skyguitarworks

hey guys, i am looking for a bit of advice on refinishing my les paul. i want to do a honey burst finish. anyone have advice on painting tech./which stans/paints or anyhting              else that would be helpful? thanks.

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i agree with the other reply you got, if it is a solid color now you never know what lies beneath, gibson got pretty bad about that though the 70's into the 80's

you could, but most likely you'd have to refret and sand all the finish off of it that s on it now to stain it.  What wood is it?  Do you know what kind of finish is on the wood?

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It is made of hard maple. Not to sure what kind of finish. Can i reuse the frets, or would I have to put new ones on?

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unless you just really love this neck i think you may be getting into more than you want to trying to stain it, don't get me wrong, it can be done....but you could sell it and get one you want much easier

ok so i aqcuired a guitar body routed for a vintage whammy, and as i feel like trying one out(ive never had a guitar with one) i decided to leave it routed for that and pop one in.  im thjinking about the wilkinson 6-hole vintage from stewmac, and considering a trem setter too.  are those things any good?  i guess the biggest concern for me is stability, as on my floyd guitars im a definite abuser.  so, on a scale of 1-10, 1 being a poorly set up squier, and 10 being a perfectly designed floyd system, where would you say this trem with a trem setter would fall?

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from my experience (but i have only played one of these set ups for about an hour) i would give it a 7, it seems very stable and stays in tune well, i am just a floyd man at heart, but compared to a standard fender 6 screw trem it is 10 times better