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Originally Posted by Flieger
OK, shows how much I know about guitars.  |
I should have been more clear. It was an unintended side effect when Gibson came out with the first "Sunbursts" mid 1958- mid 1960. That is one of the reasons it makes those years very $pecial and rare. They "fixed" the problem. I wanted to make a replica that would fade over time. A lot of guys making replicas will take great pains to spray it at full color, then take it to a tanning salon and rent a tanning bed for an hour. They'll put certain final bits on temporarily, so that the UV doesn't hit those areas.
In the perfect world, none of the guitars would have faded.