Les Paul Candy Apple Lime refin /Strat CA Orange

scalino65

Hi. I thought I'd post some pics of my LP that I've just refinished. Its a 2010 traditional with OX4 pickups...big question now is whether to mollycoddle it or to not worry, pick up a few chips and some wear then find a big enough freezer to get some lacquer checking..I must have painted this damned thing four times until I was happy. cheers. Will







This one below was my inspiration..I dont think I'm a million miles off:

johnl

Love it. Go for the relicing I say.

IvisonGuitars

Nice one Will! It's different...I like it!

Adam_MD

Now that it is cool much better than old man burst. Did you spray it yourself? If so any progress pics? 

scalino65

Thanks for the interest chaps. I'd love to relic it but I would need a massive freezer to stick it in. I might try with some big bags of ice or something then heat it up quickly.. or maybe get the razor blade out.
Yes, I did paint it myself. Lime green tint over gold metallic. I have a few "progress" pics, they are all actually different attempts to get the colour I wanted but I didnt feel it was quite right..honestly I must have painted it five times in all.
The one below is when I did it all metallic but thought I'd gone too far! Looking again now, the all green would look superb once the back of teh neck started to rub away. 




Then there was the time I invented a colour in  between orange and green..


Then there was the time I did it more of a sage green...


Then there one where I got a too inconsistent finish..

ICBM

Don't ruin it! It looks so much cooler pristine, and it will look fine with natural wear... the relic one looks diseased or something.

If you have an urge to keep yourself busy and have more of that paint, leave the guitar alone and see if @Emp_Fab would like you to do a car .

Adam_MD

Wow awesome work.  It's definitely cooler as a candy apple lime green top with the natural back and sides.  Id love to do something similarvwith my LP only candy purple instead of green

MLten80

+1 on leaving it. Why mess up such a tidy looking job 

sweepy

If you haven’t spayed enough top coat to make Keith Richards look like a Botox survivor, it’ll age nicely anyway

Jalapeno

Leave it alone, you might have to spray it 5 more times if you horlicks the relicing.  It's bloody fabulous !!!! (WOWd)

scalino65

Thank you very much chaps for your kind comments - means a lot. In other candyapplenews, at the same time as Limey, I also painted an E series Japan Strat. In candy apple orange. I used a silver metallic base which comes through in a very subtle way. I loved the way this one came out, unfortunately so did my Daughter...So now she has her first guitar and is keen to learn! which is lovely:) I thought this was the end of my painting, but there is a stripped Bonamassa Firebird in my shed (aka "The CustomShed") which keeps looking at me. Just need to choose a colour for that one.
I thought about the finish on the LP and decided to go with "natural relicing":) So, I'm leaving it out of the case as a "pick up as you walk by" guitar! Will get a few dings no doubt and I'll play it to death and see what happens! for what its worth here are a few pics of the strat:
Cheers.

scalino65

Jalapeno said:

Leave it alone, you might have to spray it 5 more times if you horlicks the relicing.  It's bloody fabulous !!!! (WOWd)

@Jalapeno ;
 This is possibly the great advice I could receive!

Sarge

I read the thread title and though "oh dear that's going to look..." Holy shit that's pretty!
Leave it, play it, play it again then play some more, it's only going to get better. 
Top work! 

Deadman

Looks wonderful mate. Well done.

scalino65

Many thanks for the kind comments @Deadman ;
and @Sarge ;

marktheharp

Amazing work.well done. 

Kalimna

Stunning finish - both of them
Ive been rattling around some ideas for a LP build with cream P90's. Had thought a darker Pelham Blue was the way to go. But having seen yours.......
And definitely looks classier with the more natural back.

Now. How does one go about stripping an Epiphone Dot that i have long considered refinishing?

Adam

Andyjr1515

That is gorgeous.  Kudos and respect awarded in equal measure...