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JohnLRice

Once you see the MiniMoog case he did for me, I'm sure you will agree if you didn't already know! hyper

JohnLRice · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 6:45 pm Post subject:

Here are some pictures George took. I'll post some of my own when I can too.

This is what my Mini's case looked like before. Typical lower end Mini wood (poplar?) with ugly factory paint(?) job and all beat up etc:

This is how it looked after sanding. It is actually not bad here and maybe a clear coat would have sufficed:

But . . . I had requested a darker walnut type finish so he tried to stain it. I think the stain job was quite acceptable, (actually very nice!), especially tons better than the way it previously looked:

But, George wasn't satisfied so what does he do? Without even showing me how the original turned out he goes and builds me a brand new one from scratch out of great wood and does a fantastic job!!!!!! w00t

emdot_ambient · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 7:04 pm Post subject:

Sweet!

I really wanna get my mini back in operational order.

chromium · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 7:37 pm Post subject:

That is absolutely gorgeous! The grain on that wood is stunning. Really nice work cool

I just refinished one too. Here are some pics if you want to see it. I wanted to do the period correct butterscotch finish, but I couldn't find a good match for that color - the stain I tried came out looking like an oompa loompa, so I went with a darker "red mahogany" oil stain with satin clearcoat...

Before:

Exploded view:

Strippers and bleach (...and not the fun kind):

Wet sanding the clear coat:

After:

neandrewthal · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:01 pm Post subject:

Wheres that boner emoticon at woah

emergencyofstate · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:02 pm Post subject:

8====D

JohnLRice · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:15 pm Post subject:

Bryan B · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:28 pm Post subject:

That is a thing of beauty!

Kent · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:36 pm Post subject:

To both of you Model D guys:

Kah-lass!

Clap

computer controlled · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 10:17 pm Post subject:

Awesome! I wanna see it when it's all put together! Maybe i should put this Micromoog into some kind of wood case like the Mini =o]

slovo · Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 10:45 pm Post subject:

Have you found Jesus yet, either of you? Because I'd like to make sure you both get into heaven. Oh, and have you written your will yet? Our Church accepts all kinds of donations..!!!!!! twisted

PS sweet cases. I can't believe your original one took such a beautiful stain, lucky wood, and surely that's due to Mr. Mattson's skill there as well! Hell, if all poplar looked that good, flame maple would be a lot cheaper right now!!

2012 · Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 1:33 am Post subject:

Nice,i did the same with mine some time ago

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matrixsynth/399951843/

emdot_ambient · Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:06 am Post subject:

Wow, all of these are inspiring.

JohnLRice · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:48 am Post subject:

I've unfortunately been so slammed with "house" projects and overtime at work I haven't taken the time to work on my MiniMoog. Tonight I finally got the keyboard reassembled and mounted in the case George made for me (thanks again! Hug

) along with the electonics. I put all new key tops on and also a fresh set of knobs! hyper

It's gonna be sweet! Here's a quick snapshot to give you a taste:

toothless_wonder · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 3:53 am Post subject:

Wow , now that is craftmanship !!! applause

BugBrand · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:16 am Post subject:

Great!

And smart move to put that resistor colour code chart at the top too -- very useful info! Slightly puzzled that you chose to mount it off-centre though.

chromium · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject:

That's coming along nicely! we're not worthy

mmm · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:22 am Post subject:

Bryan B · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:41 pm Post subject:

After staring at the great refinish jobs in this thread, my friend brought his MiniMoog over to my studio:

I told him that he should sand it down and refinish it to make it look sexy once again. Long story short he bought some stain and I got to work. I even sanded and buffed out that cigarette burn. Thanks for the inspiration!

mmm · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:12 pm Post subject:

Nice job!!! applause

It's a job+ isn't it smile