New Mesa Dual Rec Faceplate

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New Mesa Dual Rec Faceplate

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I made this out of flamed vitex from some fingerboard stock lying around. I made 3 fingerboards from half the plank and this is the other half.

It began like this:

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Then sanded to 600 and dyed black with Fiebings leather dye.

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Sand that back just like you do with flame maple, then 2 coats of walnut stain, then 4 or 5 coats of thinned wiped on poly, sanding between for that chatoyance.

It's a classy looking thing.

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Re: New Mesa Dual Rec Faceplate

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"chatoyance".

I learned a thing!
New word, thank you. :thumbup:

And that's one classy looking Mesa.
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Re: New Mesa Dual Rec Faceplate

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Sweet jesus that's sexy. Do you have more maple around? Want to replace my fugly VHT faceplate.
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That looks awesome
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robthemac wrote: Sun Sep 05, 2021 2:12 pm Sweet jesus that's sexy. Do you have more maple around? Want to replace my fugly VHT faceplate.
It ain't maple, it's vitex. Much cooler.

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That looks so great!!! Death to the tread!
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jeremyb wrote: Sun Sep 05, 2021 2:19 pm That looks so great!!! Death to the tread!
Tremoverbs never had tread plate. They originally came with a basket cloth faceplate that looked really good but was long gone by the time this amp became mine. Other dual recs had the tread, which is a bit much for me tbh.

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Mate that’s so freakin cool nice work
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That looks great! Nice work!

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Love it

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That looks sick. Mesa would tack on an extra grand for that custom wood panelling :wink:
Loving it so far

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StratMatt wrote: Sun Sep 05, 2021 5:56 pm That looks sick. Mesa would tack on an extra grand for that custom wood panelling :wink:
More. Seriously.
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Man, that’s so cool.
We def have some talented folks here

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That looks excellent.

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Re: New Mesa Dual Rec Faceplate

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Where did you get that vitex?
Jops wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:46 am Spring is the comic sans of reverbs anyway.

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