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Re: Handstained tops
From what I have been told, and maybe some of the pros can shed light on this, but this is a lot harder to do well than the video makes it seem. Not a lot of chances to screw up like with colored lacquer either. I like the idea of doing a handstained/ french polished guitar though.
I have a theory from all the murphys painted guitars that I have seen that since about 2000, when Murphy paints a guitar, he double stains it with blue (rather than black in the video). This combined with the red (lacquered not stained) of the burst makes for a really interesting and unique look to the burst. I think he just does the double stain in the areas where the burst goes too. This may be totally off base, but just going by what I've seen. Frank, I think Sue has this look going on, as did murphys personal guitar that he had a gibson last summer.
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