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Musser Paint

James 26 May 2010

Hey everyone,

Quick question... does anyone know where to buy the paint Musser uses for its resonators, pedals... and for the sake of the discussion, any other parts on the vibe.

It would be nice to be able to repaint, for example, one set of resonators and have it match the other one without having to do both. Any ideas?

James

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James Wed, 05/26/2010 - 22:54

What about the gold paint? I guess I'm aware that they can be painted a 'different' silver/gold... but is there a way to get the actual paint Musser (or Yamaha, Vanderplas, Saito, etc. for that matter) uses for touch ups.

Thanks, Tony.

James

nico Thu, 05/27/2010 - 02:49

Ours are powdercoated, as well as the newer Mussers (10 years? and younger) and Adams vibes.
Yamaha resonators are anodized. I believe Saito also are. If you find a matching color for the powdercoated tubes, you'll see that the powdercoated layer is a perfect base for the paint.

I don't like to have the tube (spray) lacquers, as the paint will flake eventually from the aluminum tubes, except when you spray it onto the powdercoated base.

Nico
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tpvibes Thu, 05/27/2010 - 10:32

Does anyone know how to repair powdercoat? My resonators (2-3 year old M55) have a few dings/cracks that expose down to the aluminum. I've painted them with an enamel paint that matches the color pretty well, but the powdercoat layer is a couple of millimeters thick and the paint isn't...

If you look at the video at http://www.vibesworkshop.com/video/alone-together-tom-phelan/tpvibes/02…, you can see some of these un-touched-up marks on the highest resonator. There are also some touched up marks there too (and on the next lower tube), but they don't really show up in the video -- they do show up in real life though.

Tom P.

djohn Thu, 11/11/2010 - 16:33

Hi there,

My M55G arrived here with a little dent in one of the crossbars between the legs. And the dent lead to the black protecting layer to flake off very quick. So I have a slightly dented (that's not what bothers me) area on one of these crossbars between the legs that is just plain aluminum I'm assuming (grey, not black). It's mostly covered by the connecting bar from the pedal-crossbar when the vibraphone's set up. But I don't like it and I'm thinking I should do something about this as I could imagine more of this black layer could flake off in the future.

Could someone tell me exactly how to cover it so it works and looks good and prevents more of this black covering from flaking off in the future?

your input is greatly appreciated.

John

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