Why do some pictures of the STBK finish look purple and others greyish?

[artifice]

Is it the camera or are some of the STBKs actually more purple than others? Confused!

[Shinji]

Depends of the woods. It will always look like this. This is impossible to get a real trans 'black'.
Woods, pigments, chemical properties and varnish process are done like this.

[artifice]

I think I understand some of what you said.

Some of the STBK finishes just look so much more purple than others. For example:

These look more grey/black;

http://abnormis.com/images/esp/1.jpg
http://abnormis.com/images/esp/2.jpg
http://abnormis.com/images/esp/3.jpg

And these appear more purple:

http://abnormis.com/images/esp/4.jpg
http://abnormis.com/images/esp/5.jpg
http://abnormis.com/images/esp/6.jpg

Are they usually inconsistent in color or were some years production more grey or purple? They both look great to me, I'm just basically curious what's going on. :)

[DixSerina]

They kind of change from what I've seen. No real "year" to buy them from. I have a STBLK F-400 and it's black in some light, purple in other light.

[Dingbat-Walabi]

http://abnormis.com/images/esp/1.jpg
http://abnormis.com/images/esp/2.jpg
http://abnormis.com/images/esp/3.jpg



:eek:
can i buy this from you? pm plz

[Raf_666]

:eek:
can i buy this from you? pm plz

Nope , it's mine :p

Raf

[Gravy Tank]

I found out that my M-100FM looks dark turquoise under a blacklight at a gig a couple weeks ago. I pulled it out of the case and I didn't think it was mine at first :lol

[Shinji]

artifice, depends of the light, camera, etc... But they are all purple/dark... Especially maple.

[hermz]

All depends on lighting. My V looks anywhere between blue, grey and purple. Under most 'normal' lighting it is black/grey though as it should be. Flash photos tend to make them look purple.

[Piney Hills Music]

sometimes they look green too... I know that Jackson's trans black on alder sometimes had a greenish hue to it, and I had an LTD STBL that was kinda a funky muddy looking color.

its just hard to stain something black, when the wood has a natural yellow tint to it.

[Dingbat-Walabi]

Nope , it's mine :p

Raf

what woods are in it?

[Helldragon]

the mystic ones...

[k65h]

I love the purplish looking one!

i think it looks sweeter than the grey/black.

[Mizmo21]

wow my first band was called artifice , wow that is fuckin crazy never seen that word anywhere

[Raf_666]

what woods are in it?


BODY:Mahogany with White Binding / Quilted Maple Top
NECK:Maple with White Binding
FINGER BOARD:Ebony

Raf

[soulfly38]

Ill get some outdoor pictures this weekend.

[Dæmonium]

My Horizon FRII looks more purple than grey. It depends on the lighting as well.

[phil]

I really dig the purpleish look, so much that i want that colour as THE colour of a couple custom ideas i have :lol.

[moosemeister]

I would like mine to look gray when I take pictures instead of purple.

[artifice]

Yeh, I think I like the grey looking ones more too. Anyway, I've decided to buy a neck through M-II in solid black with EMG's instead of the Horizon so it doesn't really matter. Purple isn't really my favorite color.

[Raf_666]

I'm sure all of them look grey/black , de one pictured above (which is mine), taking a picture with a flash it will look purple ...

[Rohis]

It's because ESP doesn't care about their customers so they have crappy QC on their paint jobs.


:lol

[D-EJ915]

It's because ESP doesn't care about their customers so they have crappy QC on their paint jobs.


:lol
schecter reigns supreme with crappy finishes, practically every trans finish hellraiser I've used has had some problems with the finish somewhere

[Rohis]

schecters are on the same production line as ESPs I believe. same company/factory/ etc

[metalhobo]

schecters are on the same production line as ESPs I believe. same company/factory/ etc

They are completely different companies. The only connection is that they are now owned by the same person.

[Rohis]

They are completely different companies. The only connection is that they are now owned by the same person.

So ESP and Schecter are privately owned by one person and they no longer make their korean models in the same factory?

I didn't know that. :D

[Monologous]

I have a Kramer eclipse type guitar that looks green, but they call it see throuhg black. Looks great though.