adformento Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I just recently picked up this project online. It is an old Gibson B-15 presumably from the 1960s... Someone installed a new Spruce top on it and it was done a bit amateurishly. The sound-hole needs to be smoothed out a bit. I am not sure if a rosette can be installed because the sound-hole is a bit too far north. I figure I'll just stain it and be done with it. What would be the correct way to finish the top on a guitar like this? How did Gibson originally do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I just recently picked up this project online. It is an old Gibson B-15 presumably from the 1960s... Someone installed a new Spruce top on it and it was done a bit amateurishly. The sound-hole needs to be smoothed out a bit. I am not sure if a rosette can be installed because the sound-hole is a bit too far north. I figure I'll just stain it and be done with it. What would be the correct way to finish the top on a guitar like this? How did Gibson originally do it? https://www.flickr.c...04/14558276458/ No doubt....Nitrocellulose lacquer....it has its own 'learning curve' and precautions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adformento Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 It's funny because on the Fender Forums there's a group of annoying guys that answer almost every question but they really know their stuff.... On this site I can almost see the tumbleweed rolling across the screen. A ghost town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adformento Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 Either that or the Les Paul forums... There's lots of knowledgeable luthiers on there I just thought I'd register on this site because it's the "official" one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 and some of us are "just Hacks"....;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsinla Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Like this: B-15 Just like Retrorod says, probably clear nitro that yellowed with age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adformento Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 My top is very light. That is not clear nitro I can tell you that. I can always ask Todd Money. One of his old coworkers moved out to Los Angeles where I am... She would know too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brc Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Not sure how involved you want to get with it, but they do make rosette water slide decals that will work with a nitro finish. I have had to use them a couple of times to repair some nasty damage to some ones guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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