Who does guitar reprays???

[Canadian Steve]

Just wondering who in the UK is good to go to for guitar respays in nitrocellulose?

[WezV]

i am trying out a new guy at the moment

http://www.lennonguitars.co.uk/
http://www.refinish.ltd.uk/

he is relatively new to guitar spraying (over 20 years spraying cars though) but well worth speaking too

[WezV]

since he just sent me pics i should back recommendation up with something




this isnt finished yet, has some clear but still needs a bit more on teh back, he wanted me to approve the colour before finishing it off

notice the wood grain under the yellow - this is very hard to pull off on mahogany so i made sure i asked for it to really test him out!

[Philly Q]

Oooh, I like the look of that guitar!  :)

[PhilKing]

I approve it - it looks great!

[WezV]

yeah, i like it too!  i am always shocked to see what gibson thinks is a fair price for a similar guitar... the VOS is £1400 and other than the thinner body and laminated neck mine is probably more VOS than the gibson.  I have proper old mahogany, proper old electrics and a proper old bridge... shame i dont have more of the mahogany :(  but i usually find a nice old selection at least once every other year

Even the B-J Armstrong LPJ is hovering about a grand... for  a junior!!  I suppose its not as bad as when hamer released their korina junior and charged about £3000 for it

[Philly Q]

I'm not claiming the timber, construction etc are quite in the same league, but you can still pick up Japanese-market Epiphone Juniors like mine for under £400.  I played a Billie-Joe Armstrong Jr and I wouldn't have swapped it for either of my Epis. 

The pickup and electronics needed replacing but they're brilliant little guitars.

[WezV]

thats what i mean, no matter how much care, man hours or expensive materials i put into it i dont think i could make a junior like this that i would charge £1400 for.

afterall  - its all about cutting out the fancy construction... i like to do the odd one as an antidote to all the head scratching stuff i do on the more complex guitars - i suppose that means a slew of juniors when i start my double neck next year

anyway, sorry for going off topic.. i was just quite happy when i got those pictures yesterday

[Canadian Steve]

Thanks for all the helpful answers.  Don't worry about going off topic, it's all good!

[WezV]

i just hope its helpfull.   the reason i suggested mike is that he works with nitro, and is new enougth to the game to not be charging SIMS prices.. who are the other people you should  check out, because they really are quite good.

[Ian Price]

no matter how much care, man hours or expensive materials i put into it i dont think i could make a junior like this that i would charge £1400 for.

Would you say that £1500ish is expensive for this:

http://www.martynboothguitars.co.uk/guitars/special.asp

It looks very nice in TV yellow - there's something about simple looking guitars that I really like.

Apologies for taking this thread off topic ever so slightly!

[WezV]

well it is a little pricey... but for something from an established pro luthier i think thats reasonable.. the mans got to make a living!!  I dont charge that much because i am not really that well established, i have less overheads since i do it from home... and i have another unconnected full time job

But prices like that on a simple factory made junior... it just doesnt make sense to me.  the amount of work that goes into a junior is very minimal.

[Ian Price]

Cheers Wez - it all comes back to the buying the brand IMO (although I accept he has to make a living!)

[WezV]

i just think there should be room in the gibson range for a sub £500 junior... i think it would be more popular than the uber cheap USA melody maker. 

[PhilKing]

There used to be a $700 single cut junior, but it seems to have been dropped in the last year or so.