Wow what a beauty of a Les Paul

[Ian Supplee]

How di Gibson do this any ideas cause man i wanna recreate this sexy finish( sorry but i love this finish it is so goooooooood lookin)      joe perry les paul signature

[Pierre-Antoine Roiron]

Flamed mapple with multiple stains on bare wood and varnishes. Considering you're asking multiple questions of this type, I strongly encourage you to have some books about finishing technique read.

[Ian Supplee]

is it true though that the blow tourched the wood to get this type of flame?

[Ian Supplee]

they sorry

[Ian Supplee]

and i have dan erilwines book on finishing it is helping me but would you reccomend any books more guitar finishing books?

[Ned Knepp]

I haven't done a finish like this on a guitar and I can't say for sure what they did but I really doubt that a blow torch or any other fire is involved. The stripping is probably a result of wood grain that is somewhat more porous than the lighter strip.It would have more to do with the way the wood is cut than the application of fire. I could be wrong but an open flame wouldn't mix well with the atmosphere of a finishing department.