Desert Surfer wrote:dubtrub wrote:Hey Mosman,
Is the back of the neck on your black '71 painted black or is it natural and clear coated?
I have a '66 that is all black but the neck was stripped and clear coated natural. It looks alright but it not original to the guitar. Actually the entire guitar was refinished in black before I acquired it. I just haven't decided whether to keep it black or go with a sunburst refin (again).
Restore to the original finish..that's my vote.
Danny, I agree with what Vincent said. However, if you refinish the guitar to the original finish, then the original finish on the guitar still won't be the original finish...... ......Well, what I'm trying to say is, you got 2 or 3 Sunbursts already, right?
Unless you are planning to give "the 'Burst Brothers" out there in Hollywood Guitar Center a run for their money, I would probably go a different direction as....another Project . What about maybe redoing it as a "Dub Special?" Refin the guitar maybe in a Liquid Pearl Black, in which you do the back of the Neck in Natural, but the back of the Headstock would match the Front in Black as well as the Body. Now we'll have 3 guitars (that we know of) with matching front and back Headstocks . BUT!!! You also will have a "Tuxedo Edition" with the Black body and White Pickguard, something that Gibson always 'pushed' on their Les Paul Customs