Hi have been a bit obsessed with this sunburst SG junior since it was posted around by ATB guitars. its certainly a different take and wondered if some of our finishing experts could give there verdict on how to recreate it authentically, don't mind if it looks different as the reds have obviously faded overtime and the back and next have become nearly brown, I presume they were the standard cherry grain fill?
What I am trying to get is are the darker areas a black or saturated tobacco brown. So as its a1962 model you would expect the red to be different to say a classic les paul fading burst.
All suggestion welcome
thanks Jez
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the tricky bit is getting bright yellow over mahogany on the front with some grain showing. Gibson often just goes amber on newer stuff for a simpler process.
You can do a yellower version of TV yellow (not the wheaty coloured ones), or one of my old sprayers had great results from bleaching the front first with wood bleach... then you can spray a straight yellow coat prior to the burst
On my monitor I see a touch of red in that, but I would go tobacco brown first and see where it was at, adjust appropriately.
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