Lewligans Yamaha SA2000 refinish from Garbage to Gold - pic heavy

lamf68

Got a message from @Lewligan way back in October asking about a possible refin on a Yamaha SA2000, I happily agreed to take the job on, this was before seeing the state it was in!!!!. long story short and about 4 months of horror later it's complete, this was single handedly the hardest refin I've ever had to do, the body was so unstable to strip with heat I had to sand it all back, then on top of that the ridges(and it wasn't checking formed in the finish) had found their way into the wood, again, something I'd never seen in all the years of painting. To top it all off the sheer scale of doing it all in the same colour was a nightmare,This guitar is friggin huge and anyone who has worked with Crescent bronze powders knows the stuff is as fragile as a butterflies wings and breathing too close to it before it's been clear-coated absolutely ruins the finish. I dont want to blame the weather either but it has been the single shittest winter I've ever seen, when rain virtually didn't stop for 3 months solid. Ontop of that various stressful personal issues, job threats and ill health i've never been happier to see a guitar boxed up and ready to leave my grasp.

Anyway, here you go Lew mate, some before and after pics.

Deijavoo

Nice work man!

Basher

Looks fantastic though....
Wonderful work and about as tough a refin assignment as one could hope (or not) to find.

Lovely guitars and probably worth the investment.

I've got an SA2200 that I'd love to see in an ES-style Cherry finish but don't worry, I won't be pestering you any time soon!

robinbowes

That's bloody lovely!

monquixote

That looks amazing

Wazmeister

Gorgeous mate, and I'm sure all that effort is a just reward. Stunning !

Adam_MD

That looks fantastic much better than before.

djspecialist

That is fantastic.  Great work.

XWulfhere

Lovely work! Was this originally poly finished? I've thought about a nitro reffin on my riviera but it would be bloody difficult to sand off all that poly and as you say, not a good idea to take a heat gun to it...

JookyChap

Stunning as per oh genius of the flake..

DrBob

You're such a bloody drama queen Rich !
Honestly you'd think we were forever asking you for difficult stuff....

Ahem

BigMonka

What a transformation! The finish is stunning.

UnclePsychosis

That's absolutely incredible. Wow.

TTony

Gets a wow from me too.

jonnyburgo

Beauty

Lewligan

Just want to thank Rich for his time, patience, commitment to the cause and his genius work - you've turned my beast in to a real beauty mate!

I also apologise on behalf of the guitar for nearly driving you to the brink of insanity. I know it's been a bastard, and I really do appreciate the effort you've put in to get it looking so good.

Can't wait to treat it to some new hardware now and give it a run out at a gig

citizen68

Gorgeous work - wow doesn't cover it

impmann

Wow from me.
Beautiful work as ever, Rich!

PVO_Dave

Amazing work Rich and beautiful guitar now Lew!

Shark_Eyes

I thought the top picture was the finished guitar and thought "that's quite a nice colour" then saw the actual finished product and thought "fuck ... that's incredible".

Seriously amazing work there, well done on getting it finished.

Winny_Pooh

absolutely fkn lovely