'54 Les Paul Goldtop "IRIS" painting and relic process 

Thanks for sharing this video and your knowledge. I appreciate you making these videos in English. Your work is simply fantastic!

WOW!!! You do such beautiful work on your guitars, the relicing looks like authentic wear and tear! The Gibson Murphy Lab needs to make watching your videos mandatory, as your work exceeds theirs by miles!! Keep on doing what you do, Rock 'n' Roll Brother!

Amazing stuff, love the screws used to scratch the back of the guitar. The guitar looks absolutely fantastic. Your dedication and love to the craft is clearly visible!

Couldn’t be prettier. You’re a master

This is a Masterpiece! Truly magical work Dr Nitro

What a carve top !!

この動画であなたの事を知りました最高な仕事をしています。 ギターが入る冷凍庫は最高ですね。 レリック加工も自然で最高なギターです。

Incredible reproduction of original integrity and artwork of the highest caliber.

That Fret Board is amazing. It give the guitar so much additionl personality. Nice work.

A real good job! Very nice!

I have your "Goldie" pickups in my 50's Standard and they are awesome. P&W machines! Rock N Roll, you name it, they can do it.

Your videos are absolutely fascinating and so impressive. I have been toying with the idea of doing this kind of work with guitars when I finish up my current job in 6 months but just looking at your workshop and seeing how much knowledge you have attained about Les Pauls, I am frankly overwhelmed. However, you are an inspiration! Thank you.

Great work as always! Incredible top under the gold paint on this one!

Very nice 54 replica !!!

beautiful work 19:00.

That is gorgeous! It also makes me appreciate why the Murphy Lab models are so expensive.

AWESOME! man that's really rewarding, all your hard work just paid off. great job man!

that Turned Out amazing ! way better than Gibson Murphy labs IMO!🤟

This was so relaxing... and educational to watch. And your English is great.

I would let you lose on any of my babies any day of the week, your craftsmanship is way up there my friend and you clearly love doing what you do. Take care and thank you Regards tones1957 (New Zealand)

About to build a kit gold top. This video has helped me a lot to understand how to properly finish one of these guitars. Thank you!!

Master at work!!!

No entiendo como con esa pintura tan hermosa la gente quiere hacerle relic. Excelente trabajo

Amazing man!

SO GREAT !!! I'd like to hear it. CONGRATS !!!

Have you done any experiments with varying the amount of wax in the potting of your P90s? With no potting they're 100% microphonic, you can play a harmonica through one and it sounds pretty good. With lots of wax, they're rock solid, but an old man told me many years ago that Gibson would sometimes get in a hurry and rush the production, and that would include less time spent immersed in the wax when they potted their pickups. This brings me to my point. The neck pickup on my gold top is very old, and it doesn't amplify your voice if you try to talk into it, but if you face your speaker and walk towards it it will make a sustain that gradually becomes feedback, (the good kind) as you get closer, and it's very controllable. You can easily do a Carlos Santana sort of thing with it once you get the hang of it. The old guy that I was talking to explained that there are varying degrees of microphonic action, depending on how much wax is used, and how long the coil stays submerged. Apparently there are sweet spots in this process, much like the gain on amplifiers. Perhaps if you were to discover those sweet spots, you could tailor your P90s in different ways and offer this option to those who might be interested that sort of response from a pickup. I just got lucky with mine and had a happy accident. The neck is the only one that does it. The bridge is perfectly normal. Perhaps you might look into this idea. I can see that you are thorough, and you like to make discoveries that will improve the quality of your instruments.

Love this! I was wondering why you never showed the front of the headstock though

As always, beautiful skill and honest approach.

Well done sir! That guitar looks Great!

Dude, that thing looks so good it's shocking!!! I've had the bug for a gold top with P90's for a while. I think this video just sent me over the edge. I gotta have one now. Unfortunately, it probably won't be as good as one of yours. Impeccable work, my friend!

You have an amazing talent! Thank you for sharing... Would love to have a relic Les Paul from you ...

Your work is awesome! Beautiful!!

I’ll buy it . !! I love a dirty old p90 les paul .

Excellent detailed work,I really enjoy these videos. . I love Les Pauls with P-90 pickups .

Really convincing relic ! Congrats !

Gorgeous.

Amazing looking guitar.

Amazing tallant

Hahahahaha,... i love the part with the screws to relic the back of the guitar...😂😂😂 Anyway, i love your videos and especially your knowledge and work 👍👍👍

Amazing! thank you for shering:)

Work of art!

Incredible!!! Love it!

Stellar job!

