Humbrol Paints! Man that reminds me of model making with my Dad when I was a kid. In actual fact the Humbrol factory was just a few miles up the road from where we lived - I guess they called themselves Humbrol after the river Humber which they’re just next to. They had/have a real RAF Fighter jet just inside the factory gates so you can see it when you drive by, kinda like a real life sized ‘model’ airplane!
Shhheeeesh....take that sucker to Home Depot and they would have used their scanner to color match some Glidon or Sherman Williams in 10 seconds flat. 😁
I. Couldn’t see a difference at all. Nice work man. I re-sprayed an O-gauge steam engine model train with testors paint using my air brush and I was shocked how good the finish came out. I had to spray a dull coat on it because it was so glossy and perfect looking. Testors is some good paint.
this vid saved my guitar from the claws of an evil hanger. i could already see minor damage setting in. thank you mister i really enjoy your vids and you did me a big solid this time!
Amazing work! I’ve had problems in the past with nitro finishes reacting to guitar stand rubber and now ensure that I never allow direct contact between the rubber and the guitars.
Great work. I have a TV yellow custom shop LP on the bench now; repaired headstock crack and now to touch up the lacquer. It’s a really tough color to match. Thx again.
I go to Young's Automotive. They were an original DuCo dealer in the 1940s, and they can still mix nitro lacquer REALLY WELL. I worked there very briefly when I was in high school, as their mix monkey. 90% of the job was cleaning paint off of an BIG Ohaus triple beam scale, and a regular 2610 Ohaus triple beam scale. I wish we could still buy Diasol lacquer thinner. If you can get a good deal on a Pasche H Model airbrush BUY ONE!! They have 3 needles so for colors like Dakota Red you can go to a fatter needle, because the red pigment is very coarse. Yellow is also a coarse pigment. If you are ever doing silver paint, you need to be ready run outside and check your work under actual direct sunlight every 3 or 4 minutes. I also run a Pasche VL, and a few Imatta guns, but my favorite is an old Aerograph. Alas Aerograph went tits up years ago and replacement parts are unobtainuim now. All the best European airbrush guys swore by Aerograph. Thayer & Chandler is owned by Badger now, so they are dead to me. Thayer Chandler were the "T shirt artists'' " sprayer airbrushes. They'd all have 20 T&Cs with 20 colors of paint to put a little cartoony caracature of you on a T shirt.
Ive got a 100 year plus old elementary spelling book with the address of Thayer and Chandler written in it at their original location, im assuming so someone could make a mail order. Thats how i learned that company exists
Great job as usual..it does blow my mind how so one would care to fix that stand rash..but to each there own and it's probly someone who wants to collect.also the rest of the guitar is probably realy clean..that would make sence I supose
A cutomer who wants to keep his guitar in good condition instead of relicing it like a total goon. respect to that guy and as always the quality and care you out into your work
Well I'd never have a guitar reliced but I would never have the finish touched up either...I like to let nature take it's course. That being said, I'd never leave a Gibson (especially not a Custom Shop historic reissue) on a non-nitro-safe stand.
@@Blueshirt38 Haha touchy! I didn't say their should be a law against it. But in my opinion fake aging is stupid. Just play the guitar and earn the patina by putting miles on it and not being a fakey poseur. Sorry I hurt your feelings
Perfect. Please explain how these enamels are compatible with Lacquer and thinner. I get that it's mostly pigment, but the general rule being you can put lacquer under anything but not over other materials that will melt and wrinkle .
