Moollon's Mr. Ji

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:51 pm

LANK

Certainly not my work, but I totally love this guy. Soft spoken, always experimenting with guitar designs and heaps more. Last week he surprised me by finally telling me that he has a blog page that shows his ongoing work, and I thought some of you might appreciate what he does. 20+ years as a luthier, but nearly 30 as a sculptor and painter, and he pretty much sums up the face of Moollon. I'm looking forward to a new design of his, a phoenix from traditional Korean art to be etched on a single Jazz bass guard + control panel-sized piece of polished aluminum for my J-Classic (will post later), a version of which is visible between the pickups on the top side of the following guitar.

We just sent a custom Narcis to Crispian Mills:

More conventional stuff:

A pre-diet illustration of Suhyun, builder of most of Moollon's BufferAge line.

Unknown Anglo female:

His latest design, his twist on a rendering of Korean Buddhist art (inverse), and one of his most detailed images ever. Took about 3 weeks to finish.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:57 pm

they are all so beautiful especially the buddhist art one. Looking forward to seeing the bass guard.

Post by **dots** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:16 pm

genius in a lot of ways.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:31 pm

He's very talented. What is the correct pronunciation of Moollon anyway?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:12 pm

Yep yep - love all his stuff.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:28 am

Gavin wrote:What is the correct pronunciation of Moollon anyway?

Glad you asked, as very few do!

It's fairly close to an anglicized mool-lone, with no particular accent on either syllable, although the second syllable is emphasized in colloquial Korean if one were to mean "you betcha!" instead of a plain old "of course", which is what Moollon (물론) actually means. That being said, Mr. Park tends to pronounce it exactly as us 'murikanz pronounce Moulin (Rouge) at the NAMM show when introducing the stuff to those who drop in.

Viljami · Post by **Viljami** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:36 am

Did I see him on our sweep of the music market? I usually don't like too much details on guitars, but those look cool. Especially the Korean buddisht one.

Diva · Post by **Diva** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:45 pm

His stuff is just gorgeous. Its stuff that you hate to use because its so pretty. Sketches are amazing too. I'm a fan.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:00 pm

ultratwin wrote:Unknown Anglo female:

i'm out on a limb here, but looks like Rachel McAdams:

EDIT: it's gotta be her. the hair in the bottom pic even matches the one in the painting. couldn't imagine a more beautiful subject.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:08 pm

Rachel McAdam with a giant man hand.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:22 am

Gavin wrote:Rachel McAdam with a giant man hand.

Hanging upside down. Love those guitars though. It's like what Obey Giant grows up into.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:58 am

Gavin wrote:Rachel McAdam with a giant man hand.

'tis a shame that all dames can't have such princessish, maiden like hands, such as yourself.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:32 am

I'm not usually one for busy guitar designs, but goddamn that thing is gorgeous (to say nothing of that painting

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ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:39 am

colabonham wrote:Did I see him on our sweep of the music market?

Afraid not. He rarely heads out there, but I could have easily taken you guys the shop (about an hour from where we were) to hang out and chat with him. Would have been really boring for the ladies, though!

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westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:52 pm

He makes cool pedals too. I saw them at Twin Town Guitars

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ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat May 22, 2010 1:26 pm

The J-Classic guard is done, and is way beyond anything I had expected. It's not so easy to see the Phoenixes' heads from this angle, but I'll post shots after the holes are drilled and it's placed on the bass. I hope this design gets some use on future designs, cause it's brilliant!

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:46 am

Ba Boom, all done and feeling good about it. Having it on for about a month now with several hours of weekly play, I've noticed that neck pickup shielding is no doubt a contributing benefit, but to experience it first hand as a long-term J-bass player is a real delight.

I shoop'd out the major finish chip recently incurred.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:50 am

Probably heading out to NYC next week, the aforementioned NC Narcis Guardian S.S.

Gavin · Post by **Gavin** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 7:46 pm

That looks absolutely brilliant.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Jun 19, 2010 8:13 pm

It really does. There's something really dreamy about it, like just looking at it is mesmerising. It's busy enough and captivating enough that you could look at it for hours, without it being challenging or confusing to the eye. It's really nice.

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