What do you call this type of burst?

[alderash66]

The more I see bursts that fade out in the lower bout, the more I really like the look.

Does this type of burst have a name or a slang term to describe it?

Is it considered more authentic to a true vintage burst?

Here's an example of what I mean. (Hope posting this doesn't violate any rules.)

 

[Sct13]

It's very nice and I considered a similiar "pattern" I would call it a faded tea with lemon.... But that's off the top of my head.

 

[Falconbill]

Maybe a honey burst. It's a beauty.

 

[jlb32]

Looks lemon to me. Could be considered Iced Tea burst around the horn area but the rest of the guitar looks lemon. Looks good regardless!

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

sexy burst

 

[Duane_the_tub]

My dirty lemon looks like that in bright sunlight.

 

[Mr.Paul]

No there is no special name for that kind of look.
"Pearly Gates" has this look so some people call this a Pearly burst, but it's not an official name.

 

[Guitarhack]

That one is beautiful. I don't think there's a name associated with that type of fading pattern. Where the top retains some of the burst but the bottom has faded.

Maybe you could call it the "Half Faded Burst." Or maybe a "Sun/Lemon Fade Burst."

 

[alderash66]

Sorry guys - I didn't mean the color ... I was referring to the way the burst doesn't continue around the lower bout of the guitar - it's really only on the top horns. I didn't know if there was a term for this kind of half burst, since most bursts I see go all the way around the perimeter of the guitar.

But thanks for all the replies so far.

Love this stuff!

 

[the_lawyer]

Bloomfield burst? That's what comes to my mind....

 

[rockinlespaul]

A gradiant fade?

I like that kinda burst pattern too.

 

[the_lawyer]

I don't think it's a thing of a partial fading. These guitars had more red in the upper bouts...

 

[LPCollector]

That is my favorite type of "Fade" pattern, too.
.....and that's really what it is.

It is meant to replicate the UV fading that naturally occurs over time.
Just like the hang tag fade of Ed Kings Burst "Redeye", which was sitting in a Music Store window with the hang tag on it.
The finish faded everywhere except under the hang tag.

A lemon or dirty lemon would be a guitar exposed to so much UV, that it has lost most, or all, of it's burst color.

To date, no one has named all of the types of fading.....it would be too difficult, as each guitar has been exposed to different UV intensity in their lifetime.
Kind of like trying to name each snowflake.

 

[elephantrider]

whatever it is, it's hella noice.

 

[the_lawyer]

Artie, I would agree with you if I had ever seen a version with a light upper/darker lower bout. Or maybe a version with a dark left side/light right side...etc (you get the idea).

I don't know the answer, but to my believe there are all made by different spray patterns!

 

[LPCollector]

I don't know the answer, but to my believe there are all made by different spray patterns!

Yes, the are all different spray patterns.
Spray patterns made to replicate the different fades of time passing, and UV light exposures, gently washing away the burst pattern.

 

[the_lawyer]

No, I mean different spray patterns in the 1950s....
Nowadays gibson sprays everything....even red hearts and stuff like that!

 

[tspoon5150]

Most of the originals were either cherry or dark bursts. They faded to different
levels depending on how the light hit them to fade. Some faded completely
to unbursts.

The label of fading can be debated by others, but I enjoy them for the beauty
and not the label. How can one be described as a certain label by amount
of fade. That is why they are so unique.

I like them all. Pass the cork over here, no bow hogging.