Vela finishes - Satin or gloss? Tone or feel/resonance difference?

[vchizzle]

That satin will wear and relic on its own. Less so if you’re a delicate, gentle picker. More if you play it like a rock star. Me personally, I’d go satin on a Vela semi hollow and let it age naturally. If it’s like the old core satin standard, you can de-gloss shiny spots with super fine steel wool, just barely touch it to the wood and go in the direction of the grain. Have a bit of a hankering for the satin white and play it til it looks like an old fence post.

 

[Xtcclassic]

This isn't helping. lol. I just went to their site. They have a number that might look really good! I'll have to see if you can get samples like you can from WD. The black-copper and black-gold sparkle look good on this guitar from my photoshop mockups.

I’d love to see those mock-ups.

 

[Sybo]

I’d love to see those mock-ups.

Me too!

 

[brain21]

Hopefully this will work. These are the ones I liked best. I had a handful of others as well, but didn't think that they were as good as these. These are all from Quickguards

OK, I'll try this:
Tobacco Leaf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13a5YxnpUTedUHuObbjKIG9Eawz4iStZ8/view?usp=sharing

Red Paisley Sparkle
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wTD_isl7MOjiW96x4I84Tl1V-uS-yqxe/view?usp=sharing

Olive Green Paisley
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xXgn0vcsyft07g__5LVh7kX3XslNv-H0/view?usp=sharing

Gold Sparkle Paisley
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vGqRUR2ivcS6DDxEk6WqvTGsLjPkOqZ8/view?usp=sharing

Brown Gold Sparkle
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dr5uyI0pvAPnTPcIjwtYU3AvlK8lOzZn/view?usp=sharing

Black Gold Sparkle
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b8lm-pH_YFAUNEDFUosYcuB0_VD4DyKx/view?usp=sharing

Black Copper Sparkle
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17VNvwzisQH9LVPyUGbxFya0nCBy6hW2v/view?usp=sharing

 

[PCypert]

Oh, 1 thing I didn't think about until perusing the threads xjbebop posted is the neck finish. The gloss Velas have the gloss neck finish, where the satin ones have a satin neck finish. I much prefer a satin neck. Most of my recent guitar purchases have been raw roasted maple or raw wenge necks, and I really like those. You can't really have a raw mahogany neck w/o risking issues, so a satin neck would be the closest.

Anyone swapped out the pickguard on theirs? I was considering a black satin and swapping out to a tortoise pickguard, along the lines of this, or perhaps Black Abalone (that has shades of blue in it - leaning toward the tortoise though):

I think that looks great. Then beat on it till it looks like nels clines jm