Refinished les paul BFG

Greezyburl · 05-13-2010, 10:13 PM

Here's my newly refinished les paul Bfg '08. I had my local luthier do it for me. The inlays are gold mop/ black mop v blocks. There is a natural binding and the p90 cover and switch ring have been changed to creme. I haven't changed the knobs or control cavity covers yet but let me know what you think. I threw in a picture of what it looked like right before i took it in.

Mr_Wormwood · 05-13-2010, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Greezyburl

Here's my newly refinished les paul Bfg '08. I had my local luthier do it for me. The inlays are gold mop/ black mop v blocks. There is a natural binding and the p90 cover and switch ring have been changed to creme. I haven't changed the knobs or control cavity covers yet but let me know what you think.

That looks great! I am not a fan of the BFGs original look but your guy took care of that. I like how on the back there is still a touch of that scalloping visible toward the neck...makes it look totally unique

Greezyburl · 05-13-2010, 10:22 PM

i put a better picture on there, the original was actually the reflection of the window in the background from it being so shiny right after clearcoat.

djwilbanks · 05-13-2010, 11:10 PM

Looks great! Can't wait for mine to be done now!

BMS · 05-14-2010, 01:38 AM

Wow!

Looks great. Love your color choice. But, I would have done it to a solid color BFG instead of the Boullion Burst. That's just me though. Great job none the less!

rockstar232007 · 05-14-2010, 04:49 AM

I wanna see some close-ups of those inlays!

Greezyburl · 05-14-2010, 07:58 AM

i don't have any good pictures myself but go to this link and there are some better ones of the inlay. i decided to refinish the bullion after the finish started fading and it actually cost me just the same as the standard versions.

LP Refinish

silverkw · 05-15-2010, 10:53 PM

Nice inlay job!

Greezyburl · 07-12-2012, 08:12 PM

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It's been awhile. time for an updated pic. New pickups, replaced with gibson mini bucker neck and gibson dirty fingers bridge. Working on moving the toggle switch and putting in another tone pot.

Jim · 07-12-2012, 08:20 PM

What happened to the top?

Greezyburl · 07-16-2012, 12:11 AM

IMAG0632.jpgNot much changed up top, just a new truss rod cover. Other than that I had to gut the Kill switch that was in a normal toggle position and change pickups b/c I was getting loads of hum and feedback. The original pickups were a non wax potted burstbucker 3 and a p90 which hums anyway and a poorly wired killswitch. all of which caused major noise problems. Hence the open toggle hole at the top until I get the parts in to fix it.

jimmyblue · 07-16-2012, 10:45 AM

looks great , one real decent job.

bet00ST · 07-21-2012, 02:00 AM

i put a better picture on there, the original was actually the reflection of the window in the background from it being so shiny right after clearcoat.

Greezyburl · 07-23-2012, 07:21 PM

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some better pictures of the front grain

Jim · 07-23-2012, 08:18 PM

Where did the flame go...?

Webtroll · 07-25-2012, 10:26 AM

Not all BFGs had flame tops, some were carved plain tops. My own was flamed in spots and the top wasn't matched (didn't need to be with the carve)

Jim · 07-25-2012, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Webtroll

Not all BFGs had flame tops, some were carved plain tops. My own was flamed in spots and the top wasn't matched (didn't need to be with the carve)

The whole point of the BFG was that it was roughly cut flame top...

Greezyburl · 07-26-2012, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbxavier

The whole point of the BFG was that it was roughly cut flame top...

not to my understanding, there have been plenty of refinishes where there is no flame. The original texture was a rough cut top for texture that was painted. The tops are not matched or select wood , so its kinda fun to see what you get once its sanded down. Correct me if I'm wrong but that was what I found.

Webtroll · 07-26-2012, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbxavier

The whole point of the BFG was that it was roughly cut flame top...

