Paint over the top of sunburst

therose789

I seem to be seeing more and more of these 

Is this something that fender did or is it a custom job? Is there any reason why you would paint over the top of a sunburst? I quite like it so i can understand for aesthetics but is there another reason behind it? 

frankus

yep if they bodged the sunburst they painted over it with solid colour.

slacker

I think Selmer's refinished sunbursts into custom colours and then sold them to customers

 

Adam_MD

Did they not also take guitars back from dealers which weren't selling because bursts weren't popular at the time then refinish them and send them back out?

WezV

yes, there is precedent

but there are probably now more relics done this way than there ever were originals

randomhandclaps

WezV said:

but there are probably now more relics done this way than there ever were originals

It's getting that way with boob jobs around here now.

ICBM

Yes, Fender did them like that sometimes for several reasons.

Personally I think they look awful, even if original.

matone

Yep ,look  proper mess to me too but heyho,each to their own I guess !

SimonRF

I think the reason for it is as per lots of old Fender decisions - the accountants.