Very very good work as always! I thought about something you could maybe do for fun once: with this level of relic a headstock break would fit in so well. I know it’s not desirable but it would totally fit the vibe! Maybe you could get a broken one, fix it and turn it into something as beautiful as you do (but with a obvious headstock repair)

Beautiful work!!! Really enjoyed watching this!

Lovely Work. Class.

Awesome job brother.

Beautiful

gorgeous!

Incredible I would love to buy that guitar or one like it. English is doing great and so thankful for it. When I first found your channel it was with the narrating. Keep up the excellent work , huge fan!

Great video 🤙✨

Subscribed………holy shit your work is phenomenal! I was highly impressed by your skill and meticulous attention to detail. I learned so much from you while watching this video, so thank you friend!

Hi Doc, excellent work.

Awesome job man! Turned out great. 👌

Incredible work!! Just wow!!! How do you get the lines/cracks so dark? Mars brown oil paint?

nice

Fantastic work!! I love this guitar! I love the video! How long did you leave the guitar in the freezer? Is that all you did to get the checking? Have you ever reliced a Gibson SG? Incredible skills my friend!

Beautiful 👍👍

New subscriber. Excellent presentation and craftsmanship. 😊

Dr. Nitro, you can carve a maple top better than the Gibson Custom Shop!

I really liked how you did paint cracking, I am trying to achieve same effect. I try to custom build last Eddie Van Halen guitar. Could you please help me out and share what finish/lacquer you used to achieve this cracking effect?

That´s an amazing job. It caught my attention your buffing machine. It seems you have figured out some kind of hack to mount those wheels on a "small machine" with a thick shaft. It looks pretty handy. Is it diy? what machine brand is it?

Hi! Great work as always! I have a question, what products did you use to age the fretboard inlays?

I’m interested in understanding why you use green as the base color for your gold tops?

Very amazing work! BTW when you put it in the freezer does it not warp the neck?

Excellent work! For how long did you fridge it - 18:08; and did you do it in many cycles or in one go? I am guessing the more time you keep it in the fridge the more intense the checking becomes.

Love your work! One of the best in my opinion! Will placing the guitar in the freezer aides in moisture absorption and would it be a problem? How do you avoid it from happening? Thanks!

Amazing finish!! how lond did you wait for the nitro to cure before leaving in the freezer for making the finish checking? and how long did you leave it in the freezer? I'm a fan of your work!! better than most custom shops out there for sure!

I would rather have one of 8Bomb's relic Les Pauls than an overpriced and over-hyped Murphy Lab any day of the week.

THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT A GOLD TOP!

Shit hot work man. Love it !.

Love me a gold top

hello, I love your work. Were the clear coats a mix of the nitorlak standard nitro varnish and the relic nitro varnish? Did you add any relic nitro varnish to the amber tint coat mix? Thankyou.

So freezing creates the finish cracking?

I had heard that gibson put green under gold. I like the effect. Are you just layering the gold over green, sanding back and then more of the same gold? Or is that a different shade, like amber? I am refinishing a gold strat right now but don't want extremely bright gold. Considering green under it. Would that be a good idea?

Holy crap that’s Tom Murphy or better

You are an artist my russian friend.

how much cold they need to be to crack?

Do you let the lacquer cure before final wet sanding and polish?

Beautiful! Where did you get your body ?

Was this a Gibson guitar that you started with?

А сколько часов гитара стояла в холодильнике ? Какая в нём температура ?

Привет, а сколько по времени в холодильнике была гитара?

Awsome !😍 One question , have The green paint a name or code? Is a colour that gibson has in colour chart ? (Car paint)? Thanxxxx

Hi , great job ;) how long do you let the varnish dry before polishing it? it would be cool if you write the time between each step in your videos the result is very successful congratulations!

What p90 pickups did you use in the Gold top build ?

So… is this an actual 1954 Les Paul or a replica? It turned out amazing!

WOW! What did you use to "age" the inlays? The results are fantastic.

Amazing.. How can one order a relic from you?

Any staple P-90 experiments in the works?

you are completly too much !!!you make the best work i never see

Did you build the body & neck or is this a precision guitars "kit" ?

Where did you buy the kit?

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Like 123 ✔💫🎬 .

You should call it a 54 Replica, it's not a real 54 Les Paul. Nice work though!

All that work to make a guitar look distressed? Can you imagine how people that make custom vehicles, roadsters and such, which are shiny perfect on the outside, think of this madness? I've seen old guitars in beautiful shape, even those somebody actually played them often for decades, simply because they took good care of their instrument. These artificially distressed guitars copy the look of guitars somebody abused the crap out of. I'm for making them more playable, but the fake relic treatment is insane imo.

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relicked is lame play the guitar and it will get scratched up

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