Well apparently you CAN polish a turd !

boogieman

I bought my SG in 2010 off the old MR forum. Its been through a fair few changes over the time I've owned it but I've never been happy with the finish. So off to the lovely Rich Rendall (aka @lamf68 of this parish) it went for a refinish in Pelham Blue nitro. I have to say I'm knocked out by the quality of the job Rich has done, especially given how reasonable his rates are. I'm more than happy, apparently the original (Wudtone?) finish was a bitch to remove properly and kept breaking through the sealer coats, but the overall result is stunning thanks to his work.

Pics coming shortly.

Simon_M

I don’t think I would call a Gibson SG a turd but looking forward to seeing the finished result.

boogieman

Before

boogieman

And after

Dan86

Very nice Yup Rich did a burst on my strat, fantastic work!

Fretwired

Ye Gods ... that's amazing. I really like the finish .. that's a stunning looking guitar.

guitars4you

Rich did a great refin for me on a USA Hamer about 12 months ago - awesome work

That P Blue looks ultra cool

steveledzep

Wow....no longer a turd !!

boogieman

For anyone vaguely interested: The guitar started life as a 2000 Gothic SG. Originally it would've been solid black with all black hardware and open humbuckers. It had a headstock break at some point and the owner did a piss poor repair, including "repainting" the cracked paintwork with a black felt tip pen!! It changed hands somewhere round this time and the guy I bought it off then did a decent repair job on the headstock, replacing the headstock veneer and stripping it all back to bare wood and refinishing it with some sort of brown rub-on stain. The pickups acquired chrome covers and all the hardware was changed over to chrome, including a harmonica bridge and Grovers.   

I then bought it. Over the years I've swapped the bridge to a Gotoh one, fitted a set of Mojo HB sized P90's and had the nut replaced with a bone one. It sounds great, but it look even better now. One happy bunny!

grappagreen

That’s great.. super job.

Philly_Q

I've never seen a @lamf68 finish in the flesh but in pictures his work always looks utterly fantastic.

boogieman

Philly_Q said:

I've never seen a @lamf68 finish in the flesh but in pictures his work always looks utterly fantastic.

It looks even better close up, believe me. A top class job by a lovely fella.

boogieman

guitars4you said:

Rich did a great refin for me on a USA Hamer about 12 months ago - awesome work

@guitars4you is that the Sherwood green Monaco on his Facebook page? I bloody love that! 

baldy

Rich did a re-fin on my Yamaha RGX just before xmas.
From this 

To this

Superb finish & my poor mobile phone pic doesn"t do it justice.
Very reasonable price & highly recommended.

oldfoxy

On the right guitar there's something about Pelham blue and that SG looks absolutely gorgeous, you must be well chuffed.  

Bridgehouse

To be honest that’s some of the best “turd rolled in nitro” action I’ve seen on a while. 

That colour... man that colour is stunning

Grunfeld

wow!  just lovely!

I now want all the guitars in all the colours ever!

boogieman

baldy said:

Rich did a re-fin on my Yamaha RGX just before xmas.
From this 

To this

Superb finish & my poor mobile phone pic doesn"t do it justice.
Very reasonable price & highly recommended.

I’m pretty sure it was seeing this that made me get in touch with Rich in the first place. In which case, thanks! 

baldy

I got in touch with Rich after seeing John_A"s superbly refinished Washburn USA he did in the same colour as I had mine done in.
It turned out Rich was just down the road from me.

SlopeSoarer

I'm intrigued as to how the paint finish is on the neck... the nice long straight line up to the fretboard/binding edge

guitars4you

boogieman said:

guitars4you said:

Rich did a great refin for me on a USA Hamer about 12 months ago - awesome work

@guitars4you is that the Sherwood green Monaco on his Facebook page? I bloody love that! 

Yes - I sold it a while ago - Customer came in just to browse - saw it and brought it based on looks alone - It looked better in the flesh - Great talent to do such work