I need to mix gold from a 2011 Gibson Les Paul trad-pro Gold top this guitar is made exclusively for guitar center . I just moved and didn’t have my work bench shop set up so I used the kitchen table . My 5 year old nephew saw me intimidating the bridge and grabbed a screw driver when I was in the other room and put a 5mm chip off the paint . I tried to use 3000 grit sand paper to smooth it out and make it better . I’m not anal about scratches . I live fine with them but this one is under my picking hand when I play and don’t even see it until I put the guitar on my stand until I clean the oil off my guitar from my hand and put it away . What colors of testers do I need to try to match it . I know Gold , but what other colors will lighten it and darken it . And even change the hue ? I would really appreciate your input please . Thank you anyway weather you can give me some tips or not . Ray
It's very difficult to suggest colors. Matching is difficult even for experienced people. To be honest if it's that difficult to see, anything you put on will probably highlight the scratch and make it more visible.
Wow! I had no idea testors was compatible with nitro laquer. Would have saved me 3 trips to stew mac .com and 60 bucks trying to color match a 60s cardinal red gibson melody maker whos neck cracked off in shipping if i had known. Thanks for all the videos, they give me hope and reason
Hi, I enjoy all your videos and with this one we can see that you are excellent at matching colors. I've got a question for you: Is there a trick to imitate the green-ish lacquer found on Gibson gold top Les Paul guitars from the '50s? My gold top looks too bright compared to the vintage ones...It is as if the nitrocellulose lacquer from the '50s turns kind of green-ish over time which give these old gold tops a nice look! Thank you!
For my own educational purposes it seems from the reflection there are some lines coming through post repair. Is this the wood grain or the previous damage showing through? I was wondering if the initial feather sanding could have been spread out further longitudinally to allow a shallow gradient from the wood to the original top coat.
another great video - regarding these kind of guitar stands, would it be a good idea to put some kind of tape around the contacting rubber, and if so what tape?
Nice job, looks really good. Only thing I noticed was the shadow from new paint through the thick original lacquer layer. You would have to sand through the lacquer and only then apply the colour. After that you could build up the lacquer layers.
I like wear on guitars the stand rash dosn5 bother me abit..I love natural wear and some relic jobs if done right...my dream is a guitar jst like this that souns inspiring...that's my dream...one electric that looks beat and feels and sounds right..variety is good but I need a decent guitar I have 4 cheap sub 200 dollar guitars but the pickups on all jst do not inspire me..I have fun playing them but they dnt make me wana pick it up ya know..no mojo
Best to do colour-matching in bright natural light (but not sunlight). You used a yellow light in your room. God knows what that guitar looks like in natural light.
Having any color match is certainly no big deal. And Home Depot, Lowe’s, ACE or ANY hardware store that has a paint dept will have a computer match machine. Seriously... it’s not 1959
Beautiful work. I love Les Paul guitars...
Humbrol Paints! Man that reminds me of model making with my Dad when I was a kid. In actual fact the Humbrol factory was just a few miles up the road from where we lived - I guess they called themselves Humbrol after the river Humber which they’re just next to. They had/have a real RAF Fighter jet just inside the factory gates so you can see it when you drive by, kinda like a real life sized ‘model’ airplane!
That colour-matching was impressive. TV yellow is hard to duplicate from scratch, I've found. Props.
Shhheeeesh....take that sucker to Home Depot and they would have used their scanner to color match some Glidon or Sherman Williams in 10 seconds flat. 😁
I. Couldn’t see a difference at all.
Nice work man.
I re-sprayed an O-gauge steam engine model train with testors paint using my air brush and I was shocked how good the finish came out. I had to spray a dull coat on it because it was so glossy and perfect looking. Testors is some good paint.
this vid saved my guitar from the claws of an evil hanger. i could already see minor damage setting in. thank you mister i really enjoy your vids and you did me a big solid this time!
Amazing work! I’ve had problems in the past with nitro finishes reacting to guitar stand rubber and now ensure that I never allow direct contact between the rubber and the guitars.
Great work. I have a TV yellow custom shop LP on the bench now; repaired headstock crack and now to touch up the lacquer. It’s a really tough color to match. Thx again.
Superb color and finish match!!
I can watch your videos for hours. Very well done, very informative (for us wannabe luthiers) and your work is always fantastic! 😉
You’re an artist.
