Four Goldtops “No Waiting”

We love to take pictures so enjoy. Here are four Goldtops Historic Makeovers™ finishing up this week:

Gibson Les Paul goldtops

Three Dark Backs:

dark back goldtop

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Welcome to Historic Makeovers™

Welcome to the updated web site for Historic Makeovers™…

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When Life Hands You Lemons……..

It's a wonderful thing!

Lemon Burst 1959

Historic Makeover

1959 Les Paul

Les Paul cherry

Les Paul headstock

Gibson Les Paul Historic

Historic Les Paul 1959

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Retrospec Cellulose Nitrate Inlays

Retrospec Does it Again!

It has been and always will be our quest to refine our processes and materials so your Historic Makeover will be second to none. Good just got better. We are very excited to now use the Retrospec Celluloid Nitrate Inlay material in all of our Historic Makeovers™. Working directly with Mazzucchelli (the original Italian manufacturer of the cellulose nitrate material Gibson used in the 50's), Retrospec was able to refined the inlay color using their own vintage 50's Les Pauls as reference to achieve the correct warm, ambered hue as well as the pattern from the late 50's. Inlays can be acquired in individual sets direct from Retrospec by clicking their Logo:

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A Man’s Best Friend is his…..

Historic Makeover

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Historic Makeovers® the book

Historic Makeovers™ Book

Historic Makeovers the book

 
Special thanks to Kevin Waehner my partner at Retrospec for the great design and layout of the book.
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HISTORIC MAKEOVERS™ is the culmination of several years of research by vintage guitar enthusiast Kim LaFleur.
His passion for vintage Gibson Les Pauls led him to improve upon the ‘Historic’ Les Paul – to make it look and feel just like a vintage Gibson.

To commemorate the first year of this long-awaited service, Historic Makeovers™’ customers teamed up to provide these great photos.

Welcome to Historic Makeovers™: Historic guitars, given the ultimate vintage makeover.

 
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