Best solid colour for les Paul studio?

Aidanspaghetti

As above, gonna get mine refinished.... Wanna post somedeas/pics of some of your favorites?!

Lukeage

Wine red. Absolutely 100% wine red.

Black (ebony) is okay, but it's just too plain?

Here's a couple of snaps (excuse quality - just taken on my iPhone) of the finish of my wine red studio (chrome hardware with black surrounds and black speed knobs as opposed to top hats - though it's not common to find LP Studios with top hats as standard...)

Not sure if the photos do it justice. You get the idea. And yes those are my legs

chrisj1602

I quite like the white studios.

Lukeage

Isn't the 'standard' Studio color options literally: ebony, wine red, alpine white, and fireburst? Any variations are usually different off-shoots of the studio or not a studio at all (for example the Tributes have a very similar body size to a Studio)

underdog

Of the usual colours the red for sure but I lo've the gold tribute studio

Neil

On a studio...white.

However if you are having it refinished (and it is a maple top) I would be inclined to have the whole thing stripped and finished in clear as a lovely mahogany maple combo. 

jaygtr

I'm a big fan of wine red too.

Strangely it's not always the most photogenic of colours but always looks great in real life.

Adam_MD

Strip the whole this and then gold top clear back and sides. It'll look awesome,

stonevibe

Black or White.

ThePrettyDamned

stonevibe said:

Black or White.

RocknRollDave

For me, with the absence of binding, Studios look odd in a solid colour. That's why I personally went for wine red, as the grain shows through the finish.

Aidanspaghetti

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I'm thinking maybe gold and get it pin striped like a pseudo Billy G thing! What ya think?

horse

Aidanspaghetti said:

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I'm thinking maybe gold and get it pin striped like a pseudo Billy G thing! What ya think?

I think it sounds like you've got a vision - so go for it!

57Deluxe

I have the Ivory white - It deffo has that 1970s vibe and because the rear neck is white also, it looks like the neck has binding too.

Mine has also started to craze a little so that is looks aged in a good way... You may not notice any similar crazing on dark colours...

lots of examples to contrast here:

http://tinyurl.com/ol3rbpt

jaygtr

ok its my les paul standard ,but its wine red.

fnpt

Solid top (goldtop or black) and natural back and sides, leaving a strip of maple as a faux biding (à la PRS).

p90fool

fnpt;157186" said:

Solid top (goldtop or black) and natural back and sides, leaving a strip of maple as a faux biding (à la PRS).

This. I'd do a blacktop, natural back, visible maple edge.

Aidanspaghetti

That sounds pretty cool alright

RocknRollDave

Aidanspaghetti said:

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I'm thinking maybe gold and get it pin striped like a pseudo Billy G thing! What ya think?

Great idea! '

57Deluxe

Yes - you can pin stripe with an indelible felt tip pen.. but you will have to hang your tongue out the side of your mouth whilst you do it and make little grunting and sniffing noises...

Look forward to seeing the result!

57Deluxe

jaygtr said:

ok its my les paul standard ,but its wine red.

@jaygtr - is that your Amp trolley??