I picked up an '82 cherry-finish Sunburst on Reverb a few months ago (photos attached). My first electric guitar was also an '82 Sunburst (sunburst finish), but this new one is absolutely amazing and blows away my first one in every way. But it's got some issues.
First, you wouldn't know it from the photos, but the finish on the top is kind of a mess. Not in terms of wear, but it looks like someone sprayed it with the worst clear-coat ever. Looks like a respray, but the finish/polish is poor—as smooth and glasslike as Mount Everest. It also has a coil-splitter switch for the bridge pup which is in a bad position. So I figure I might as well have the whole thing refinished and ditch the mini-switch.
The first non-advertisement or how-to article that comes up in Google when you search for "guitar refinishing" is a guy I'll never deal with again. I did once, sent him my guitar, he then went off the grid for many months (I tried contacting him maybe a dozen times different ways and got dead air), he posted a damn YouTube clip of him playing my axe, and eventually I had to threaten to sue him. Then I finally got my axe back.
So...Marty Bell? Pat Wilkins? Southbound? Or someone in the NYC vicinity? I'd just like it refinished to the original cherry spec.
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Moxie
Hi Folks,
I picked up an '82 cherry-finish Sunburst on Reverb a few months ago (photos attached). My first electric guitar was also an '82 Sunburst (sunburst finish), but this new one is absolutely amazing and blows away my first one in every way. But it's got some issues.
First, you wouldn't know it from the photos, but the finish on the top is kind of a mess. Not in terms of wear, but it looks like someone sprayed it with the worst clear-coat ever. Looks like a respray, but the finish/polish is poor—as smooth and glasslike as Mount Everest. It also has a coil-splitter switch for the bridge pup which is in a bad position. So I figure I might as well have the whole thing refinished and ditch the mini-switch.
The first non-advertisement or how-to article that comes up in Google when you search for "guitar refinishing" is a guy I'll never deal with again. I did once, sent him my guitar, he then went off the grid for many months (I tried contacting him maybe a dozen times different ways and got dead air), he posted a damn YouTube clip of him playing my axe, and eventually I had to threaten to sue him. Then I finally got my axe back.
So...Marty Bell? Pat Wilkins? Southbound? Or someone in the NYC vicinity? I'd just like it refinished to the original cherry spec.
Thanks,
Matt
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