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So I have this Wine Red Les Paul Studio that I blacked out the hardware. Today I was bored and decided to attempt to do a faux biding on it.

I watched some YT tutorials and went for it, with an exacto knife. But I think it turned out pretty good

Before:




After:



I still have to clean it up and smooth out the edges but I am happy with the results.

doesn't look terrible in these pics... how is it done??

Marc G wrote:doesn't look terrible in these pics... how is it done??

You just remove the paint with a razor blade. I followed this video:



Lots of talking on it, but the actual process starts at 3:54

Finished product. Just need to clear coat the binding but I have no clear coat here.

Jeez, why not just use pinstripe tape instead? It looks great but pinstripe is reversible?

Pinstripe won't hold up for the amount of use/gig I do with it. And I didn't want it to be reversible. It's not like it's a super expensive LP to begin with. And it looks way better IMHO

It is a huge improvement for sure. Good for you having a bigger nutsack than I have to do this! Lol

Yeah my inspiration was Jeff Blando's LP Studio that is pretty worn out. So the margin error was large. I didn't necessarily want a pristine looking job.

Looks good.

Looks much better. Do you simply scrape away the finish to expose the maple cap?

Diddlybo wrote:Looks much better. Do you simply scrape away the finish to expose the maple cap?

Yep. That's pretty much it. Just slowly work around the edges.
It was easier than I thought it would be.

Damn that looks pretty decent to me.. not sure I got what it takes to take a blade to one of my guitars but power to you man!

Wow - that looks awesome!

Gonna look cool when you break that in. Why bother clear-coating it? Let it relic on it's own!

Tortuga wrote:Wow - that looks awesome!

Gonna look cool when you break that in. Why bother clear-coating it? Let it relic on it's own!

Yeah you're right.

FAKA! wrote:Damn that looks pretty decent to me.. not sure I got what it takes to take a blade to one of my guitars but power to you man!

It does sound crazy when you put it like this lol

But it's not like I was using a chainsaw or something that could ruin the guitar. It's an exacto knife. The most damage it could do would be a few extra scratches, which is not a big deal if you're not working on a mint condition guitar and/or going for an worn-out look.

GuitarBilly wrote:Finished product. Just need to clear coat the binding but I have no clear coat here.

I think you did fantastic! That binding really makes that guitar pop now

Looks good, and the black hardware looks great on it.

That's dope

I tried this and almost ruined my LP studio. Paul slagle saved it

You did a nice job with that.

Jeff Blando is a real missed talent in that 80s rock era. Great singer as well as guitar player, and I like his gear choices with LP Studios and Crate Stealths. No show, all go

MacaroniSalad wrote:You did a nice job with that.

Jeff Blando is a real missed talent in that 80s rock era. Great singer as well as guitar player, and I like his gear choices with LP Studios and Crate Stealths. No show, all go

yeah he lives in Vegas and he used to gig locally a lot , that's how I became familiar with his playing. Really nice guy too.

He'd have had more success if he changed his name to Jeff Spicyo

:badump:

He'd have more success if he used better gear....

Yeah I didn't know about him until I moved to Vegas. But the guy is great player and singer nonetheless and seem to make a living playing music so I don't know much about his career tbh.
I just think his LP is really cool so I gave it a go. Mine is still its own thing with the blacked out hardware etc... but I like this look. I think I will buy more LPs Studios in the future and do the same to them so I can have different pickups options etc. It's a lot cheaper than buying a Standard/Trad/Classic every time I need a slightly different LP.

But obviously my #1 and #2 are not going anywhere.