Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

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Post by Maggieo » Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:59 pm

I want to buy this '64:

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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by BoringPostcards » Tue Aug 11, 2020 6:06 pm

Maggieo wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:59 pm
 I want to buy this '64:

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That is the widest section of black, I have ever seen on a Fender.
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Post by Maggieo » Wed Aug 12, 2020 12:02 pm

BoringPostcards wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 11, 2020 6:06 pm
Maggieo wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:59 pm
 I want to buy this '64:

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That is the widest section of black, I have ever seen on a Fender.
I know, right? Honestly, I liked it better when it had its original ECJM-style brown body.
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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by gonetroppo » Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:45 pm

Larry Mal wrote: ↑
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Is that 335 an actual sunburst? It almost looks like a cross between a tobacco burst and a lemon burst in those pics - it seems a bit lighter than the others.
You may be right- you could also say that the G&L Legacy there is more of a "clown burst", also. Maybe I should have called this just about bursts.
I think we need a technical "burst break down" - what are the definitive categories??
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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by gonetroppo » Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:48 pm

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currently owns: zero sunburst guitars

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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by gonetroppo » Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:59 pm

Love the bursts baby!! Here's my Gibson LG-2


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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by wproffitt » Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:11 am

gonetroppo wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:59 pm
 Love the bursts baby!! Here's my Gibson LG-2


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That’s the second one in this thread! I’m starting to get a hankering for the new Gibson lg-2 Original model. How do you like your LG-2 and what year is it?
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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by gonetroppo » Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:13 am

wproffitt wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:11 am
gonetroppo wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:59 pm
 Love the bursts baby!! Here's my Gibson LG-2
That’s the second one in this thread! I’m starting to get a hankering for the new Gibson lg-2 Original model. How do you like your LG-2 and what year is it?
Mine's a 1946, same year as my old man! I really love everything about it.. Truly a lovely little guitar, strung up with silk and steel at the moment.
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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by wproffitt » Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:57 pm

My curiosity is definitely piqued! My father was born in 46 too. Maybe the guitar gods are trying to send me a message? They’re saying, “Buy a Gibson LG-2 Original!” ;D
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Post by andy » Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:38 am

New stratocaster in the Sunburst Club!!!!!!!
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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by cincinnatiharry » Fri Oct 30, 2020 4:04 pm

Most of my electrics are a burst finish of some sort and I am not particularly a fan but I got them for a good price and the cost of refinishing them is a prohibitive expense right now... I am also worried that if they would be refinished that they wouldn’t play the same. I have modded and upgraded most of them, as I care about how they sound more thank I care about how they look. That said I would prefer a solid color. I have taken them to luthiers, swapped pickups, toiled away comparing pickup height and just about every aspect of their set up and this was such a time intensive and expensive process I’d hate to be back at square one. My understanding is burst finishes take longer to do. I was watching videos of Gibson guitars getting sprayed and the bursts took a lot more time.
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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by Gavanti » Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:57 am

I love the burst on my Sorrento:
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Sunburst looks great with some wear.
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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by Maggieo » Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:45 am

How could I not fall in love with the burst on this Esquire?

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Re: Anybody like sunburst? I seem to.

Post by Larry Mal » Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:21 am

Beats me! I love it also.
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