design website

**roscopeco2000** · 09-22-2008, 08:32 AM

I work in design and have a musicman bass, i was just looking on the musicman website for up comming colours.I know there is the instrument builder section, but would it be that hard to when you click the colours, for them to be displayed on the relevant instrument?a small thing i know but would make the world of difference,rosco

**mynan** · 09-22-2008, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by roscopeco2000

I work in design and have a musicman bass, i was just looking on the musicman website for up comming colours.I know there is the instrument builder section, but would it be that hard to when you click the colours, for them to be displayed on the relevant instrument?a small thing i know but would make the world of difference,rosco

I think that would be a ton of pics to take...and I think the "instrument builder" is gone.

**Bassmanslap** · 09-22-2008, 09:39 AM

Yeh i couldnt find the instrument builder.

**Big Poppa** · 09-22-2008, 09:52 AM

its gone if he can tell me how to do it with 120,000 combinations and represent the instruments properly he has a job!

**roscopeco2000** · 09-22-2008, 11:20 AM

well big popper i actually could do it with photoshop, you wouldnt need take 1000s of pictures just 1 picture of each instrument and use photoshop to change the colour, sorry if i offended u it was just and idea, car manufuctures do it alot so the customer can visualise there protental product in there colour choice

**Smakbass** · 09-22-2008, 01:03 PM

Yes but you would also then have to show the pickguard, neck variations pick up variations possibly...matching or unmatched headstock so to do it effectively you would have to be able to combine things.

**Psycho Ward** · 09-22-2008, 01:18 PM

It’s “Big Poppa” not “big popper”.

**oli@bass** · 09-22-2008, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by roscopeco2000

i actually could do it with photoshop

First, you wouldn't want to do all those mentioned combinations in Photoshop manually (colours x pickguards x necks x headstocks x pickups x models)

Second, you would not be able to really get the colours represented properly by just changing the hue. Have a look at a colour like Blue Dawn (2007 LE) or Mystic Dream or the translucent wood tops and tell me how you'd do that in Photoshop...).

Maybe an Instrument Builder offering all those options could be accomplished with a really well done 3D rendering application working in the background, but the question is whether it's worth the effort. And whether people would be willing to wait for the image to be processed for them to be seen on the website.

**Big Poppa** · 09-22-2008, 03:16 PM

you didnt offend me in lhe least even making fun of my handle. We tried the obvious and it sucked

There are way too many combinations to make even photoshop a reality

**Smakbass** · 09-22-2008, 03:18 PM

Its good to have a lil mystery either way...Really the way I look at it,, its a musical instrument the colour combo is not the first thing I worry about.

**roscopeco2000** · 09-22-2008, 03:34 PM

ok cool well like i said it was just a suggestion,maybe an idea for the future i know it would take alot of time and resources to start with but as i say to my company about any big design projects once there done they are there for always and can be used for many applications.i know it would need updating once a year but that wouldnt take long.i think its great for people to visualise the product what they want. maybe you could have a program attached to the website that lets people render there own colours onto the guitars, there could be prizes for the best maybe even limited runs of the colours,THE POSSIABILTIES ARE ENDLESS BIG POPPA!!. iam getting excited just thinking about it i would love to head up your marketing campaign!! the capaign slogan could be something...................WE DESIGN THE GUITARS YOU DREAM THE GUITARS, you gotta let me put something together for you big poppa what do you say?