This video made me immediately pull my Gibson off the wall hanger. I've never left it hanging more than a few days but even that makes me nervous.
String swing makes hangers that won't do that
If they’re the Hercules hangers they’ll be fine. I’ve been using them for years and all my guitars are nitro.
Wow, My eye for color shading is terrible. You sir did a fantastic job.
I liked the bare patches - it all becomes part of the history of the instrument, visible for all to see - genuine road mileage!
I love watching you work Mister you are great.
Great blending job !
Brilliant work mate
I go to Young's Automotive. They were an original DuCo dealer in the 1940s, and they can still mix nitro lacquer REALLY WELL. I worked there very briefly when I was in high school, as their mix monkey. 90% of the job was cleaning paint off of an BIG Ohaus triple beam scale, and a regular 2610 Ohaus triple beam scale. I wish we could still buy Diasol lacquer thinner. If you can get a good deal on a Pasche H Model airbrush BUY ONE!! They have 3 needles so for colors like Dakota Red you can go to a fatter needle, because the red pigment is very coarse. Yellow is also a coarse pigment. If you are ever doing silver paint, you need to be ready run outside and check your work under actual direct sunlight every 3 or 4 minutes. I also run a Pasche VL, and a few Imatta guns, but my favorite is an old Aerograph. Alas Aerograph went tits up years ago and replacement parts are unobtainuim now. All the best European airbrush guys swore by Aerograph. Thayer & Chandler is owned by Badger now, so they are dead to me. Thayer Chandler were the "T shirt artists'' " sprayer airbrushes. They'd all have 20 T&Cs with 20 colors of paint to put a little cartoony caracature of you on a T shirt.
Ive got a 100 year plus old elementary spelling book with the address of Thayer and Chandler written in it at their original location, im assuming so someone could make a mail order. Thats how i learned that company exists
Great job as usual..it does blow my mind how so one would care to fix that stand rash..but to each there own and it's probly someone who wants to collect.also the rest of the guitar is probably realy clean..that would make sence I supose
A cutomer who wants to keep his guitar in good condition instead of relicing it like a total goon. respect to that guy and as always the quality and care you out into your work
Travis Bickle yes, he said it was a reissue at the beginning of the video
Well I'd never have a guitar reliced but I would never have the finish touched up either...I like to let nature take it's course. That being said, I'd never leave a Gibson (especially not a Custom Shop historic reissue) on a non-nitro-safe stand.
Who cares? It is their guitar. You treat your guitar how you want, and I won't tell you what to do with it.
@@Blueshirt38 Haha touchy! I didn't say their should be a law against it. But in my opinion fake aging is stupid. Just play the guitar and earn the patina by putting miles on it and not being a fakey poseur. Sorry I hurt your feelings
@@hydorah worn in instruments feel and sometimes look better, modern finishes don't wear out like they used to. I think you can do the math from there
Perfect. Please explain how these enamels are compatible with Lacquer and thinner. I get that it's mostly pigment, but the general rule being you can put lacquer under anything but not over other materials that will melt and wrinkle .
Very nice color match and touch up!
I need to mix gold from a 2011 Gibson Les Paul trad-pro Gold top this guitar is made exclusively for guitar center . I just moved and didn’t have my work bench shop set up so I used the kitchen table . My 5 year old nephew saw me intimidating the bridge and grabbed a screw driver when I was in the other room and put a 5mm chip off the paint . I tried to use 3000 grit sand paper to smooth it out and make it better . I’m not anal about scratches . I live fine with them but this one is under my picking hand when I play and don’t even see it until I put the guitar on my stand until I clean the oil off my guitar from my hand and put it away . What colors of testers do I need to try to match it . I know Gold , but what other colors will lighten it and darken it . And even change the hue ? I would really appreciate your input please . Thank you anyway weather you can give me some tips or not . Ray
It's very difficult to suggest colors. Matching is difficult even for experienced people. To be honest if it's that difficult to see, anything you put on will probably highlight the scratch and make it more visible.
