Ebony and Ivory

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed May 17, 2017 7:11 pm

My new(used) Les Paul Studio Alpine White with an Ebony fretboard. I got from Guitar Center to replace the fucked up Silvertone I took back.

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westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu May 18, 2017 3:42 pm

This guitar is pretty much mint except for some little pink stains on the back of the neck. I have read that this caused by "grain filler" bleeding through the nitro(?). Maybe that is why the guitar was only $549.

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paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu May 18, 2017 5:26 pm

westtexasred wrote:This guitar is pretty much mint except for some little pink stains on the back of the neck. I have read that this caused by "grain filler" bleeding through the nitro(?).

Newer finishes from the early '00s and up wouldn't do that grain filler thing, and the mark on your neck screams two much more common scenarios to me:

Rubber guitar stand reacting with the topcoat (specifically the placement and shape of the mark on your guitar has me leaning harder in this direction)

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Guitar placed in tan/pink case at the factory after a fresh finish was applied (this became common with the faster production of white Gibsons in the '00s which is why they started coming with black cases and a mix of black/grey/white lining).

This is what the case damage usually looked like:

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu May 18, 2017 5:49 pm

paul_ wrote:
westtexasred wrote:This guitar is pretty much mint except for some little pink stains on the back of the neck. I have read that this caused by "grain filler" bleeding through the nitro(?).
Newer finishes from the early '00s and up wouldn't do that grain filler thing, and the mark on your neck screams two much more common scenarios to me:

Rubber guitar stand reacting with the topcoat (specifically the placement and shape of the mark on your guitar has me leaning harder in this direction)

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Guitar placed in tan/pink case at the factory after a fresh finish was applied (this became common with the faster production of white Gibsons in the '00s which is why they started coming with black cases and a mix of black/grey/white lining).

Thanks Paul. It must be from a rubber guitar stand because my guitar is a 2011 and came in the case with a white lining.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu May 18, 2017 5:56 pm

Yeah, 2011 unlikely to be case damage then... nice ebony board though, by 2011 I think only the white ones came with it.

Sexy guitar. Dave Grohl made Alpine/Gold my original fave colour scheme for Gibbos in the mid '90s, he only had an SG and LP and both were white customs.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri May 19, 2017 12:29 am

Yeah,I think I wanted a white Les Paul because of The Sex Pistols.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri May 19, 2017 7:13 pm

Yes that's a special one, I made my only white Les Paul (Korean Epi Custom) out like that same guitar but with Dimarzios, and more due to Sylvain Sylvain. It's actually a lot more aged and off-white in person and all the gold has worn off or been replaced.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Fri May 19, 2017 7:39 pm

The man himself.