Just managed to find time to finish my latest project - strip down and respray of a Les Paul Style Gold Top.
Started life as an Axesrus body and neck. Bought from
@Teyeplayer from this forum.
Maple cap with thin flame veneer and VERY thick poly finish. Here's a taster of what it looked like:
The neck has a long-tenon joint, pretty good for a cheap-ish body. Upon stripping back the finish it was obvious that it's not a mahogany body though, instead it's a very light wood - maybe basswood or alder. Not such a problem though as I find Les Pauls a bit heavy, this is lovely and light on the strap.
After a strip down, staining, re-spray in Nitro, then some freeze-checking and wear, here's what she looks like now:
As you can see a lot of things aren't period-correct for an actual Gibson Gold top - bound headstock, 5-ply body binding etc, so I decided to do my own take - a homage to a GT, if you will ...
Back has been stained and sprayed thin satin nitro, so you can still feel the woodgrain.
Headstock has a custom gold decal which worked out nicely.
Board has been stained with leather dye - might go a shade darker though - further towards a dark rosewood. We'll see.
Hardware is Gibson - ABR-1 Bride and tailpiece, aged by me. Tuners are Wilkinson vintage style.
Pickups are Vanson Alnico-II with 50s wiring, not quite digging them yet, might treat the guitar to Bare Knuckle or similar.
Anyway, I now have a Nitro-finished Gold Top in my life, and the total cost of parts and paint is approx £250 ... not too shabby!
Comments
Do you have facilities to paint etc or is it a rattle can job?
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