Hi-Flyer Project!

[drbassman]

Yes!!

[Chris P.]

+ 1 on the orange!

[Pilgrim]

Hmmm.  I have this small perceptual challenge.  I spent 13 years at Texas A&M and was pretty well trained to reject the color BURNT orange...much too "t.u".

But I like Gretsch orange a lot!

[drbassman]

Hmmm.  I have this small perceptual challenge.  I spent 13 years at Texas A&M and was pretty well trained to reject the color BURNT orange...much too "t.u".

But I like Gretsch orange a lot!

That's understandable. My family has a strong aversion to scarlet & gray!

[Dave W]

Hmmm.  I have this small perceptual challenge.  I spent 13 years at Texas A&M and was pretty well trained to reject the color BURNT orange...much too "t.u".

But I like Gretsch orange a lot!

And you left the stimulating intellectual climate in Bryan/CollegeStation? 

I suggest antique white. The last Mosrite I played was an aged white refin and it looked great.

[drbassman]

All of this orange talk has me thinking that I might do my Starfire III in Gretsch trans orange.  You guys give me such great ideas!

[Pilgrim]

That's understandable. My family has a strong aversion to scarlet & gray!

Careful, now. My alma mater, Washington State (see avatar) is CRIMSON and gray.  Clearly not scarlet, oh indeedy not.

And yes, the intellectual/cultural aspect of College Station was a significant part of the reason for my change of scenery - although truth to tell, it was mostly cultural.  College Station has a lot of bright, capable people, but culturally this child of the fairly informal Pacific Northwest didn't fit in very well.  I asked too many questions and tried to change the status quo.  Mea culpa.

AND - I'm having another brainstorm: Gibson Gold-Top would look GREAT on that Hi-Flyer body, and ReRanch has it in rattle cans. This photo was taken from ReRanch's website at: http://reranchstore.stores.yahoo.net/goldtopgold.html



Question is, would I paint just the top this color, the whole thing?  That route around the top on the Hi-flyer makes it a bit problematic to declare where the top ends.  It might also be a trick to get the demarcation line right between top and back if I didn't just paint the whole thing gold - ala Dick Dale - which is a possibility.

[ramone57]

how about the raised top gold and the rest black, with a burst type fade where they meet?

[drbassman]

well, I'd paint the entire thing Gold. I think it would look super that way.

[Chris P.]

Thought the Goldtop is an icon, I always liked the Coppertops better.

[Barklessdog]

I love this gold look, which os supposed to be beige color (poly mist?) but yellowed clear makes it gold???

[Dave W]

There was a heather poly that was sort of beige, but the one in that pic is golden mist poly.

[Chris P.]

I know people with all gold Les Pauls.

[drbassman]

I have a hollow body that is just bad enough to need an opaque finish and I'm thinking gold top or entire body would be cool.

[Pilgrim]

I'm mentally flipping (you knew that) back and forth between orange and gold top.

The orange would require a custom mix - and I won't deny that the rattle can approach has great appeal.  No mixing, just prep, buy, shoot, and finish.

BTW...does anyone know of a source for pickups that would match the original Hi Flyer / Aria pickup cavity dimensions?  I checked some other threads and although there was one expired Ebay auction, I haven't found anything else yet. 

DiMarzio makes some which are the same rectangular layout, and I'm checking specs on Schaller Bassbuckers.  A BGRA review of the Hi-flyer says the Schallers have the right pickup spacing - I see they come in black or cream color for about $70 each.  Schaller puts a good spec sheet online so I'll be able to measure the cavities tonight.