custom53 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 My Gibson Les Paul "Bursts"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scepter Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Wait!.. I wanna play 😆... I would like to submit something from the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵... Burst~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scepter Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Might as well throw this one in as well~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 My idea of "perfect." #0099 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 My fav Burst, my R9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Armitage said: My fav Burst, my R9 OOF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 It all depends on the guitar, but most of the time my preference is a three tone burst that goes yellow -> red -> darker red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Just now, Steve Haynie said: It all depends on the guitar, but most of the time my preference is a three tone burst that goes yellow -> red -> redder. Can't argue with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 If there is anything I've noticed about "burst" colors is that there's someone for just about every type of burst, even the "tobacco" sunburst with a quick fade from black to yellow, with the "teardrop" shape yellow portion. I know what I like, and I like this: I also like this, from a 1960 Burst that Dave's guitar had a while back: I also like this very subtle "faded" "Vintage SunBurst" finish: And also, this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubbaVO Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 48 minutes ago, kizanski said: My idea of "perfect." #0099 Yeah that's very very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 minutes ago, BubbaVO said: Yeah that's very very nice! Mike Shishkov has a knack for giving you exactly what you ask for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom53 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Armitage said: My fav Burst, my R9 My R9 is the Center one.. Axcess on the Left and Standard on the Right.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy p Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 On 1/21/2019 at 11:02 AM, Camstone said: This may be a personal preference issue. I think I prefer the teardrop burst shape rather than having the shading follow the upper bout. Here's a couple of pics of actual original 1960 "Bursts" that are down at Emerald City Guitars for sale right now. They look to be teardrop shaped shading and I think they look awesome and correct. The first one is $325K and the second in $195K. That first one is perfect, but WTF... I'll take them both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 Kizanski's #0099 is perfect in just about every measurable way. Makes me wonder if that's Pirro's work or if Mike sprayed that one himself. Either way, that's top-shelf work. Otherwise, the Baker than cmatthes posted and Armitage's R9 are damn-near-perfect. While the spray pattern is a traditional teardrop, the rims are not shaded totally opaque and the transitions are gradual/subtle. In hindsight, my example in the original post is not the best, as some here likened it to the Sears catalog knock-offs from the '70s. The analogy works; I can see why that doesn't look good to most players. In recent years, however, Gibson has occasionally sprayed some rimburst finishes that, to my eye, have much more in common with the decades-faded real-deal 'bursts from '58, '59, and '60 (see below) than the over-the-top "clownburst" and "turdburst" finishes that we still see on some USA models. On these latter finishes, the color transition is stark and the entire outer part of the teardrop is obscured by solid color with no underlying grain visible. To each his, own, it seems....and that's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 14 hours ago, kizanski said: My idea of "perfect." #0099 He's not wrong, you know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Notice that the dark edge does not obscure the flame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said: Notice that the dark edge does not obscure the flame. Again, he gives you what you ask for. I said I wanted dark edges, but not so dark that I couldn't still see the flame. And here we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy p Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 2:26 PM, custom53 said: My Gibson Les Paul "Bursts"... That one in the center is perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
django49 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 On 1/23/2019 at 5:51 AM, kizanski said: My idea of "perfect." #0099 Hard to want ANYTHING to be different there. In my case (forthcoming) it is not exactly the typical image of a 'burst. But Mike was right on with the suggestion to add just the HINT of a darker edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 So many amazing bursts in this post. Looking at all of these make me feel like my pants are going to, well... burst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudshark Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Gibson J-45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scepter Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I love this in process photo~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoresteen Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 All very nice. No mini-buckers? Here's my '73 Les Paul Deluxe. The embossed Gibson min-buckers are not easy to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I never knew that Gibson stamped logos on the mini humbuckers in 1973. I have only seen that on full sized humbuckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoresteen Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 My understanding is that was for some period in 1973 only. I have also been told that it was for 1972 only. But mine is a 1973 and are original to the guitar (at least that's what the precious owner told me). Maybe someone else knows the full story about embossed mini-buckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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