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Came across this very cool transformation today and thought it was worthy of posting. Started off life as a 1999 R7 Goldtop...

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The owner sent it away for a 'Historic Makeover'. Once it was stripped back he was given a call and told that there's some seriously cool flame underneath the gold paint and recommended that he 'burst' it

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Finished result is just WOW in my eyes and 100% better than what it originally was :clap:

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That's fantastic. You'd think Gibson would've put a burst on there in the first place.

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What kind of muppet would solid coat that FFS. :roll:
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Slowy wrote:What kind of muppet would solid coat that FFS. :roll:
Take a bow Gibson

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Sorry, should have stated. Please add your own ‘cool shit’ you have come across into this thread :-)

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It's a lovely job too. Would that be 'amber burst' or some such?

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That is stunning, I love me a gold top, but that top just had to get a burst treatment

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I wouldn't say it's "100%" better :rofl: . It was still a nice R7 beforehand. Makes me wonder whats under mine, but I'd rather drop the money required to refinish on a another guitar haha.

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Scooter13 wrote:I wouldn't say it's "100%" better :rofl: . It was still a nice R7 beforehand. Makes me wonder whats under mine, but I'd rather drop the money required to refinish on a another guitar haha.
You can sometimes see flame inside the control cavity, or use a bright light to reflect off the surface onto a wall and you'll be able to see any flames. My R7 has a little bit of figuring but nothing crazy.

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Lyle wrote:
Scooter13 wrote:I wouldn't say it's "100%" better :rofl: . It was still a nice R7 beforehand. Makes me wonder whats under mine, but I'd rather drop the money required to refinish on a another guitar haha.
You can sometimes see flame inside the control cavity, or use a bright light to reflect off the surface onto a wall and you'll be able to see any flames. My R7 has a little bit of figuring but nothing crazy.
When Dharmajester was selling his R4 he did this. Looked to be a nice flame underneath the oxblood finish. It'd take a brave bloke to strip it though.

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Dang!

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Molly wrote:
Lyle wrote:
Scooter13 wrote:I wouldn't say it's "100%" better :rofl: . It was still a nice R7 beforehand. Makes me wonder whats under mine, but I'd rather drop the money required to refinish on a another guitar haha.
You can sometimes see flame inside the control cavity, or use a bright light to reflect off the surface onto a wall and you'll be able to see any flames. My R7 has a little bit of figuring but nothing crazy.
When Dharmajester was selling his R4 he did this. Looked to be a nice flame underneath the oxblood finish. It'd take a brave bloke to strip it though.
I would have taken it if I could have afforded at the time, stripping it is exactly what I was planning to do :lol:

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I prefer it as a goldtop... but, you know, that's just my opinion man.

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Usually when they use a flame top for R7 it's because that particular top was deemed "not good enough for R9", like having large mineral streaks etc.

This one looks nicer than a lot of current R9's though, guess they had more good stuff at their disposal back then.
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The rock shop had an R7 for ages that had a flamey top. I was never in a position to buy it. You could see it in the top, the ripples and waves. Didn’t even need to pop the cavity.
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