daveinspain Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 The end is in sight.... Been on this project for about a year now... Just got the body back from the final gold leafing... Third time! This started as a worn brown Les Paul studio.... Now that the final gold leaf is on I sent it back to the luthier who is spraying the nitro. If all goes well the guitar will be painted mounted and set up when I get back from Boston. It will have vintage double ring double line tuners, nickel bridge and stop bar, RS Guitarworks Jimmy Page phase and coils split push pull kit, Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Jimmy Page pupps, vintage amber volume and tone knobs, vintage cream pickup rings, pickguard and rhythm/Terrible washer and a painted cream binding on the body. Here are some pics I took today before driving it down to the Luthiers shop. The first two pics are the stock Worn Brow Les Paul body. Gold leaf Back Neck detail Top I bought all the parts on ebay except for the Seymour Duncan Jimmy Page pupps and the RS Guitarworks stuff I special ordered. The pupps are signed by Seymour Duncan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Dayum, Dave, that's gonna be one mind-boggling Lester when it's done. Are you getting any sleep? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 I'm starting to get excited again... It's been dragging on so long I almost forgot about it. The Luthier had the guitar 6 months before he even looked at it. He had to get the nitro special ordered in from the states and he is always way backed up with work. I had a blast finding and gathering all the parts I wanted for it... It's a real Frankenpaul.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 It sounds like you enjoyed the process. I'm betting (and I'm not a betting man) that you'll be walking on clouds for awhile when you get your hands on the finished product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I'm getting really irritated that I cant see the pics full sized. How the hell do I fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 I'm getting really irritated that I cant see the pics full sized. How the hell do I fix it? If you're using IE, just refresh, that usually clears it up. I downloaded Chrome because of the problem...solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 28, 2009 Author Share Posted December 28, 2009 I'm getting really irritated that I cant see the pics full sized. How the hell do I fix it? Refresh the page or just back page and click on the thread again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 If you're using IE' date=' just refresh, that usually clears it up. I downloaded Chrome because of the problem...solved![/quote']I tried that many times didnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 A true Goldtop how goes the hardware match up in color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 A true Goldtop how goes the hardware match up in color. The hardware is not gold. I want it to look like a regular gold top with cream plastic and nickel hardware. So I hope when the hardware, pick guard and rest of the stuff get put on it will make a nice contrast and tone it down a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeVeeWee Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Dave, you call it a Frankenpaul but when I read through your post you've had it all figured out well. That's gonna be an exclusive daveinspain Gibson! I come to my point...have you got a name in place for your signature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Arcadius Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Hey Dave, you got me excited and it's not even my guitar! Make sure you get lots of good photos of it when it's done, it looks terribly interesting...! good luck with the project / outcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Arcadius Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 have you got a name in place for your signature? ''In Spain with sustain...'' perhaps? Nah, it's too long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Dave' date=' you call it a Frankenpaul but when I read through your post you've had it all figured out well. That's gonna be an exclusive daveinspain Gibson! I come to my point...have you got a name in place for your signature? [cool'] Yes I actually do... When I first got the idea to do this project. I posted a thread about it here on the Gibson forum. I don't know if anyone will remember but I asked everyone to make suggestions on what to put on it. High on the list were the cream colored appointments and a Jimmy Page push pull kit. The rest of it sort of came together to complement the basics and just some stuff that I wanted on it too, like the vintage double line double ring tuners. So it will be called the GFC Gold Top... GFC = Gibson Forum Collaboration. It has been listed in my signature that way for quite a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeVeeWee Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Great name Dave, ...are you going to put the GFC on the truss rod cover as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Hadn't thought about it... Good idea though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdown Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Dave,looks great man! Gotta ask ya,what's the scratches on the gold top finish? Is it just the lighting/pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Dave' date='looks great man!Gotta ask ya,what's the scratches on the gold top finish? Is it just the lighting/pic?[/quote'] Gold leaf is extremely thin sheets of real gold, so thin that it falls apart just by touching it. When it is applied to a surface it has to be handled by someone who knows what they are doing. It creases and wrinkles and breaks. That's why I had to have it done three times. The sheets are only about 5 x 5 inches square and have to be blended together. If the sheets were any bigger it would be impossible to handle. In the process of smoothing and blending the sheets together you get lots of streaks or fine scratches if you want to call it that. That is just part of the look of gold leaf... I like the look I think it gives it a lot of character. All those little scratches and imperfections play with the light as well, so depending on how you hold it the gold sort of dances around.... In any case this is an experiment and I hope it comes out well.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdown Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Gold leaf is extremely thin sheets of real gold' date=' so thin that it falls apart just by touching it. When it is applied to a surface it has to be handled by someone who knows what they are doing. It creases and wrinkles and breaks. That's why I had to have it done three times. The sheets are only about 5 x 5 inches square and have to be blended together. If the sheets were any bigger it would be impossible to handle. In the process of smoothing and blending the sheets together you get lots of streaks or fine scratches if you want to call it that. That is just part of the look of gold leaf... I like the look I think it gives it a lot of character. All those little scratches and imperfections play with the light as well, so depending on how you hold it the gold sort of dances around.... In any case this is an experiment and I hope it comes out well....[/quote'] Holy sh*t! You put gold LEAF on that!? Hope you plan on using a pick made outta cotton wool mate! I think anything else will tear that a new arse. Looks great though,apart from the wrinkles,but then again...it ain't everyday ya see a gold leaf plated LP is it?... On 2nd thoughts,you'll nitro the sh*t outta that won't ya. Mmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 If gold leaf was good enough for the Pharohs of Egypt.............. Hey Dave, how about "Espana" (sorry, no ~ for over the n on my keyboard) on the TRC ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Yeah the guitar will have a pretty thick nitro coat on it... The back already has been sprayed with several coats of nitro. If the gold leaf wasn't protected when you touch it it would get fingerprints all over it and as the oil from your fingers sets there they turn to black. That's one of the reasons I had to redo the gold leaf... The Luthier had the guitar so long before spraying it with nitro that the thin protective varnish on the gold leaf got worn off from handling and it was loaded with fingerprints... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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