I really hate sunburst

Alnico

mrkb said:

mistercharlie said:

Oh man. The only thing worse than a sunburst is a black guitar with a corned-beef pickguard. 

You were doing so well up until this point, now I know you are trolling.... this is the only true colour scheme to have any guitar in..

No he isn't. 
There should be a special island for that colour scheme.

Sunburst is bad enough but putting corned beef on any guitar ever is just wrong.

However @Dominic I'm convinced that I prefer red porsches and white lingerie...

Am I wired out of phase then?

RandallFlagg

Hate sunburst? there something wrong with you...

57Deluxe

I bloody love my '86 SG2000s SB fin - is beautifully blended and subtle...

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b1/b5/2a/b1b52af99ed0e50d1691fb7bf6e07c58.jpg

Rowby1

You don’t like sunbursts but you do like green guitars. How about this then?

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/Rowby1/Guitars/Aria%20Pro%20II%20LC440-DGS_zpsgwphprrd.jpg

57Deluxe

/\ seems was too obscene for us to view!

Rowby1

57Deluxe said:

/\ seems was too obscene for us to view!

Probably. Better try again with imgur or whatever it’s called.

darthed1981

Phil_aka_Pip said:

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb376/musophilr/readers-bursts_zpsnnrlrzzr.jpg

You sir, if that is your work, are officially a funny f**ker

Phil_aka_Pip

@darthed1981 Alas it is not my own work. I believe @Basher created it for the "Yer Bursts" thread and I thought it was so brilliant I just had to take a copy. Glad you appreciate the humour though

Edit: the "asian stunners" in the lower LH corner are mine though

darcym

classic 60's sunburst where the paint is aged and matte but the yellow and reds are really bold and the black is just starting to age and becomes that dead matt black.... just lovely.

never liked the more brown sunbursts or the more orange, it's the yellow and reds that makes it work for me.

Phil_aka_Pip

57Deluxe said:

I bloody love my '86 SG2000s SB fin - is beautifully blended and subtle...

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b1/b5/2a/b1b52af99ed0e50d1691fb7bf6e07c58.jpg

so do I. Have a wow

Bucket

Can take or leave them on Fenders* but on Gibsons?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/atBmWka118c/maxresdefault.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/4f/06/bc/4f06bc421184b4e202089130c10f9e36--gibson-es--gibson-guitars.jpg

Even works on Explorers:

https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--oeVMJKl7--/a_exif,c_limit,e_unsharp_mask:80,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,h_620,q_90,w_620/v1494448695/niih12gkompi7qht2wtt.jpg



* with the obvious exception of a mid-50s spec Strat:

http://www.12fret.com/wp-content/gallery/fender-strat-sb-1955-cons/fender-strat-sb-1955-cons-full-front.jpg

drwiddly

I just don't like sunburst Strats. Les Pauls, 335's, that Explorer above are great. I even like Andy Timmon's signature Ibanez. I own a sunburst PRS (see my profile pic) but sunburst Strats - meh!

Keefy

I have a strong dislike for sunburst (except maybe 2-tone tobacco-burst on 50s Strats), but I have a 3TSB Strat and a highly figured 'burst LP - both of which I had to buy, because in all other respects they were so darned good!

DaevidJ

Love bursts on Fenders and hollow/ semi hollow body guitars...

Kebabkid

I dunno. My old 1989 PRS started off life as an 'ordinary sunburst' and it wasn't a 10 Top and it's developed into this, which I think is rather lovely and so do most people who see it


https://i.imgur.com/RLSHLMJ.jpg

Danielsguitars

an old faded burst is one of the best looking guitars ever imo
I'n not that bothered about fenders but like the solid colours much more

Sporky

Alnico wrote:

However @Dominic I'm convinced that I prefer red porsches in white lingerie...

Am I wired out of phase then?

I'd say something's wrong there.

Voxman

mistercharlie said:

I hate sunburst. Three-tone is the worst, but they're all hideous. They make a guitar look like a piece of old granny furniture. Sunburst even makes a Strat look boring, and that thing is like a 1950s American muscle-car.

However, I realize not everyone agrees. What is it that sunburst-lovers see in it? Why do you like such an ugly, conservative finish? Sorry. I can't stop myself.

Oh man. The only thing worse than a sunburst is a black guitar with a corned-beef pickguard. 

As a general rule I agree, and I prefer custom colours. I do have two sunburst guitars though which I do like. The first is my 1990 Les Paul Custom in Tobacco Sunburst which is a sunburst colour/finish I've always liked.  The second is an (authentic) 2004 50th Anniversary Fender American Stratocaster Deluxe which is finished in a 2-tone vintage sunburst, single piece parchment scratch-plate, and gold fittings.  

richardhomer

Clearly two-tone sunburst is the only acceptable finish on ash body 50s style Strats....

impmann

richardhomer said:

Clearly two-tone sunburst is the only acceptable finish on ash body 50s style Strats....

Except Mary Kaye or Black of course.

Im not a fan of Sunburst - that said three of my fave guitars are Sunburst because you can’t hear it.

However what I utterly utterly can’t stand is cherry Sunburst over flame maple. Especially on Les Pauls.