Grand Wazoo Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 For the month of August only Ernie Ball Music Man has a special ordeing window where you can order any model of basses and guitars (except the Classic series) with a highly figure roasted maple neck, ebony fngerboard, and their limited edition BFR inlay at the 12th fret, only problem is... no choice of body colour as they only offer it in black sugar whatever that is, as per the pic below [url="http://www.ernieball.com/email/roasted_maple/index.html"][/url] which you can click on for more details and pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Wow, that maple is stunning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 [quote name='Grand Wazoo' post='901970' date='Jul 22 2010, 02:51 PM']For the month of August only Ernie Ball Music Man has a special ordeing window where you can order any model of basses and guitars (except the Classic series) with a highly figure roasted maple neck, ebony fngerboard, and their limited edition BFR inlay at the 12th fret, only problem is... [b]no choice of body colour as they only offer it in black sugar whatever that is[/b], as per the pic below..[/quote] It's black with a sparkle through it. The roasted maple is lovely isn't it, looks like Guinness settling to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragglefart Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 Guinness is right. Man that is gorgeous. What's the damage to your wallet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted July 22, 2010 Share Posted July 22, 2010 I like flame or birds-eye on necks and have them on my basses, but that is too much for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Wazoo Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 [quote name='fragglefart' post='902627' date='Jul 23 2010, 12:26 AM']Guinness is right. Man that is gorgeous. What's the damage to your wallet? [/quote] Apparently its about an extra $400 on top of the normal price, now what's that in pounds?... about £261.64, not bad huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Sugar coated body? Dry Roasted neck? Now you're talking my language! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 So that's what they were trying to do to my Victory Artist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I had a 'bitsa' J a while back. It was a Hohner Professional JJ Jazz with a stained maple body. It had various necks on it. The original was pretty much a 'P' neck which I later replaced with a J, then after that with an unlined 'P'. It passed on to Lemmywinks, whom, I believe, is still using it. Anyway, you can see the depth of grain showing through the dark staining here: G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4 Strings Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Is this 'roasting' an over done way of reducing the curing time for the neck wood? Sounds cheap and cheerful to me, looks great, and so is marketed as a boon. Anyone actually know about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 no roasted maple fretboard? looks awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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