3:00 My friend, I also work with Acetone in my lab. What I've found out is, Acetone permeates through nitrile or latex gloves. You may harm your skin in the long term. We are using thick yellow latex gloves over a regular nitrile glove. This way by the time Acetone starts to permeate through thick glove, our work is done. I suggest you the same. Have a good day.
First blush, 'Why ?", Finish, "Oh Yeah!!!" I especially like how the last colored 'clear coat' worked with the body binding. That yellowed tint looks amazing with the finish. Amazing.
@@8BombCustom I have the same model but 1 year older. I don’t want to change the top but I want to refinish the backside of the guitar to more a dark back. Is this possible? To only finish the backside? Thank you and love your work.
The man corrected the carving by eye! WHAT?! That is a beautiful burst too. After years of ogling Gibson Les Pauls I've decided that I hate 90% of Gibson's sunbursts, but that's a beautiful dark burst. You're a master sir.
@@noodlehair6566 Crazy impressive work, and man that burst. Though Gibson aren't selling too many tops with that kinda flame outside of their custom shop these days.
I'm not expert however....1)It seems you put in a lot of knowledge, time, effort and energy into it. 2)You certainly did a fantastic job. Your knowledge and experience certainly shows!
I think the new color is fantastic! I am much more fond of the new look. Plus the guitar sounds great! You definitely have a lot of skill and confidence in your abilities. This is evident simply because you put this out there for everyone to see. That really says it all. I love watching people who know what their doing, when refinishing a guitar. It's always very educational. I can fix a guitar, and build a guitar. But actually finishing a guitar, that is where I have to stop, and let someone else take over. With a Les Paul you have to make sure the finishing job is in good experienced hands, such as yours! Great Job!!
Thank you! Now I launched Patreon and there I publish even more detailed videos about painting and a relic with all the subtleties. Like a video course or a tutorial on painting and relic. Plus a lot of other useful information and bonuses. www.patreon.com/8bombcustom
That was an amazing video, I truly enjoyed it. I especially liked the way you scalloped the edges of the LP and applied the burst and then colour corrected/shading the entire guitar. Very well done. If you lived in Canada or even the US I would send you my LP to refinish. Great work,
First off great job! Looks beautiful! Now to all the negative people out there. Buy the time most Gibsons you own or can afford wont make you money while your alive. So if you play it you lose money lol come on. You buy guitars because of the look sound and how they feel. Clapton's blackie whas a partscaster Kieth Richard's puts different tele necks on Dwane Allman's Gibson was repainted so was Mark Knopfers hell the frickin frankenstrat, that guitar name says it all! Play what you want be positive I'm happy the guy getting this guitar will love it because it's what he wants. He will probably play it more now. That's awesome. Wait, maybe he'll take this guitar and make a smoker out of it like ACE did. Great work guitar looks awesome!
I am happy for him...my 1992 Is all scratched and dinged by use and l love as She Is...if the owner likes It now l am Happy...if l was the owner l would leave its original lemon burst but Just because l love that finish👍👍👍🎸❤️
Excellent work, you are very skilled at refinishing...very interesting to watch the entire process. Your finish looks very very close to the original Gibson 1958 to 60 Les Paul Bursts.
I was glad to see that you took this opportunity to recarve the top. I've seen people who have done refinishing, and skipping this esthetically pleasing detail. I have built one, and it was a lot harder than it looks in videos. You are probably a lot quicker.
2:30 - I have never seen this stripping done to a guitar before. My main work horse guitar is a AAA flame top Gibson LP and I would literally cry if I saw this done to it! Amazing skill to refinish the guitar like you did in this video though. Hats off mate, well done!
