Les Paul Refinish
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arthursilvia
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Sky Blue Lou
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muttley600
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Gentlemen, I thin JCH comment may not have been all it seems...
arthursilvia
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You're doing that right now!
You have no idea what I am doing right now, I think you will have to eat your words in a bit.
Hold up, you do what you want, it's your guitar. I hope it looks great. I will never be on board with stripping a Gold Top for any other finish though. IMO the Gold top is the ultimate Les Paul finish. There is no better.
arthursilvia
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Have you ever tried to do a touch up on one?
No I just live with the scratches and dings.
Sky Blue Lou
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I've always had a weakness for Goldtops as well but I also like a nice sunburst (not too much flame in the wood) and black and white as well. I have a Goldie and a "clownburst" and my bare wood top Ronno. I've had black (twice) but never white. Need to get an Alpine White Custom.
I know people go nuts for wood grain and flame and all that, but not me. I like the solid finishes. I do like the bursts as well, as long as there's little to no grain in the wood. Plain top cherrybursts and old tobacco bursts look great to me. I don't wanna see all that wood. That's just me. I know the guitar is wood. I don't need it to be proven to me.
muttley600
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I have every idea what you are doing. I hope it works out for you. I'm here if it doesn't..
I'm with gerg really in that I can't see the benefit in stripping and refinishing a guitar of that type. You will only ever drop the value.
Sky Blue Lou
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Agreed. Too much flame turns me off. A little grain is okay but plaintops are fine by me.
muttley600
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See I am the other way. I'd rather see wood than flake or colour.. Different strokes and all that.... A good solid colour is just as hard to do as a decent clear or stained/tinted finish though so I like the skill in both when done well.
arthursilvia
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Your "every idea" obviously are assumptions. Apparently you will "be here" regardless.
There is a huge benefit in this project, actually value is increasing as I have people interested in it.
arthursilvia
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I don't like a lot of figure in the wood also, especially the stripes that are too perfect and symmetrical. I have a LP Standard with a very erratic book matched striped cherry top. At first I criticized it for being so messy but actually that is what gives it its charm.
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muttley600
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OK whatever you say....
Sky Blue Lou
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I like the grain on that. Not too much for a Lester.
I should have been more specific. I do like a nice flamey top just not on Les Pauls. Makes 'em look too tarted up IMO. I have a G&L ASAT with a gorgeous flamey top in cherry sunburst. Looks good on that guitar.
I should have been more specific. I do like a nice flamey top just not on Les Pauls. Makes 'em look too tarted up IMO. I have a G&L ASAT with a gorgeous flamey top in cherry sunburst. Looks good on that guitar.
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