Refinished a Les Paul Custom

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itsgoodnow

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Hey All,

I wanted to post to share my experience getting a Les Paul refinished. I had never sent a guitar out to be done and was nervous. I sent it to Pat Wilkins and had him take a spare LPC Axcess and shoot it to be like the ESP version of the Bill Kelliher Green burst. I also had it done in matte to match that guitar. Before it was shipped off I had Chris Fleming do a stainless jumbo fret job on it and black hardware/pickup swap swap. It came back absolutely stunning. The photos here do not do it justice. In person it looks identical to the pic I sent Pat (attached). The matte finish feels very very nice. It also feels more substantial somehow than other matte finishes I have had (the PRS core holcomb come to mind).

Anyway I wanted to put this out there to reassure anyone thinking about doing this process that it was super simple, Pat nailed it, and the turnaround time was only about a month. I have a couple extra Les Pauls hanging around I will send over to him.

What I asked Pat to do:
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What I got back:

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That looks incredible, I've heard he's really good. Been toying with the idea of sending a cheaper LP to have refinished, might go this route.
 
psychodave said:
I'm a tough critic... that came out great, I like it. Congrats.

My ONE complaint.... the pickup height adjustment screws need to be black.
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haha thanks! Totally. Those are getting swapped out for sure
 
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