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Mother-of-Pearl inlays vs. Abalone?
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C.Choate |
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Joined: May 2004 Posts: 89 Location: Brentwood,TN | Just wondering if anyone has mother of pearl trim around their guitar instead of abalone? I am in the process of having another(this will be my 8th)custom Elite 12-string. I was talking with Mark Lamanna in the custom shop (by the way, I know there is not really a custom dept), I told him I wanted to do something really different this time around. He said we could go with mother-of-pearl trimmings(body,fingerboard,peghead)instead of the abalone that I have done to all the others that they have built for me? Has anyone else used MOP? Do you like the cosmetic look compared to abalone? Chris | ||
CharlieB |
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Joined: January 2004 Posts: 648 Location: Florida | MOP is a nice decorative material used for inlays and sometimes binding and purfling. Abalone is a sort of wurst, which when sliced, makes cheep lunchmeat. Seriously, its just a matter of what you like visually. Abalone has varied range of colors from what I can tell, where as MOP is all pearlescent white or yellow. | ||
Bradley |
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Joined: February 2002 Posts: 613 Location: Zion, Illinois | Maybe they can give you MOT inlays like my UK-II? Bradley | ||
MWoody |
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Joined: December 2003 Posts: 13987 Location: Upper Left USA | What are some of the options out there besides shells? Is silver, platinum or gold inly plausible? Any lapidary possibilities? Fossilized ivory? I would consider the MoP rather plain. There are other texture/tones to the Abalone as well including reds, greens and blues. Can you have a top rimmed in abalone without having the finish stripped first? | ||
Nils |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 1380 Location: Central Oregon | How about Australian Fire Opal? I'm good at spending other peoples money :) /\/\/ | ||
Bailey |
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Joined: May 2002 Posts: 3005 Location: Las Cruces, NM | MOP is a great looking inlay if done right, abalone used to be as good to eat as a San Diego gourmet sea food, as it was beautiful as an inlay. People made their living diving for abs, selling it for food and the shells for decoration, the food far outshadowed the shells but it had to be prepared properly, beaten into submission, breaded and served to those who wanted to live a life of royalty for a few bucks. | ||
Tony Calman |
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Joined: August 2003 Posts: 4619 Location: SoCal | Naw, want to be "special" ?? Synchronized flashing lights, each string controls a section of lights; very distinctive for a finger picker...for Las Vegas, could also control the lights on the performer's jumpsuit. Maybe Neil would start playing O's again. | ||
alpep |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 10582 Location: NJ | it has already been done check out fretlight | ||
CharlieB |
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Joined: January 2004 Posts: 648 Location: Florida | Its not flashy, but how about some of the Adamas ropey lookin' stuff? | ||
moody, p.i. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15664 Location: SoCal | Chris, if you haven't already, you need to post some pics of these guitars. | ||
Bradley |
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Joined: February 2002 Posts: 613 Location: Zion, Illinois | Originally posted by MWoody: What are some of the options out there besides shells? Is silver, platinum or gold inly plausible? Any lapidary possibilities? Fossilized ivory? I would consider the MoP rather plain. There are other texture/tones to the Abalone as well including reds, greens and blues. Can you have a top rimmed in abalone without having the finish stripped first? My Haida Gwaii guitars are lined with silver. I know the luthier is currently making some guitars with gold. It looks very nice. | ||
BruDeV |
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Joined: January 2003 Posts: 1498 Location: San Bernardino, California | How about turquoise or jade. Or maybe bloodstone? Depending on the color of the top those would all look good. | ||
alpep |
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Joined: December 2001 Posts: 10582 Location: NJ | my baloney has a first name.... oops wrong song. | ||
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