Pushead Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 Here is the deal: 1977 Gibson Les Paul Custom. It used to be white (you can still see white at the bottom and in places on the neck where the paint hasn't completely worn away.) I know it will never be a vintage piece, It has a crack in the neck where the fretboard pulled away many moons ago. I'm thinking about re-finishing it, but some people are telling me that it's way too cool this way. I bought this guitar because it was made on the day I was born!! I'm not worried about restoring it to vintage. I have another 77 LPC in Ebony that is in really nice shape (and made the day before I was born - what are the odds?), and a 78 Standard in Cherryburst thats also in good shape. whut do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the third eye Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 seriously, that used to be white?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 I think you could have a great time refinishing it and I say go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo328 Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 I have an 85 Gibson Invader that has turned about the same color as yours. It's not a collectors piece so I'm refinishing. It looks like S**t now. Plus it didn't yellow the same all over, some places are almost still white and some places are passing yellow into a light brown, like where it sat on a guitar stand for too long. I'd say go for it, remember, lots of pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 I wouldn't refinish it... I like the looks of and old original vintage guitar. Like you said you have other les pauls which look better, so why make this one look like new? It's like doing facelifts and injection botox etc, it looks fake! The headstock contour and the body contour gives away that it's a 70's model BTW the guitar wasn't actually snow white when it was new, because the laquer Gibson used is already yellowish. So it should have been a bit ivory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 i would put a camo finish on it,outfit it with emgs,and install a kahler flatmount......no wait...i would leave it yellow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budman68 Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 Honestly(even though I love refinishing guitars...) I would leave that just the way it is. Kinda reminds me of a "hazard yellow" Jackson Rhoads paint job. I think it's great. Dave-> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DividedByJames Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 man...that looks like urine when you are dehydrated ! Just kidding (but it does). I think you should leave it the vintage color and buy another cheaper '03 Les Paul to be your guinnea pig for paint projects. Cuz more guitars are better! Plus it has schtick value. It's old school 70's flava' and it's aged like fine wine. Well maybe not fine wine, but old wine. But in 10 years it will be vintage. All the 50-60's Les Pauls will be found and stored like artifacts in some glass case and everyone will be out searching for the third oldest Les Pauls...the 70's. If this came out the same day you were born, then it's 30something years old (or twentysomething...hey wasn't that a TV show?). I mean look at some of those 50s strats you see out there...they're beat to crap, but they still fetch a crapload of $$. I mean if the guitar functions and isn't falling apart, it will be vintage one day and will be worth more if in it's original finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushead Posted October 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 I thought 25 is vintage. I wasn't worried about a painting project, I've got a flying V that is waiting for a new fretboard (when I get around to it, lol), inlays and some sort of finish. I think I'm going to do a denim material finish on it. Should be fun to try. Plus, the yellow is growing on me. It's almost an inverse of the ebony sitting next to it. Gold and black next to black and gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 leave it man, it looks sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butnut Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 If it were mine, I'd leave it that color. I've done kustom repaints and relics...a naturally aged white finish has a special mojo all it's own. Enjoy it, the dates thing is really trippy...I'd love to get any axe made in my birth year...unfortunately, anything with a '55 vintage is gonna cost me a kidney or two... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_guitars Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Leave the guitar as it is. Paint the wall behind it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonray305 Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 Hay dude everything happens for a reason. let it ride I think it is cool Jon Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonray305 Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 i would put a camo finish on it,outfit it with emgs,and install a kahler flatmount......no wait...i would leave it yellow Very funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratDudeDan Posted November 17, 2003 Report Share Posted November 17, 2003 very hard to see any "white" in that mess of yellow. i'd say refinishing it would depend on how much you love it and whether or not the "yellow" has any sentimental value to it. before i refinished my strat, i made sure to take a lot of pictures of the candy apple red finish on it, 'cause i really liked it a lot, i just knew i could do better. so, if the yellow is hard to get rid of, don't, but otherwise, i would say refinish that bitch 'cause it looks like ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Leave the guitar as it is. Paint the wall behind it Seriously, I'd leave it as-is, too. so long ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
want2design Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Well I was about to scream LIAR, then compliment you on your Photoshop skills, but I decided not to. What had me scratching my head was how to inlay and tuners had became yellow-ish in color too. As for refinishing it or not, I would leave it if the yellow is consistant on the body (as in, it's not patchy and tacky looking). However, the yellow inlay and tuners disturb me a little bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushead Posted November 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 It's a Les Paul Custom, the tuners are gold. The headstock inlay has yellowed, but I'm not sure that they didn't use a yellowish inlay material in the 70s because both customs and my standard are gold too. (My 77 accoustic is silver though...) Check your monitor, the inlays are still (farily) white. Some are chipped and thin from when it was refretted. I guess it had been refretted 2 or 3 times. I'm not going to refinish it, I'll just keep it "dehydrated-piss yellow". At least for now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
want2design Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 Sorry, I wasn't very clear on what I meant. I simply meant that the headstock inlay was yellow-ish in color, not the fretboard inlays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushead Posted November 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 That's okay. It's sort of strage to me too. Especially on the ebony one. p.s. My photoshop skills aren't that bad either: The yellow and the ebony ones are real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 i think its too yellow, i like the vintage look, but this is extreme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultraman Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 i wouldnt touch it looks great how it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 yeh it does look cool in a uunique way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultraman Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 its probably worth something untouched like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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