A-Branger
Well-Known Member
I'm not sure what to call it, but they're half-lies. All companies do it though, not just kiesel. Ibanez's website shows rosewood fretboards so dark they look like ebony, but in real life they're actually lighter than milk chocolate. It's not lying but it's certainly not honest.
yeah nah, you talking about a whole different thing bro.
the OP I quoted is calling about Charvel showing you a "mate" finish in their photos when its clearly shown as gloss, and Im explaining the "why"..... Theres no lie in there, they arent pulling up tricks or anything
Ibanez on the other hand thats a different story. You cant control nature and the way wood grain would come up, stock photos would always feature the best top/grain posible, and although yes, there would be color/grain variations, Ibanez tends to have a fully opposite variations. One thing is to have a little less than the stock photo, another is to have fully non-0-nope top compared. And thats something I never liked about Ibanez too.
Best example is anything with a burl top. Best ever was the limited run of Buckeye burl SR premium basses. Majority of the basses out there in the wild (or the ones I saw in "real webstore pics") had 0 burl on them, they pretty muhc looked like a plain maple top. I felt sorry for people who spend the ridiculous extra $$ they were asking for those
My BTB33 was featured in their site with a red-ish mahogany tint (something I HATE about ibanez, they keep doing that), but lucky for me my bass was an almost black tint. Mine bit more maroon, but I did saw couple on a store that they were black black