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Jessie's ghost
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Re: Best "classic" Les Paul color?
Maybe the wire red is the hello kitty guitar, if you know what I mean.
Maybe the wire red is the hello kitty guitar, if you know what I mean.
Best "classic" Les Paul color?
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Rand-O-Monium
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Re: Best "classic" Les Paul color?
Black/Ebony
Ice Tea
Goldtop
Vintage SB
Black/Ebony
Ice Tea
Goldtop
Vintage SB
9unslin9er
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Re: Best "classic" Les Paul color?
The first time I saw a Les Paul really featured was Slash's re-finished Standard on the Sweet Child o' Mine video.
I loved that faded look. My preference is for the un-burst or Lemon Burst like the Peter Green model.
The first time I saw a Les Paul really featured was Slash's re-finished Standard on the Sweet Child o' Mine video.
I loved that faded look. My preference is for the un-burst or Lemon Burst like the Peter Green model.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
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+1. There's an art to getting the colors and blending right on a sunburst, but when it's done right, it's hard to beat.
+1. There's an art to getting the colors and blending right on a sunburst, but when it's done right, it's hard to beat.
Laughing Kookaburra
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Ebony and creme...
Ebony and creme...
Re: Best "classic" Les Paul color?
I voted honey burst, mainly as its the closest to the un-burst (faded) '59's like Page's #2. Thats if we're talking LP standard, with some subtle flame.
If its a LP Custom, then Wine Red for sure. Thats my #1 dream gibson which I still hope to get soon. I have a wine red studio as a consolation at the moment (and a honeyburst 60's tribute - love that colour!!)
I voted honey burst, mainly as its the closest to the un-burst (faded) '59's like Page's #2. Thats if we're talking LP standard, with some subtle flame.
If its a LP Custom, then Wine Red for sure. Thats my #1 dream gibson which I still hope to get soon. I have a wine red studio as a consolation at the moment (and a honeyburst 60's tribute - love that colour!!)
Agileguy_101
Master of his Domain
Re: Best "classic" Les Paul color?
This thread was bumped on it's one year anniversary. Go figure.
This thread was bumped on it's one year anniversary. Go figure.
oilpit
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Re: Best "classic" Les Paul color?
I was going to bring this up, but in a positive light.
If you look at pictures of vintage Les Pauls when they were new, most (if not all) of them look like that. However the awesome, vintage, divine dye they were using to finish the guitars back in fiddy nine was ultra-violet sensitive (aka sunlight makes it fade) and over the years and gigs and smoke and such, they turned into what we now call honeyburst and lemonburst and light burst and unburst etc. However the plethora of names, these are all modern inventions, they're basically like prefaded jeans. Just like every acid wash, light blue, pre-tattered pair of jeans was based on a super dark Levis 501...every "mojo"-flled, chipped, buckle rashed, Lemonburst R9 was based on a clownburst. (sorry, denim is the other thing I nerd out on besides guitars, so if that analogy was confusing just ignore it)
EDIT: Just did some research to check my facts, and they produced Tobacco Burst as well, same fading properties applied.
if anyone is a massive Les Paul nerd like myself, this page is full of wonderful little goodies that only the nerdiest of the nerdy will care about. If you read about how the finishing process changed through Gibsons "golden years" (58-60) and how they turned into the finishes that are really common today.
http://home.provide.net/~cfh/lpsun.html
I wish they would make an R9 with a really gaudy clownburst that would fade over time, but that will never happen, so given the options I think my favorite finish is a good example of a slight aged heritage cherry, not too washed out and not too clowny.
I was going to bring this up, but in a positive light.
If you look at pictures of vintage Les Pauls when they were new, most (if not all) of them look like that. However the awesome, vintage, divine dye they were using to finish the guitars back in fiddy nine was ultra-violet sensitive (aka sunlight makes it fade) and over the years and gigs and smoke and such, they turned into what we now call honeyburst and lemonburst and light burst and unburst etc. However the plethora of names, these are all modern inventions, they're basically like prefaded jeans. Just like every acid wash, light blue, pre-tattered pair of jeans was based on a super dark Levis 501...every "mojo"-flled, chipped, buckle rashed, Lemonburst R9 was based on a clownburst. (sorry, denim is the other thing I nerd out on besides guitars, so if that analogy was confusing just ignore it)
EDIT: Just did some research to check my facts, and they produced Tobacco Burst as well, same fading properties applied.
if anyone is a massive Les Paul nerd like myself, this page is full of wonderful little goodies that only the nerdiest of the nerdy will care about. If you read about how the finishing process changed through Gibsons "golden years" (58-60) and how they turned into the finishes that are really common today.
http://home.provide.net/~cfh/lpsun.html
I wish they would make an R9 with a really gaudy clownburst that would fade over time, but that will never happen, so given the options I think my favorite finish is a good example of a slight aged heritage cherry, not too washed out and not too clowny.
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