Rescued Les Paul!

[matt3310]

Can you believe this is the same guitar? Cool story here. I found a Gibson Les Paul at an estate sale that was in ROUGH shape! Someone had painted it a flag pattern on front and a Elvis theme on the back. It was unplayable. And UGLY! I don't think the guitar had ever been cleaned. I almost thought it wasn't worth anything but firewood. But... I stripped the hardware off and came up with a plan. I decided to send it to the incredible Pat Wilkins. He's done a few guitars for me and I cant recommend him enough! He is by far one of the most talented painters I've ever know, but also a super nice guy! He's painted guitars for some of the biggest names in the industry, and treats you just as important as the biggest stars. So I told Pat my idea of a color and theme. He killed it!! When I got it back I was blown away. I added all new Gold hardware. Dimarzio Fortitude bridge pickup and a Dimarzio Rainmaker neck pickup. Every single screw, trim, electronics is new!
Then I took it to Adam Luchessi to do a set up and fret job. As always he made this thing play like butter!! I couldn't be happier with how it came out!

Before

Now!!

 

[bobbyvasco]

looks really cool

 

[Nitrobattery]

That came out great! I just hope you can find something to plug it into

 

[Matthews Guitars]

A sparkleburst? I have to admit... I like it!

 

[South Park]

Great job that large flake paint job is not easy it takes a lot of clear coat to cover that flake

 

[Matthews Guitars]

I'll bet that's not a nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Going to guess polyurethane automotive finish.

 

[Bull Rock]

Wow killer rebirth. I really like that sparkle finish.

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

Amazing transformation
Looks fantastic
Congratulations on the rebirth of a beautiful LP.

 

[C-Grin]

Awesome, looks amazing.

But am I the only one who wants to see the Elvis theme from the back?

 

[ricksdisconnected]

i like the before paint job best. i know its not the popular vote but i do.
what matters is that your happy.

 

[Leonard Neemoil]

That looks amazing!

Enjoy it.


Cheers

 

[RobS]

Great work!

Now...............which amp are you gonna plug into?

 

[fitz]

Now!!

Wicked cool paint job!
Just curious, did you strip down to wood, or paint over the flag theme?
Wondering what the grain looked like.

 

[paul-e-mann]

Can you believe this is the same guitar? Cool story here. I found a Gibson Les Paul at an estate sale that was in ROUGH shape! Someone had painted it a flag pattern on front and a Elvis theme on the back. It was unplayable. And UGLY! I don't think the guitar had ever been cleaned. I almost thought it wasn't worth anything but firewood. But... I stripped the hardware off and came up with a plan. I decided to send it to the incredible Pat Wilkins. He's done a few guitars for me and I cant recommend him enough! He is by far one of the most talented painters I've ever know, but also a super nice guy! He's painted guitars for some of the biggest names in the industry, and treats you just as important as the biggest stars. So I told Pat my idea of a color and theme. He killed it!! When I got it back I was blown away. I added all new Gold hardware. Dimarzio Fortitude bridge pickup and a Dimarzio Rainmaker neck pickup. Every single screw, trim, electronics is new!
Then I took it to Adam Luchessi to do a set up and fret job. As always he made this thing play like butter!! I couldn't be happier with how it came out!

Before

Now!!

Sparkle is cool!!! I remember the sparkle drumsets I had as a kid, first a red one then a blue one. I always thought it would be cool to have a blue sparkle Mosrite guitar or even one of those tucknroll amps!

 

[junk notes]

yes, mojo sprinkles are cool. Ace would go for that!

 

[BRMarshall]

Nicely done. You have a very cool and unique LP. I was kind of curious about the Elvis theme on the back too. Enjoy it!

 

[PelliX]

I'm guessing the binding was already there, just covered by the paint of the 'flag design'? Nice job!

 

[KidBlast]

Great restoration job!

 

[MarshallDog]

Looks great, nice job but I must say the old paint job looked pretty good to me also, just like ricksdiconnected said!!

 

[Lo-Tek]

Congrats, looks nice.
But.... I like the before more too. Reminds me of Wayne Kramer’s Strat or the old Buck Owens telecasters