Sunburst Seranade. Tried and true!

[markb]

Blondes are beautiful no doubt and custom colors are fun for sure but give me a nice modest burst finish in all the different hues. Here's a few of mine. Show me more.

[gitman]

The L-5 is current as is the Tausch 665 - the Victor Baker is gone. I had asked Victor to spray it so the shading is more horizontal instead of the usual burst from a lighter center to a darker rim and IMHO he pretty much succeeded with this guitar.

[Skip Ellis]

The L-5 is current as is the Tausch 665 - the Victor Baker is gone. I had asked Victor to spray it so the shading is more horizontal instead of the usual burst from a lighter center to a darker rim and IMHO he pretty much succeeded with this guitar.

Are the humbuckers in the Tele somehow rear mounted? I can't think of a way to have the routs that tight and still use the adjustment screws. Pretty guitar.

[markb]

The L-5 is current as is the Tausch 665 - the Victor Baker is gone. I had asked Victor to spray it so the shading is more horizontal instead of the usual burst from a lighter center to a darker rim and IMHO he pretty much succeeded with this guitar.

And the then some! Beautiful!

[TAA]

He did succeed! That’s a nice change from traditional, nice!

Tom

[Gitterbug]

Why do we love sunburst? To me, it's a blatant if not grotesque exaggeration of violins and cellos aged for centuries. Not that I really have anything against; it's an acquired taste. Who started it? I have seen burst color schemes on furniture, refrigerators etc., and they all looked corny.

[TAA]

Can’t answer the first question, except everyone has their own version of what “looks good” I guess.

Who started it? It would be interesting if that could be answered. But for me personally, I like ALMOST every sunburst but not EVERY one that I see. The colors involved and where and how much feathering into the next color takes place, are what develops the like or not like result.

Tom

[gitman]

Are the humbuckers in the Tele somehow rear mounted? I can't think of a way to have the routs that tight and still use the adjustment screws. Pretty guitar.

Rainer Tausch is quite the tinkerer - he slips them in sideways and since the guitar is mostly hollow (one-piece plum-wood back, one-piece bent maple top) there is enough wiggle-room on the sides !
It's his take on the Tele shape but that's where it ends - the guitar is all his own design :
- 665 mm scale / 26,2 inches scale length
- local woods used : maple from Tyrolia, plum wood from Bavaria
- trem-block is pau ferro wood !
- pickups are PAF-types from Harry Häussel, with 5-way switch

The guitar is a featherweight, very resonant and apart from some really hard stretches for a very few chords it plays as beautiful as it looks !

[gitman]

He did succeed! That’s a nice change from traditional, nice!

Tom

I got the idea from a special 7-string that Benedetto made for Jimmy Bruno some 20 years ago .... it's just a classy look - if done right.
The "clown-burst" jobs on so many Gibson's from the 70's and 80's is just plain ugly in my eyes.
I guess it all started in the early 1920's when Gibson began full-blast with their production of guitars, banjos and mandolins and of course the idea was
to make them look familiar , copying the violin shadings. These were the "respected" instruments , used to play the "good" music - classical music.
So at least the look was ok ...

Personally I def. lean towards the sunburst shadings for most types of guitars although I have a weak spot for blonde Strats and Teles and
a sunburst on a classical guitar would look really odd to me !

[TAA]

I had a Gibson L-5 C that I bought new in 1967.

That sunburst looked OK to me but maybe it was an example of a “clown-butst”. It would be interesting to see an example or two of that version of sunburst.

Tom

[Hammertone]

This one is nice. '47 ES-300:

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Buscarino 16” Monarch





Buscarino Rhapsody



CP Thornton Professional



Bryant Trenier 17” Artifex

[Hammertone]

This one is nice - a '37 Super-400.

[oldane]

I have posted it before but anyway, here is one Jim Triggs build for me some 15 years ago. I think the bold sunburst goes well with the otherwise bold style of the guitar.

[gitman]

I had a Gibson L-5 C that I bought new in 1967.

That sunburst looked OK to me but maybe it was an example of a “clown-butst”. It would be interesting to see an example or two of that version of sunburst.

Tom

THIS is a perfect example :

Gibson Super 400 Johnny Smith Style 1976 Tobacco Burst | Reverb

[wintermoon]

THIS is a perfect example :

Gibson Super 400 Johnny Smith Style 1976 Tobacco Burst | Reverb

That's a pickburst where I come from