El Camino
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I prefer Goltops with black darkback, best color combination, anyway it's your guitar.
I didn't realise they did them with a black back? Not that I'm an expert or anything, I'd just thought the really dark brown ones looked blackish in certain light situations.
So did they do a black back in 56?
Sorry, I sold the guitar a few years ago. Here's a better pic:Subliminal IanimilbuS said:
That is the Ozzy version dot. Silkscreen Les Paul Model position is nice. Sometimes those got a little too close to the Gibson logo and those look spatially odd to me.
Wilko, would you please do me a huge favour and measure the distance from the L in the word MODEL to the underside of the Gibson Logo?
If you could it would be greatly appreciated.
Excellent choice! And that guitar is looking superb!This guitar is going to get used, it'll be showing signs of wear soon enough and all done by me.
Thanks for sharing such a cool process! One thing I didn’t get is the lighter color on the neck… is it the way the wood absorbed the paint? Could Florian have painted it as dark as the back?Here showing the Dark Back Aniline Dye pore filler application completed.
Really very happy with how this came out with tonnes of character.
I sent Florian a picture as a guide and it really is spot on. We had quite a bit of discussion about it because the image I had was a studio shot and the lighting was quite dark in places so it made the back look almost black in places but when it was lit up the colour would change to a deep brown.
Also another bit I love, on the photo near the top of the neck there was a lighter patch that looked like the grain hadn't taken the dye like the rest of the neck. I wasn't actually expecting it but as you can see Florian tried to capture this lighter patch.
I think it's turned out even better, it looks to me like a shard of Sun light has hit the back of the neck and faded it. I think it's great and looks really unique with bags of character.