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  • DLMDLM Frets: 1879
    edited July 2018

    Is this one of those "guess the word missing from the title" threads? I'm going with "finishes".


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  • artiebearartiebear Frets: 105
    DLM said:

    Is this one of those "guess the word missing from the title" threads? I'm going with "finishes".


    you may well be right, well spotted 
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  • WezVWezV Frets: 9166
    DLM said:

    Is this one of those "guess the word missing from the title" threads? I'm going with "finishes".


    I think it’s “modern”
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  • p90foolp90fool Frets: 10235
    Arktik83 said:
    If Gibson keep on releasing clear finish LP's with shitty tops as the 2018 range then I don't think any checking or ageing is going to make it look like a more desirable instrument to be honest.  I mean, look at this stinker:

    https://www.andertons.co.uk/electric-guitars/gibson-usa-2018-les-paul-standard-in-mojave-burst-lps18mvch1180019205

    Someone at the factory must have been blind drunk when choosing those tops.  The grains are so washed out and thin I'd rather just have a solid colour Les Paul.

    Back to your original question, as Farley has shown, I think if you gig a Gibbo regularly then the finish will wear. 

    The only guitars that I've had any signs of wear since I owned them are my AVRI Strat and Tele but their finishes are so thin that you even look at them the wrong way and you'll get a paint chip!  Not that I mind!
    Why is that a shitty top? That looks far more like the real random top you'd get on a 50s Gibson than most of the photoflame lookalikes you usually see now. 

    I'd much rather have something which looked like an old stripped Gold Top than a 200 Cort. 
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  • suspiciousmindssuspiciousminds Frets: 318
    Has anybody has any colour change with pelham blue over time?
    Couple of years back my pelham junior special developed about a dozen on so tiny “white” spots where the sun had hit it whilst on a stand - literally appeared in a day - no crazing or cracking though.
    There was no way something mite have been sprayed or splashed on it.
    A handful polished out but not totally.
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  • DLMDLM Frets: 1879
    WezV said:
    DLM said:

    Is this one of those "guess the word missing from the title" threads? I'm going with "finishes".


    I think it’s “modern”


    @WezV I've no idea where to put that. :confounded:


    ;)

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  • WezVWezV Frets: 9166
    Do modern Gibson’s....
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