Progrocker111
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Ok, here’s the story.. I got this piece off ebay for several hundred dollars half year ago – it was a sunburst custom with serial 101653. I don’t have any clue why, but on the former owners spraypainted it gold – probably in glamrock fever. Next guy bought it as a renovation project, and stripped all paint. Unfortunatelly, he didn’t used paint remover but sandpaper and removed paint, also binding and most of the serial number. Thankfuly there were no breaks, except for mini switch holes. These pictures were taken at my friend’s luthier workshop before any work was done..
There are some pictures, from binding applying..
This is after spraying with base black color and artificial aging with shellack
After several months of waiting and drying of nitrolacquer and the D-day finally came and this is the result.
It seems it was worth to save it, it turned out to be very nice guitar even though it’s not a collectors dream. So if any of you guys got any old gibson, I’m willing to buy it cheaply from you and refinish it. :salude
There are some pictures, from binding applying..
This is after spraying with base black color and artificial aging with shellack
After several months of waiting and drying of nitrolacquer and the D-day finally came and this is the result.
It seems it was worth to save it, it turned out to be very nice guitar even though it’s not a collectors dream. So if any of you guys got any old gibson, I’m willing to buy it cheaply from you and refinish it. :salude