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Custom Epic 580 build
Eddie Sinclair:
Sandy,
I have two olive epics but I really like the nude one so it’s nude for my vote.
Eddie
Kerry Jordan:
Sandy has kindly built 3 stunning Epics for me in salsa, olive and amber.
So I shall vote for nude!
Sandy Nelson:
Thanks for all the comments and for voting :z16
So its an Honorable draw, at least that keeps things normal for me, a lot of folk have difficulty deciding which colour they want, so my next move is usually to try and find out what sort of style they have in mind and that often suggests which colour we will build.
So i'll make the call on the colour when i see which way we are going. I'm afraid most of the choices will be on Nude blanks as i have only made a few ambers and have less pictures to choose from, but the build styles work well for both, we just might change the colours. We will choose the actually colours later in the process.
So the next choice is style of build.
A. Semi traditional with wraps in light natural colours, to make the rod look organic, this usually leads to softer colour inserts and lighter agates, often leads to wrap tippings to add a bit more colour, but keping the rod soft and natural.
B. Again semi traditional but with strong bold colours, this can also look pretty fresh and modern, but is not for the shrinking violet. it can go with lovely strong agates and inserts too, rarely with tippings as the strong colours dominate. These rods really pop.
C. Modern/Skandi style, clean ghost wraps for a minimalist build, pretty much a signature look for me and how a large percentage of builds end up. it shows off the colour of the blank and allows you to put the details in the agates and insert. Very cool.
D. A hybrid of the styles where the main bulk of the rod is done clean with ghost wraps, but some colour is introduced, either with tippings to the wraps, or by using a stronger solid colour on the stripper guide. This lends itself to any insert/agate style as you can pull them together in different ways, using the extra colours, if we do this style then that would be a additional choice later in the choices.
Again the Poll will run for 5 days and hopefully the style choice will inspire me with a blank choice.
Cheers
Sandy
Eddie Sinclair:
Sandy,
version C for me. Tres cool.
Eddie :z18
Jeff Donovan:
Has to be an "A" for me..... keeping with tradition or sum such... :X2
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