I thought the point was a barely finished guitar. It has the rough top carve but it's not sanded down, no binding, thin finish, no inlays. Why they decided to put a kill switch in I have no idea, that's easily fixed if you think it's wrong (like I do). I bought this one with the intent of refinishing the top, and while it didn't come out exactly as I'd expected, it did come out as nice as I'd like it to have. I'm still jacking with it; I put a custom truss rod cover on that reads Webtroll and swapped the BB3 with a Jerry Sentell humbucker. The HB is too bright, so I ordered an A5 to swap out with it and invert the pickups (the Sentell is out of phase with the P90 and crazy bright).

Greezyburl · 07-27-2012, 11:38 PM

WebTroll...did you run into any problems with the toggle being longshaft going into the killswitch/standard posisiton? I haven't really made it there yet as I haven't got the parts yet. Blew all my money on new p/u's I wasn't really happy with stock. Did you have to use a washer to make it fit on either end b/c I noticed the route seemed bigger on one end? Thanks!

Webtroll · 07-28-2012, 09:41 AM

It's bigger and I got a washer, but it wasn't too big and I didn't need it. Smaller pots could be different, but I used Gibson pots so they'd look right through the backplate.

05-13-2010, 10:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
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Greezyburl Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Refinished les paul BFG i don't have any good pictures myself but go to this link and there are some better ones of the inlay. i decided to refinish the bullion after the finish started fading and it actually cost me just the same as the standard versions. LP Refinish

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silverkw Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Vancity Posts: 1,589 Thanks: 28 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Refinished les paul BFG Nice inlay job!

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Greezyburl Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Refinished les paul BFG IMAG0623.jpg It's been awhile. time for an updated pic. New pickups, replaced with gibson mini bucker neck and gibson dirty fingers bridge. Working on moving the toggle switch and putting in another tone pot. jimmyblue likes this.

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Jim Banned Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,100 Thanks: 37 Thanked 27 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Refinished les paul BFG What happened to the top?

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Greezyburl Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Refinished les paul BFG IMAG0632.jpgNot much changed up top, just a new truss rod cover. Other than that I had to gut the Kill switch that was in a normal toggle position and change pickups b/c I was getting loads of hum and feedback. The original pickups were a non wax potted burstbucker 3 and a p90 which hums anyway and a poorly wired killswitch. all of which caused major noise problems. Hence the open toggle hole at the top until I get the parts in to fix it. Last edited by Greezyburl; 07-16-2012 at 12:47 AM.

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jimmyblue Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: vancouver island Posts: 51 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Refinished les paul BFG looks great , one real decent job.

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bet00ST Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Refinished les paul BFG i put a better picture on there, the original was actually the reflection of the window in the background from it being so shiny right after clearcoat.

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Greezyburl Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Refinished les paul BFG IMAG0643.jpg IMAG0644.jpg some better pictures of the front grain

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Jim Banned Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,100 Thanks: 37 Thanked 27 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Refinished les paul BFG Where did the flame go...?

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Webtroll Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Under a Texas bridge with lots of bats Posts: 944 Thanks: 26 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Refinished les paul BFG Not all BFGs had flame tops, some were carved plain tops. My own was flamed in spots and the top wasn't matched (didn't need to be with the carve) Greezyburl likes this.

07-27-2012, 11:38 PM	#20 (permalink)
Greezyburl Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Refinished les paul BFG WebTroll...did you run into any problems with the toggle being longshaft going into the killswitch/standard posisiton? I haven't really made it there yet as I haven't got the parts yet. Blew all my money on new p/u's I wasn't really happy with stock. Did you have to use a washer to make it fit on either end b/c I noticed the route seemed bigger on one end? Thanks!

07-28-2012, 09:41 AM	#21 (permalink)
Webtroll Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Under a Texas bridge with lots of bats Posts: 944 Thanks: 26 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Refinished les paul BFG It's bigger and I got a washer, but it wasn't too big and I didn't need it. Smaller pots could be different, but I used Gibson pots so they'd look right through the backplate.

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