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Originally Posted by nmguitars
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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Nick, I'm not so sure about Tom using blue for double staining. I looked real close at Sue tonight with a magnifying glass, and I see no evidence of that. In fact, I had a discussion with Tom a few months ago about another guitar of mine that he had painted within that last few years, and he specifically said that he used a dark brown for the double staining. He did say, as you mentioned, that he mostly does the double staining (with the dark color, at least) in the burst area. I think he may double stain the lighter area with amber, but I don't know this for sure.
Regarding the hand staining method shown in the video, I plan to experiment quite a bit before trying it on a guitar. I at least would like to do some double staining using this method, and as Roman mentioned above, maybe apply the amber dye this way, with a little burst as well. I'll post my results (good or bad) when I get there.