electricsky
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- Nov 14, 2008
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I wonder if the Red dye they use for the back and neck of the Les Paul reissues ,sinks deep into the wood or is it just on the top of it ?
i wonder about that cause i would like to buy a reissue 59 but most of the beautiful wide flames top i see are in USA ( when i see what they have in some shops in the USA ,they really have some much more beautiful than the ones we have here !) ,so i wouldn't be able to try it first .
If the neck profile is really too big for me ( many seems to have bigger neck than the few original 54-55 i have had . And i would prefer not sell it if i find the top i want and that it sounds good ,knowing how hard it is to find one with a top i really love ! More than 2 years i look for one ! ) , i was thinking about asking a luthier here in France ,to make the neck sligthly less big but i was wondering if doing that ,he would remove the dye or not and if he would be able to put back the same color on under the nitro finish ?
i would suppose the Dye sinks into the wood (but how deep, i don't know !) , cause when i see some where they remove some of the finish, to make it look worn/ age , the red dye is still there on the back but maybe it's just on the surface / top of the back and not that deep in the wood ?
i wonder about that cause i would like to buy a reissue 59 but most of the beautiful wide flames top i see are in USA ( when i see what they have in some shops in the USA ,they really have some much more beautiful than the ones we have here !) ,so i wouldn't be able to try it first .
If the neck profile is really too big for me ( many seems to have bigger neck than the few original 54-55 i have had . And i would prefer not sell it if i find the top i want and that it sounds good ,knowing how hard it is to find one with a top i really love ! More than 2 years i look for one ! ) , i was thinking about asking a luthier here in France ,to make the neck sligthly less big but i was wondering if doing that ,he would remove the dye or not and if he would be able to put back the same color on under the nitro finish ?
i would suppose the Dye sinks into the wood (but how deep, i don't know !) , cause when i see some where they remove some of the finish, to make it look worn/ age , the red dye is still there on the back but maybe it's just on the surface / top of the back and not that deep in the wood ?