Original looking restored/refinished/modded guitars ?

[man-argentina]

I love when I see refinished guitars.

But its not so common in the archtop world.

Any, lets say... es-225 in Pelham Blue ? A L-5 in metallic red ? Something cool to see ?

Hope all having a great Saturday!

[339 in june]

L5 in violin finish ala Eastman ? Or blue burst ? or stripped ala EVH ?

[customxke]

When this guitar popped up, it was pretty polarizing. I'm in the camp that likes it....I think its subtle and well done.

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[Hammertone]

I rather like this colour.

[Gitterbug]

Collectors prefer relics over well-maintained/improved instruments. This seems to be particularly true about early solidbodies, such as Strats, in which a changed pot or capacitor knocks off four- or five-digit figures of the value. Yet, many current Strat owners keep changing components of these mass-mass produced slabs of wood that, in their industrial simplicity, could be Ikea designs. Old violins fetch up to millions, yet they have gone through many repairs and changes, which have kept them alive through the centuries. Why are changes allowed in some sub-cultures while a no-no in others? My workshop is in the same building as a MC club (with no reputation of crime but scary enough to keep thugs away), and no two Harleys out there are similar. In fact, their riders are more uniform in appearance.