WHHHHYYYYY??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!!?!? That dirty lemon finish is one of my favorites lol Not shitting on a dark burst/deserburst at all They all look beautiful
@@8BombCustom I mean, how can ya argue with a Luthier-Cat whose name is "Dr. Nitro" ? We all know the " N" word (no- not the Other one) is synonymous for "Outstanding Guitar Finishes !" :)
Thank you! You will find about all the materials that I use and about all the nuances of working with them on my Patreon in the Maker level www.patreon.com/8bombcustom
Great job Doc! Refinished a beaten up '78 Gibson LP couple of years ago. I'm not a luthier but just a skilled craftsman so it took me over one year; I'm happy with the result. Faced the same headstock problem and came to the same stinger solution as you.
I agree with some of the guys here, the whole work is amazing, but I would prefer a call before painting a stinger headstock. I would be probably happier with a bit of color missing below the tuners, where it is not really visible anyway. Overall, the work is fantastic, compliments and congratulations!
It looked better before the finish. I think hiding all the flame took out the natural beauty of it. The finish on the new one is better quality but then again I don't like burst finishes.
Great work but .. why would you ruin such a great guitar to begin with? The pre-historic is becoming a classic. The owner now has a generic looking LP that has less character and less value. Odd choice of donor!
Both versions are very beautiful. If I had no emotional attachment or if the guitar was not 100% original, I would consider a refinish. Well done, beautiful work.
fretboarder the Cherry will go away as supposed to be on original ‘59 bursts. If owner will want to keep the cherry color, he would need to keep it away from UV light.
He's clearly not French ... take a look at the labels on the acetone and the solvent he uses to remove the original finish. He's either Russian, or from some other country where the Cyrillic alphabet is used.
Доктор, было очень приятно видеть, как вы превратили этот Les Paul в шедевр. Вы также талантливый музыкант, поэтому ваше имя должно быть Maestro Nitro. Подписался.
i prefer the original full flame yellow, i dont like cherry bursts but thats just me, very talented though, i would have no problem letting you refinish my black 1980 les paul which had defective paint and nitro, i ended up just sanding off the nitro to make the guitar playable but man is it ugly, its got it where it counts though
I loved that old nitro lemon color it had it was beautiful man never ever redo a real Gibson Les Paul finish that has naturaly aged they look so much better once the nitro has had time to wear off a little bit and start cracking and thinning out to show the true beauty of the wood with the color this was beautiful before you messed it up. But you didn't really mess it up you did an amazing job respraying it but it was still beautiful before as well great job
Looks like a reissue now, great job. Tip: to get rid of the plastic-ness of the finish, you can expose the guitar to moderate sunlight to dry the paint and get rid of the plastic'y feeling. It will also fade the finish and make the guitar look x5 better.
Great video! I enjoyed it very much. Beautifully finished. I think the stinger became a really nice touch on that one. I also want a stinger. Rock'n'roll for all indeed. 👍🏻
Dunno man. I think you did amazing job with the refinish. But I think in the case of this guitar, she should have been left alone. I would love to see such refinish on a Les Paul destroyed by some angry teen with spray can... But this one? Was great in original state, a keeper if it plays good.
@@diegobittar7425 Have you guys seen Trogly's getting back his ruined guitars? He got back 3 Customs in a bad finish shape (but no broken necks). Imagine them being finished the way this Classic was... ruclips.net/video/IzeDKIJ6o8c/видео.html
I have to agree on both points. Perhaps just buffing the original to perfection would have been a better choice. I can see a refin on a beat to death buckle rashed piece.
Beautiful work, and beautiful result. I personally don’t like the black stinger, but that’s a matter of taste. Lots of hard work, but beautiful result.
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That lemon top was beautiful...
Yea it kinda hurts my soul a little ngl… but I understand why someone might want to do it
@@mltproductionstudio personally i like bursts better, and the lemon looks like plain to me
Yeah it was. And so was the honeyburst before he added the red.
Right? That top was way better.
Indeed 😭
3:00 My friend, I also work with Acetone in my lab. What I've found out is, Acetone permeates through nitrile or latex gloves. You may harm your skin in the long term. We are using thick yellow latex gloves over a regular nitrile glove. This way by the time Acetone starts to permeate through thick glove, our work is done. I suggest you the same. Have a good day.
