Just sent another Historic off to Kim at Historic Makeovers®

BlueSkyBurst · Oct 13, 2014

I sent my first Lester for a "Real Deal Series" to Kim in March. When I received my Historic back, I was completely blown away with the transformation; specifically its stunning looks with a perfectly sculpted top carve, dark Brazilian board with “Mazzucchelli” cellulose nitrate inlays, along with just the right amount of checking/distressing.
Most importantly, the “old School” craftsmanship made my Les Paul play, feel and sound better than ever. My Les Paul now feels vintage, broken in and has the “Burst-like” vibe I’ve been chasing since I was 16 years old.
I was so amazed with the overall difference, I sent 4 more Historics.

Stoj · Oct 13, 2014

Nice - I can't wait to see your other LP's post makeover :salude

duaneflowers · Oct 13, 2014

Wouldn't it be awesome if they actually shipped that way from the factory?

Well, maybe not for Kim...

But for the rest of us... for the exorbitant prices Gibson charges nowadays (not an accusation, just an observation) shouldn't some attention to things like top carve, wiring, inlays, aged parts for the aged guitars, and guaranteed quality control be part of the package?

I'm wondering how much more it would actually cost them to produce a "quality line" and iffn't (is that still a word) that might not be an alternative to anniversary inlays, robo-tuners and holograms. I'm thinking that is probably the direction reissues are heading in, i.e., kaizen at its finest! :salude

tdarian · Oct 13, 2014

Wow, killer!

TM1 · Oct 13, 2014

Nice! Kim has done Six of my guitars! I could not be more pleased with the results out of each of them. I get alot of nice comments on their tone and the way they look from the people who come see our shows.

KOTR · Oct 13, 2014

Looks great Blue Sky! I used to own 9-6008 pre-makeover. It was a great guitar then and I'm sure its even better now. I love the color you chose for it. Very cool.

BlueSkyBurst · Oct 13, 2014

KOTR said:
Looks great Blue Sky! I used to own 9-6008 pre-makeover. It was a great guitar then and I'm sure its even better now. I love the color you chose for it. Very cool.

Thanks KOTR, it's a great guitar and love the top you chose; lucky me!
I love the flames with the unBurst color Kim perfected....

KOTR · Oct 13, 2014

BlueSkyBurst said:
Thanks KOTR, it's a great guitar and love the top you chose; lucky me!

I always thought the flame had a very vintage vibe to it.

rbig80 · Oct 14, 2014

Looks great!:salude Look forward to seeing the rest. I've made up my mind to send my r8 to HM.

BlueSkyBurst · Oct 14, 2014

TM1 said:
Nice! Kim has done Six of my guitars! I could not be more pleased with the results out of each of them. I get a lot of nice comments on their tone and the way they look from the people who come see our shows.

TM1 - I've seen your recent post on what I believe is your latest HM from Kim. It was a real stunner and love the color and mineral streaks...I'm planning on having one done up slightly lighter, more of a classic Cherry Burst. The tone and overall feel of my HM is amazing, a huge difference from when it was stock...Couldn't be happier with it.

BlueSkyBurst · Oct 15, 2014

Just received this update from Kim and he shared this video with me. He told me he's been working on putting this new state of the art paint booth in place for a few years.
Looks quite pro!

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Historic Makeovers® Paint Booth

sikoniko · Oct 16, 2014

Congrats! I have two HMs and love them. Kim and crew do great work.

Pip · Oct 16, 2014

Wow that is just lovely - what a beauty, looking forward to seeing the rest of your makeovers.

An interesting point is being made about makeovers, in that they appear in many respects to out gun gibsons best efforts. We pay thousands of pounds but carve, aged parts etc are just not as good as a makeover - why?

I looked at my Fender relics (sorry) and the parts, pickup covers, screws etc are way better looking. Whilst I applude all the Gibson improvements, with yearly price hikes they really need to start getting the finer detail more correct.

TM1 · Oct 17, 2014

Yeah, Kim texted that to me yesterday! Very nice booth!! It's funny as I've seen the paint booths at Framus and Hofner, both in Germany, and they're fairly simple/crude by comparison to this one!

ppgf · Oct 17, 2014

i like kim's work.

i LOVE dave johnson's work.

BlueSkyBurst · Nov 6, 2014

Historic Makeovers Number 2:

moonweasel · Nov 6, 2014

sooooooooooo nice

kthesheep · Nov 6, 2014

ppgf said:
i like kim's work.

i LOVE dave johnson's work.

WTF! Can't you find somewhere else to TROLL?:troll
Please stop saying you know me from Albany. Because you didn't!
Your comments are sad.

BlueSkyBurst · Nov 6, 2014

BlueSkyBurst · Nov 6, 2014

Just sent another Historic off to Kim at Historic Makeovers®

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