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Well i'm done with this baby so here she is..... The Rivera Burst'.
1.The original finish was removed down to the bare wood.
2.Repainted, top, sides back and neck with no sealer, just varnish.
3.Every single part of hardware was aged by hand, slowly and making sure it looks great.
4.The top was aged with a mixture of techniques i have learned and improved over my last top.
5.All binding was aged to the correct color.
6.Serial number was hand drawn to match those of the 50's.
7.The inlays are aged with an special tint i develop by mix matching other ingredients.
8.The plastic parts have been aged and special care has been taken with the knobs making them look as correctly aged as i can make them look.
9.The PAF Burstbuckers have been specially unwound to match the feel and sound this guitar can produce, not to match a real PAF but to translate the resonance of the wood.
10.The headstock finish has been aged to look old and match the rest of the guitar.
11. The tulip tuners have been aged to my likening and matching a particular type of finger sweat that makes plastic look like that.
Refinishing the guitar with a thing finish has really make it sound better, i was skeptical about this but it true, it makes the whole thing more vibrant and acoustically louder.
Total cost: .................................$ 75.77
Total time invested:.................. 21 days.
Nico.
Well i'm done with this baby so here she is..... The Rivera Burst'.
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Wow! When I first saw it I thought it WAS an old instrument. Nice job.
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Really cool. Nice job, man.
Patrick
It's really cool, yeah! I love it.
IMO the ageing is perhaps a bit overdone for reality, I mean, looks like it's 200 years old or something...my friend has a '68 Les Paul that's been heavily used all its life by his father and himself (musta been several thousand gigs and trips, both play for living in dance bands) and it looks brand spanking new in comparison, just a few cracks in the surface...but nevertheless, that's really a very nice looking guitar! And who knows, perhaps an old Paul could look like that if it had been really badly kept too.
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WOW! Amazing looking guitar!
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