I'm Excited ...

[DocJ]

... I'm very, very excited ...

Anticipation ...

:teeth

 

[MIKE20]

:salude

 

[mistersnappy]

Awesome! Are you fading it out, leaving it cherry or some other combination?

 

[garywright]

very nice flames

 

[DocJ]

Once it has been ambered, distressed, and assembled, I'll make a decision on fading. I really like the cherry, but a little fading might be in order. We'll see!

 

[garywright]

true ..especially with the narrow teardrop spray pattern at the neck pup.

 

[DocJ]

very nice flames

Believe it or not, it was sold to me by the dealer (and priced) as a plaintop R8 "with some figuring".

 

[FenRx]

holy cow!

Leave it as is and let it fade naturally.

 

[DocJ]

true ..especially with the narrow teardrop spray pattern at the neck pup.

I agree ... just not too much! As long as we are happy with the result ...

 

[garywright]

yeah ..just a tad will do 'er

 

[DocJ]

 

[goldtop0]

That's a beauty........reminds me of TW59s Donna:2cool
Congrats DocJ

 

[DocJ]

Ambered.

 

[Top Gun]

Looking good!

 

[DocJ]

 

[garywright]

oh yeahhh

 

[Stoj]

Nice, can't wait to see it finished :salude

 

[kerryboy]

Ambered.

Okay that's it. Stop there.

There is no more work needs to be done to that finish. That's exactly how I like.

 

[DocJ]

Thanks, gents. The burst color is modeled on a real '58 (8 5418; my guitar is actually an R8) as well as several other Les Paul tops that I like. It'll be somewhat darker in the reds than 8 5418, which is what I wanted. As of right now, I am leaning toward no additional fading.

I must say, they absolutely nailed the color scheme I was looking for.

 

[DocJ]

I'd have posted this an hour or so ago, but I had to get a new keyboard after having a bit of an "accident" on it.

Assembled.

I'm even more excited now. :2cool