Its definately not a real les paul, so I dont want to take painstaking effort in doing it.
Its a epiphone lespaul blackbeauty, and I hate all black anything. And I also hate the gold hardware.
I found scotchbriting the gold gets tarnishes the finnish of the gold somewhat and lets the chrome sing through.
I also sanded the paint off the back, and found a pretty nice looking grain of mahogany, so I tried staining it a cherry red with some decent results.
Its just drying now, so I'll see how it goes. I'll definately sand it wiht an ultra fine grit after about four or five hrs, and then apply a darker gloss finnish coat. maybe?
If I were to do the same to the top, how could I add a sunburst finnish if I have a cherry stain and a dark mahogany stain? I dont have any woodworking experience lol.
Any ideas are appreciated.