69 Son Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I was rerading about George Harrison's "Lucy" and was wondering what the top of my ebony would look like re-finished in a translucent finish. Here's the story w/ pics: http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/legendary-guitar-lucy-507/ Anyone do this? What do you think the tops are like under solid finishes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Plains Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 There have been a few cases where the owner of a gold top stripped it and found a wonderful flame top. You can always look at the bottom side of the maple cap through the rear control cavity to see if there's hidden flame there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69 Son Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 That is a good idea. there still might be knots and assymetrical pieces like "Lucy" though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 While it's certainly possible, the chances that someone sent a highly figured piece of wood to the paint shop are pretty slim. Not impossible - just unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 There have been a few cases where the owner of a gold top stripped it and found a wonderful flame top. You can always look at the bottom side of the maple cap through the rear control cavity to see if there's hidden flame there. ^ This ^. From what I've read over the years most of the people who have stripped original period Gold-Tops found, if indeed the wood was figured, the maple cap wasn't as a 'centre-seam'. I think it was Randy Bachman who found he had a lovely lump of flame maple (which was off centre) on his G-T and he had it re-sprayed as a burst. It should be bourne in mind only about 5% - 10% of the cap-wood used on the original LP range had much figure, as almost all of the best figured maple Gibson bought was used for making their high-end F-hole archtops - usually for back and sides. Nowadays I suspect, as surfpup suggests, the likelihood of a 'nice' piece of maple being covered up is very unlikely. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codename Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 My link Unless it's a trophy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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