Relaxing to watch 👍
I didnt realize that you can thin enamel paint with lacquer thinner. That was worth the price of admission.
Wow, great color match! those are tough
Wow! I had no idea testors was compatible with nitro laquer. Would have saved me 3 trips to stew mac .com and 60 bucks trying to color match a 60s cardinal red gibson melody maker whos neck cracked off in shipping if i had known. Thanks for all the videos, they give me hope and reason
Fantastic job!!
color match is fantastic!
Pretty spot-on color match! Could just "barely" see the feathers in a bright light. The owner should be tickled!!
Awesome job!
I just happened upon this vid, Nice job!
Nice work! A step by step video paints s a better picture in a learning environment. But Great match.
Very nice color matching ! Better not being color blind for that type of delicate work
Hi, I enjoy all your videos and with this one we can see that you are excellent at matching colors. I've got a question for you: Is there a trick to imitate the green-ish lacquer found on Gibson gold top Les Paul guitars from the '50s? My gold top looks too bright compared to the vintage ones...It is as if the nitrocellulose lacquer from the '50s turns kind of green-ish over time which give these old gold tops a nice look! Thank you!
Looks great!
Nice work!
Great job!
Outstanding
Some people pay extra for that Relic look , now this is way better than a Chibson copy I seen someone purchased on youtube look for the video :-)
Love those Abralon pads..
For my own educational purposes it seems from the reflection there are some lines coming through post repair. Is this the wood grain or the previous damage showing through? I was wondering if the initial feather sanding could have been spread out further longitudinally to allow a shallow gradient from the wood to the original top coat.
Impressive, as usual.
You are even better than those guys that work for Gibson.
Mineral oil/lemon oil works well as a lubricant for wet sanding when water isn't advisable.
Never liked these but this one looks so cool
another great video - regarding these kind of guitar stands, would it be a good idea to put some kind of tape around the contacting rubber, and if so what tape?
I use child's socks. Just ask a family member who's got kids.
btw, what is a safe material to use for hangers....for those of us that make or use wall hangers? Thanks!!
The soft expanded foam. If it looks like surgical tubing or hose then it's probably not good.
Thanks! where do you think I can find that?
@@nmssis buy a String Swing or a Hercules. Both are nitro safe. Don't cheap out and wreck your guitar.
know what you mean but I need to consolidate where I place my guitars...so I'm looking to build my own guitar rack hence my question.
@@nmssis look at your local hardware/home improvement store for water line insulation foam or similar.
That was perfect.
Nice job, looks really good. Only thing I noticed was the shadow from new paint through the thick original lacquer layer. You would have to sand through the lacquer and only then apply the colour. After that you could build up the lacquer layers.
I like wear on guitars the stand rash dosn5 bother me abit..I love natural wear and some relic jobs if done right...my dream is a guitar jst like this that souns inspiring...that's my dream...one electric that looks beat and feels and sounds right..variety is good but I need a decent guitar I have 4 cheap sub 200 dollar guitars but the pickups on all jst do not inspire me..I have fun playing them but they dnt make me wana pick it up ya know..no mojo
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WOW
I hope you used a full spectrum lightbulb.
Is it just me is that headstock angle way too big
This work would cost how much?
Best to do colour-matching in bright natural light (but not sunlight). You used a yellow light in your room. God knows what that guitar looks like in natural light.
Just 2 observations:
1) I would have left it as is.
2) What goes in hard and pink and comes out soft and sticky?
not t b yellow arrgh
Having any color match is certainly no big deal.
And Home Depot, Lowe’s, ACE or ANY hardware store that has a paint dept will have a computer match machine.
Seriously... it’s not 1959
just leave it
Fairly decent Gibson copy , obviously a fake tho
Why?
ha ha, no.