Gibson CS Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I know Les Pauls fade or mellow over time. The amber turns golden and the reds fade a bit.... Anyone have a picture or an idea of what a new cherryburst will look like in 40 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raptor Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 No way to know for sure. A lot depends on how much sunlight the guitar is exposed to, and the ratio of the pigments used to make up the cherry part of the burst. I do not know if the Gibson USA finishs are exactly the same as the Custom Shop ones. They have tried to replicate the burst colours and pigments for the CS so that they would be as authentic as possible. If the cherry red has a lot of blue, the finishes tend to fade to tea burst shades (I think), usually these are dark burst or darker burst finishes at the start. Others will fade almost completely to lemon drops or un-bursts, and others to honey bursts. I haven't looked at it in a while and it is in a box upstairs, but I recommend you get a book called 'Beauty of the Burst' it has all kinds of information about the original bursts. You will often see the book referred to as BOTB. I will check around on the LPF to see if anyone has pics of a Gibson USA burst fading. I know a couple had pictures of their historics showing a slight difference between the body and under the pickguards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Thanks Raptor... Id be curious to see what a 58 Les Paul looked like new. They look great now... well most of them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoof Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 this guitar  now looks like this:  Incredible isn t it ? This is really the same, 3 pieces table, and the default on the left bottom of the guitar.   This is the one that will be replicated, I have created a topic to introduce the guitar.. The sunburst has totally disappeared... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 stoof... The pics are too small, but thanks for the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Stoof... I think Slash has loaned a helping hand in this LP's fading. Theres no way Father time alone has made the finish disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleSixx Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I'm sure the guitar has aged. The lighting in the second picture is much darker, so it's really hard to compare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson CS Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 Yes, but look close...its like the finish is no longer is there. Even 50 year old LP's dont turn like that. Slash probably was having it refinished so had it stripped. What you see in the pic is the before pic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoof Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I agree. It seems the burst has been "manually" removed, it doesn t look like natural... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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