KewL Man! Are you going to do a sweet relic job on it too?
lol A fifty year old paint job on a guitar that never existed. Try to pass it off as a 1959 prototype?KewL Man! Are you going to do a sweet relic job on it too?
No, I think purposely damaging a guitar's finish is foolish.
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.
Have you ever tried to do a touch up on one?
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.IMO the Gold top is the ultimate Les Paul finish.
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.
You have no idea what I am doing right now, I think you will have to eat your words in a bit.
Agreed. Too much flame turns me off. A little grain is okay but plaintops are fine by me.
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.
Agreed. Too much flame turns me off. A little grain is okay but plaintops are fine by me.
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.