Thank you!
How does acetone harm skin?
First blush, 'Why ?", Finish, "Oh Yeah!!!"
I especially like how the last colored 'clear coat' worked with the body binding. That yellowed tint looks amazing with the finish.
Amazing.
Thank you!
@@8BombCustom I have the same model but 1 year older. I don’t want to change the top but I want to refinish the backside of the guitar to more a dark back. Is this possible? To only finish the backside? Thank you and love your work.
The man corrected the carving by eye! WHAT?! That is a beautiful burst too. After years of ogling Gibson Les Pauls I've decided that I hate 90% of Gibson's sunbursts, but that's a beautiful dark burst. You're a master sir.
ikr? that's a master luthier right there
@@noodlehair6566 Crazy impressive work, and man that burst. Though Gibson aren't selling too many tops with that kinda flame outside of their custom shop these days.
I'm not expert however....1)It seems you put in a lot of knowledge, time, effort and energy into it. 2)You certainly did a fantastic job. Your knowledge and experience certainly shows!
Thank you.
I think you made it look way better. More historic and proper.
Thank you!
Seeing a lot of comments saying they like the original color?! I think it looks 100% better now!
Thank you!))
I think the new color is fantastic! I am much more fond of the new look. Plus the guitar sounds great! You definitely have a lot of skill and confidence in your abilities. This is evident simply because you put this out there for everyone to see. That really says it all. I love watching people who know what their doing, when refinishing a guitar. It's always very educational. I can fix a guitar, and build a guitar. But actually finishing a guitar, that is where I have to stop, and let someone else take over. With a Les Paul you have to make sure the finishing job is in good experienced hands, such as yours! Great Job!!
Thank you! Now I launched Patreon and there I publish even more detailed videos about painting and a relic with all the subtleties. Like a video course or a tutorial on painting and relic. Plus a lot of other useful information and bonuses. www.patreon.com/8bombcustom
That was an amazing video, I truly enjoyed it. I especially liked the way you scalloped the edges of the LP and applied the burst and then colour corrected/shading the entire guitar. Very well done. If you lived in Canada or even the US I would send you my LP to refinish. Great work,
I wish you had a repair shop here in Southern California. I'd give you tons of business, that's for sure. Keep on rock'n!!
Dude your guitar looked amazing without touching it. not that it looks bad now but wow did that thing look crazy awesome slash Paradise City finish.
Very professional job right here. Not something the average guitarist should attempt. In any case, good job! It looks great.
your Gibsons look a LOT better than the ones from the factory....:-)
A lot better...!!!
Thank yoy!
@@8BombCustom it's the truth....:-)
Very impressive work. You are an artist and a gentleman. 👍
Thank you!
Looks and sounds great! Thank you so much for narrating in English.
Thank you! I try)) but so far for my speech apparatus English is difficult)))
First off great job! Looks beautiful! Now to all the negative people out there. Buy the time most Gibsons you own or can afford wont make you money while your alive. So if you play it you lose money lol come on. You buy guitars because of the look sound and how they feel. Clapton's blackie whas a partscaster Kieth Richard's puts different tele necks on Dwane Allman's Gibson was repainted so was Mark Knopfers hell the frickin frankenstrat, that guitar name says it all! Play what you want be positive I'm happy the guy getting this guitar will love it because it's what he wants. He will probably play it more now. That's awesome. Wait, maybe he'll take this guitar and make a smoker out of it like ACE did. Great work guitar looks awesome!
