Nice Custom Shop Les Paul black over gold relic

RandallFlagg

I really like this Les Paul. I don't usually like the whole colour over colour thing but this one is cool, doesn't sound too shabby either:

The_Ethical

RandallFlagg said:

I really like this Les Paul. I don't usually like the whole colour over colour thing but this one is cool, doesn't sound too shabby either:

Not into the whole build a nice guitar then scuff it up thing. Nice playing from Danish Pete though.

Sassafras

If I had a goldtop I'd probably cover it with another colour, any other colour but gold.

stickyfiddle

It’s lovely, but a blacktop would have been much nicer

Fishboy7

Definitely floats my boat. Love black and goldtop lps.  

sweepy

Listened to it home on the decent speakers and tbh it sounds bloody horrible, maybe it’s those Victory amps

bingefeller

Looks great!

breakstuff

Sassafras said:

If I had a goldtop I'd probably cover it with another colour, any other colour but gold.

Philistine!!!

Schnozz

Sassafras said:

If I had a goldtop I'd probably cover it with another colour, any other colour but gold.

Exactly - I think that's the appeal of this guitar, as it's believable that someone would do that...But the one in the video still looks fake to my eyes.

Very few companies can replicate ageing, although there's masters out there like Clive Brown, known for his refinishing of vintage instruments.

Doesn't float my boat, as when I play an instrument for four years then I really begin to appreciate it (where I've scratched it with my thumb, fleece pocket zip and so on).

Neil

Not a relic fan but I can understand the colour on colour thing on Fenders as that is what they did.

Did Gibson ever overspray guitars or is it just a flight of fantasy?

Fishboy7

The white and gold over burst ones look dreadful 

WezV

Neil said:

Did Gibson ever overspray guitars or is it just a flight of fantasy?

They probably did it on a few factory refins.   Not a common practice like fender.  

But that that misses the point.  Who says the black overspray is replicating factory work.   Relics try to capture player wear, surely that includes finish work and other mods.  

I did a Black over red junior and the idea of a factory overspray never entered my head.   I was imagining some punk band modding a cheap guitar.


I like the concept, not the execution.... the wear through looks a bit hokey in the vid.

markblack

I wasn't a fan of relics. But then i bought a shell pink over sunburst tele and I love it. I think relics need to go OTT then it becomes a finish... Rather than a fake