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Green Esquire

Post by Con-Tiki! » Fri May 11, 2018 7:13 am

there's been much Sherwood Green on the forum of late. My enthusiasm has a lot to do with the Marr jaguar.

Anyway, I had some parts leftover, including an ash body that I had finished in tru-oil, some hardware, and a Squier Bullet neck with a bunch of wear.
I've had this neck listed on Reverb for a couple weeks, 149 shipped, and only got a bunch of flak for the over-described fret wear. One guy offered me $55 for it wednesday.

I decided ''screw it, i'll use it."
The tru-oil finish was almost the same color as the maple neck, which i felt was a little boring. ReRanch is on sabbatical again, and Graceys has gotten a couple 'meh' reviews.
I also realized that i 've seen a dozen different Sherwood Greens, and probably wouldn't recognize an inaccurate version.
So, this is Duplicolor Amazon Green, from the auto parts store. I like it, but would be interested if anyone wants to weigh in on it's resemblance to Sherwood. I 've looked at so many photos, I can't tell anymore.

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Re: Green Esquire

Post by DrQuasar » Fri May 11, 2018 8:38 am

I think of Sherwood Green has having a metallic sheen to it, but if you just told me "here is my new Sherwood Green Esquire" I'm not sure I would've thought twice about it. Looks great to me in any case. Dig the knobs.
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by Con-Tiki! » Fri May 11, 2018 9:12 am

thanks.
the paint is metallic, but it's so fine, it really only shows if the light's perfect.

i love these knobs, i've moved them from guitar to guitar.
i think they were originally on some sort of Gibson amp.
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by Futuron » Fri May 11, 2018 10:40 pm

I think Duplicolor sells cans of Sherwood Green too. But that is close enough for me without having a reference for comparison
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by countertext » Sat May 12, 2018 6:11 pm

Who cares? It looks really good!
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by antisymmetric » Sat May 12, 2018 6:27 pm

^^What he said. Looks really good with the open grain too.
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by StevenO » Sat May 12, 2018 6:56 pm

Yep, looks better than regular Sherwood to me.
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by Con-Tiki! » Sun May 13, 2018 8:20 am

thanks.
i'm pretty happy with it.
the first coat of green hit, and it was the first time i noticed how little tru-oil does to fill the grain.
I almost quit at that point, but didn't have the energy to start over. Now that it's together, i like the look.
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Sun May 13, 2018 8:31 am

Great shade of green & it looks fantastic with the open grain.
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by BoringPostcards » Sun May 13, 2018 10:08 pm

+1 on the open grain comments.

Looks rustic and classy all at once. Lovely shade of green.
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by solfege » Mon May 14, 2018 4:58 am

Really like this thing. It's making me want an Esquire. But I gotta say it's also making me want to see pictures of the whole guitar.
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by del » Mon May 14, 2018 6:04 pm

this looks great!
did you spray the duplicolor right over the tru-oil?
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by StevenO » Mon May 14, 2018 6:08 pm

I keep coming back to this thread... This is a really fantastic looking guitar! :-* :-* :-*
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by HNB » Mon May 14, 2018 8:42 pm

Lovely job! It looks really nice. :)
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Re: Green Esquire

Post by Con-Tiki! » Tue May 15, 2018 2:49 am

del wrote: ↑
Mon May 14, 2018 6:04 pm
 this looks great!
did you spray the duplicolor right over the tru-oil?
thx guys.
i scuffed it with some 320 and sprayed it.
i didn't notice any conflicts.
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