I am happy for him...my 1992 Is all scratched and dinged by use and l love as She Is...if the owner likes It now l am Happy...if l was the owner l would leave its original lemon burst but Just because l love that finish👍👍👍🎸❤️
Beautiful finish. Great job
Wow the sunburst is super well done! Great job
Thank you
Man I'm watching yours videos like I'm watching a movie !!.........next one I'll get some Popcorn !
absolutely stunning work. If only I was as talented as you. I keep trying. You are a true Artist Dr. Nitro.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Excellent work, you are very skilled at refinishing...very interesting to watch the entire process. Your finish looks very very close to the original Gibson 1958 to 60 Les Paul Bursts.
Thank you
He totally ruined a great guitar
Amazing refinish and attention to details . Much respect for keeping a vintage American Les Paul alive.
Thank you
Those pickups sound amazing.
I was glad to see that you took this opportunity to recarve the top. I've seen people who have done refinishing, and skipping this esthetically pleasing detail. I have built one, and it was a lot harder than it looks in videos. You are probably a lot quicker.
Thank you
what exactly do you do to recarve the top? specific tools? specific reference photos? im about to do one.
That was some real beautiful work!
Thank you
2:30 - I have never seen this stripping done to a guitar before. My main work horse guitar is a AAA flame top Gibson LP and I would literally cry if I saw this done to it! Amazing skill to refinish the guitar like you did in this video though. Hats off mate, well done!
WHHHHYYYYY??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!!?!? That dirty lemon finish is one of my favorites lol Not shitting on a dark burst/deserburst at all They all look beautiful
So great to see a new video from you. You are an absolute master of your craft!
Thank you!
I preferred the original color, but your work here is fantastic. Nice job.
Thank you
I preferred the original a lot more. Sad.
Great job brother! The final product looks incredible and will age so nicely. I wish I had your knowledge, patience, skills, and talent.
That lemon burst finish at first looked so better.
Why would he change that? It was beautiful!
That new finish and pickups kill... if I had his skillset I would have done the same
Great work! If I had a guitar that needed this work, I'd be happy to leave it in your skilled hands!
I LOVE the Lemon Burst ! The refinish job is Awesome too, though.
Thank you!
@@8BombCustom I mean, how can ya argue with a Luthier-Cat whose name is
"Dr. Nitro" ? We all know the " N" word (no- not the Other one) is synonymous for "Outstanding Guitar Finishes !" :)
Nice!!!
Looks so much nicer with that burst finish, very nice looking top.
Thank you
Brilliant job, that top is a killer! Not keen on the stinger though. I think I would have sanded the back of the head stock and re sprayed it.
You did a great job man! I wouldn't have chosen to refinish the guitar on the first place, but I love that finish you went with at the end.
After he took the factory finish off, he could've stopped there. That wood was GORGEOUS. Just clear it and call it good!!
I had the same thought
Looked like mick ronson's lp
Your young age and the quality of your work give me hope for the future.
Thank you my friend! I'm 39 😉
It looked great at the 8:34 mark. Still, looked rather nice when complete 👍🏻👍🏻
The new burst look is amazing!
Thank you
well done. I would trust this guy working on my guitar
Dr. The operation was a success!
Never change a winning team bro! The LP looked gorgeous as it was.
i dream about doing this myself one day, once in a while i watch this video again for inspiration.
Thank you! You will find about all the materials that I use and about all the nuances of working with them on my Patreon in the Maker level
www.patreon.com/8bombcustom
You definitely have some skills.. it looks fantastic.. but I did like the first finish better because you could see more of that beautiful Flame..
Great job Doc! Refinished a beaten up '78 Gibson LP couple of years ago. I'm not a luthier but just a skilled craftsman so it took me over one year; I'm happy with the result. Faced the same headstock problem and came to the same stinger solution as you.
Beautiful work! That looks fantastic. We have the same amp! LOL! I also have a JCM600. 2 X 12” speakers. Great sounding amp. Great job on the guitar!
Thank you
Gibson custom shop should hire you full time. This was amazing. You’re an artist man, It turned out great
Thank you!
Gibson would probability demand that he use time, and cost saving methods.
It's good for a luthier to have his own shop.
