historic finishes

[bluesroom]

Has gibson ever used a dull finish on historic les pauls(other than maybe an aged one)?
And in your opinion how does the finish on the 01's compare to previous years?thanks

 

[RICH]

My 01s are finished as good as my 99s and Y2ks, if ANYTHING, the necks aren't fading on my 01s as fast as they did on my 99s and Y2Ks. I played my 01 58 for at least a month with no change, but my others fade by the day. Weird.

 

[Marshallhead]

finish fade

my y2k r9s red is turning darker and more brown recently on the top and it has the neck wear too-ive gigged alot recently and im in agreement with RICH-the guitar changes by the day-its a cool thing to me because it looks nice all dull and grimy-its very pleasing change to my eye-even the hardware is dulling

 

[Zhangliqun]

The back of my R9 neck is fading to brown a bit -- and I noticed some red on the bottom of my guitar stand.

 

[plaintop]

My teaburst Y2k R9 has lost a lot of red even on the top. It is starting to look brown everywhere.