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I have a Vintage V100MRPGM Lemon Drop and I love it.
I'd like to play it more live, but as my main job is as a 'George' in a Beatles tribute, the best way of spending more time with it would be to convert it to a Lucy.
This would mean sanding the top back and staining it trans red.
My question really is about whether to try to lightly sand off the stain, or whether to go all out and sand the entire figured veneer from off the top? The original Lucy is quite a shonky looking 2-piece plain top anyway, so the latter would be more accurate.
I'm favouring the option of trying to sand off the entire veneer. I have a rotary sander to do the donkey work, then obvs I'll sand it finely to get a nice surface for the stain.
Any ideas or tips? Anyone know how thick the figured veneer is likely to be?
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Yeah course, that's the plan.
But what 'bare wood' am I sanding back to? The veneer which I don't care for? Or the unknown maple beneath which might be a PITA to get to?
This is my dilemma.
http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/2012/04/23/vintage-lemondrop-refinish/
http://lauder.ca/vintage_peter_green_lemon_drop.htm
The one WITHOUT veneer looks spectacular!
I suppose I could always TRY to sand back to the veneer, and when I inevitably fuck it up and go through it, I can crack on with taking it off completely.
Let's face it, that's probably what's going to happen.
Any ideas on how thick the veneer actually is?
Fuck yeah! That's is, I think I'm going to go for it!
But I don't have one on those, I've got a V100PGM that I really like. And the routing is nearly as much hassle as the sanding. And it's too glossy. And the colour's a bit too dark. And it doesn't have a maple top.
Other than that, yeah...
If you do fuck it up beyond all reason, a fella named Andy does refin work by gluing on a new veneer. A mm of raw veneer will take dye, wudtone, anything. So keep that backup in mind!
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I have a picture of "Lucy" on my wall at home. It's all I can do not to dribble sometimes. Remembering the cost of the Gibson sig model is usually enough to cure me of that.
The V100MRPGM is one of the few V100s that actually does have a maple cap on the mahogany with the veneer on top of that. From the JHS site:
Vintage®V100MRPGM 'Lemon Drop' Series
Body: Mahogany with Maple Cap
Top: Flame Maple Veneer
http://www.jhs.co.uk/vintageiconguitars.html
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