I agree with some of the guys here, the whole work is amazing, but I would prefer a call before painting a stinger headstock. I would be probably happier with a bit of color missing below the tuners, where it is not really visible anyway.
Overall, the work is fantastic, compliments and congratulations!
We don't know what communications he and the customer had
Maybe that’s his “Signature” on the refinishes he does?
A gorgeous piece of work...
Yeah, fantastic results on that one! 👍
The acetone doesn't melt the binding?
Awesome video, outstanding craftsmanship, this guitar had a Beautiful top from the beginning
It looked better before the finish. I think hiding all the flame took out the natural beauty of it. The finish on the new one is better quality but then again I don't like burst finishes.
Kinda agree. It looked like Slash's AFD or Gary Moore's 59' les paul. But after the refinishing it's nice too.
my god! beautiful work. Wish I had even 10% of your talent.
Awesome job. I prefer the original colour but if this is what the owner wanted, so be it.
Honestly, I prefer blonde/natural finishes-but your work here is so beautiful-classic, tasteful and clearly done with passion! Bravo.
i am surprised that the binding didnt get damaged with the acetone
It will if its an epiphone or any other cheap guitar. Gibson bindings are not made of plastic
@@thelespauldude3283 well celluloid was used on old gibsons new ones use a plastic..either way its obvious it doesnt hurt it
Some people use acetone to apply binding. look up some videos of how to bind a les paul. some use a different adhesive but acetone works beautifully
That was a beautiful burst finish at the end.
Thanks for posting.
Thank you!
Great work but .. why would you ruin such a great guitar to begin with? The pre-historic is becoming a classic. The owner now has a generic looking LP that has less character and less value. Odd choice of donor!
its all up to the customer isnt it..even if he wanted it painted purple with orange dots then...
Beautiful work and gorgeous refinish! Thanks for sharing and great playing as well!!!
I would spend so much money with this guy…I would be changing the color of my Gibsons every year lol.
Thank you!
I was skeptical going in but convinced by the time you had finished. Awesome job.
As good as the refinish lookes it lookes better with the original finish
Both versions are very beautiful. If I had no emotional attachment or if the guitar was not 100% original, I would consider a refinish. Well done, beautiful work.
Thank you
@@8BombCustom I'd like to see a 4 color burst. Black edges, red, orange, and yellow center. Or even the opposite of that.
Wats wrong with the original finish?, i love it.
so what?..go to new guitar website and have a dream there.
I dont, his looks nicer
Work of art!
I’d love one of my guitars to have this done.
Skills 👏🏼
Thank you
loved the finish before the cherry..
fretboarder the Cherry will go away as supposed to be on original ‘59 bursts. If owner will want to keep the cherry color, he would need to keep it away from UV light.
Those pickups sound great! I love em.
Does anyone know what Pickups he Putin the Guitar?
@@bwitt4673 I believe those are his own pickups.
how did you prevent the acetone from melting the binding?
I've been looking for this comment.
Amazing job Dr. Nitro!!
I made my first stratocaster but i finished with tung oil, next one will have nitro finish!
love that deep carve
Beautiful quality job. The finish and sound are amazing
Guitar refinished by Jaques Cousteau.
Well if that was my guitar I would be very upset
He's clearly not French ... take a look at the labels on the acetone and the solvent he uses to remove the original finish. He's either Russian, or from some other country where the Cyrillic alphabet is used.
@@Larry_Harvilla humour not your strong suit?
@@norp7374 yes pal. Whatever you say.
Amazing quality of work, but crazy to change that colour. It was beautiful.
Thank you
Доктор, было очень приятно видеть, как вы превратили этот Les Paul в шедевр. Вы также талантливый музыкант, поэтому ваше имя должно быть Maestro Nitro. Подписался.
