo for the legendary sound, I think this wood would be my wood of choice!
estring
Junior
Username: estring

Post Number: 24
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 11:10 pm:   Edit Post

Hey
You are gonna have one beautiful instrument!!!
berniek
New
Username: berniek

Post Number: 7
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - 11:15 am:   Edit Post

OK, I like my bass a lot (Karen's), but that is one cool piece of wood you have there.
hifiguy
Intermediate Member
Username: hifiguy

Post Number: 112
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2007 - 3:30 pm:   Edit Post

Man, that wood's about as inconspicuous as a bear in a phone booth!!! What a stunning instrument! What electronics did you spec, Chuck?

Paul
the_8_string_king
Senior Member
Username: the_8_string_king

Post Number: 742
Registered: 9-2005
Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2007 - 5:09 pm:   Edit Post

Judging from the routing and drill pattern, I'd say it's a standard Series II.

Hope you're getting chrome or nickel hardware. IMO it would go better with the wood than the
gold.
mele_aloha
Advanced Member
Username: mele_aloha

Post Number: 224
Registered: 1-2007
Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2007 - 8:24 pm:   Edit Post

Gourgeous gourgeous!

How do they fill the voids in this wood? Is it just filled with the clear coat polyester?

I love this wood, Paul
bassman10096
Senior Member
Username: bassman10096

Post Number: 967
Registered: 7-2003
Posted on Sunday, September 30, 2007 - 7:37 am:   Edit Post

That's the prettiest buckeye I've ever seen. The blue/green/grey to cream contrast is beautiful.

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