JJ Bro she is just stunning!!!!
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Bursts are very easy to not get right...... I agree that this guitar would look even more stunning with a burst but it needs to be the right burst.
Cherry, or perhaps the Gibsonish Heritage Cherry burst can look a little too bright red for my taste and also when dealing with brighter shades of red they can look entirely different in different light.
With this in mind I would suggest something darker than a cherry burst and I would also suggest, because of the sloped shoulders that the darker color be present over most of the upper bout. My favorite bursts have the lightest areas centering on and focusing your eye on the bridge area. Very much like the vintage Gibson bursts.
Here is an example of what was billed a root beer burst, darker than cherry, looking way to red in the right or should I say wrong light. This is one of mine and I don't like the burst in hind sight - it's too red...... too cherry.....
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This is more of what I would suggest, not quite a tobacco burst but far less bright red and with the woods that you have expertly chosen for your guitar I think that this would look great. Mind you this is a 1938ish Gibson and the colors have faded and the patina is both beautiful and difficult to calibrate one's eye so as to imagine how this would look as a new guitar:
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Notice too, in the picture above, the almost pickish shaped lighter area centering on the bridge - this is what I am trying to describe.
Now taking it to present day this is what this darker burst, not cherry by any means, with the pick shaped lighter area highlighting the bridge looks like on the Kim Walker masterpiece:
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I think a finish just like Kim's above would look incredible on this beautiful guitar.