Спасибо
At first I cringed at this project, but you really know what you’re doing...amazing craftsmanship!
thank you!
i prefer the original full flame yellow, i dont like cherry bursts but thats just me, very talented though, i would have no problem letting you refinish my black 1980 les paul which had defective paint and nitro, i ended up just sanding off the nitro to make the guitar playable but man is it ugly, its got it where it counts though
Agreed.The burst makes it look cheap. All cheap-o guitars use burst to hide bad wood.
I just came upon your channel, and I am so glad I did.
Wonderful work and videography +1 Subs.
Good tutorial, but I prefer the original finish look.
same thoughts.
Me too
Excellent job in deed!! He's definitely a very talented luthier that knows his trade!! Well done!!
Thank you!
Holy Cow!!! Amazing job!!!
Thank you!
I loved that old nitro lemon color it had it was beautiful man never ever redo a real Gibson Les Paul finish that has naturaly aged they look so much better once the nitro has had time to wear off a little bit and start cracking and thinning out to show the true beauty of the wood with the color this was beautiful before you messed it up. But you didn't really mess it up you did an amazing job respraying it but it was still beautiful before as well great job
Thank you
Looks like a reissue now, great job. Tip: to get rid of the plastic-ness of the finish, you can expose the guitar to moderate sunlight to dry the paint and get rid of the plastic'y feeling. It will also fade the finish and make the guitar look x5 better.
Great video! I enjoyed it very much. Beautifully finished.
I think the stinger became a really nice touch on that one. I also want a stinger.
Rock'n'roll for all indeed. 👍🏻
Thank you!
Great job but preferred the original colour!
You did a Outstanding job, My friend!
After reading some of these comments, I am thinking about refinishing my 2008 BFG Gold Top to '57 Gold Top Darkback just to watch the world burn.
Some people just want to watch the world burn
Beautiful job & awesome dedication. Master craftsmanship.
Thank you
Great workmanship!
But I like the 'before' look much better, haha ; )
this is top shelf work man. looks great.
Can’t imagine why you’d want to trash a classic, but to each his own.
That guitar sounds sooooo sweet!
I like the way it looked before? To many sunburst Les Pauls,
You did a yeomans job! Expert. Great video editing as well. Made me a subscriber. Keep em coming!
Jim Kirkpatrick yeah! He sailed right through it! He really navigated this process!
Dunno man. I think you did amazing job with the refinish. But I think in the case of this guitar, she should have been left alone. I would love to see such refinish on a Les Paul destroyed by some angry teen with spray can... But this one? Was great in original state, a keeper if it plays good.
Johann Daart agreed why change a naturally aging amber that is becoming an aged lemon? Beautiful refinish but on a guitar that didn’t need it.
We all agree. Plus is a really valuable guitar, it's was made to compensate the years Gibson did rubbish and it's highly collectible.
Also is a really well copy of the '59 Les Paul but with a thinner neck profile.
@@diegobittar7425 Have you guys seen Trogly's getting back his ruined guitars? He got back 3 Customs in a bad finish shape (but no broken necks). Imagine them being finished the way this Classic was... ruclips.net/video/IzeDKIJ6o8c/видео.html
@@JohannDaart I´m seeing it while writting but those are perfect guitars projects for Dr. Nitro. I totally agree!
Incredible work brother! You've got skills
The original finish looked great, why would someone buy it and have it refinished like that?
The refinish looks absolutely stunning as well though
I know. that would devalue the guitar, no longer original
@@muzikmonkeyman1 Not everyone is a reseller.
@@DarkDare47 True, it is a beautiful guitar. I wish I could finish like that.
I have to agree on both points. Perhaps just buffing the original to perfection would have been a better choice. I can see a refin on a beat to death buckle rashed piece.
Shite Gibson USA lacquer, that’s why.
Beautiful work, and beautiful result. I personally don’t like the black stinger, but that’s a matter of taste. Lots of hard work, but beautiful result.
Thank you!
Looked better as it was.
Thank you
@@8BombCustom nope. Better after
The amount of effort is unparalleled