Greatest Guitar Finish of All Time

[Whoman Bean]

 

[tedtan]

What guitar is this? That top is awesome!

Looks like a Tom Anderson S Drop Top.

 

[USMarine75]

 

[USMarine75]

 

[Zado]

What guitar is this? That top is awesome!

Looks like a Tom Anderson S Drop Top.

It's a USA Schecter. Same model as these

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Any metallic flake or candy apple finish.

Especially blue, purple, and green.

 

[tedtan]

It's a USA Schecter. Same model as these

Wow, I hadn’t seen those.

I guess it’s kind coming around full circle in that Tom Anderson used to work for Schecter back in the 80s when they were a US company and now Schecter is ripping off Tom Anderson models.

 

[MFB]

Mystic Dream/Violet Andromeda/Chameleon/etc etc, the color flip ones

 

[Captain Shoggoth]

ESP CS Tanzanite, gold hardware included.

 

[cardinal]

Black LPC or anything in a metallic flake (like ESPs Titan Metal or the purple flake KH2).

 

[Hollowway]

I don't know about it being the best ever (as that changes daily for me), but I've REALLY been loving the Dunable '70s refrigerator bursts they've been doing the last few years. The colors are just *chef's kiss*.

 

[Sermo Lupi]

For trans finishes, in my opinion PRS are in their own league.

A random sample of what's on the market today:

 

[Grindspine]

I'm gonna go ahead and point out black guitars, because let's face it, black guitars with either EMG 81/85 or 60, or JB/59 walked so our guitars nowadays can run.

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Eerie Dess, I swear Jackson is the only company I shop based on finishes.

Eerie Dess is such an epic finish. I remember drooling over a Jackson catelog in 1995 when I saw that one!

 

[Hoss632]

main 3 for me are a plain ole gloss or satin white with black hardware. Silver burst. And on the fancier side PRS's Replicant Purple glow.

 

[Kosthrash]

ESP LTD Metallica "Ride the Lightning"

Limited Edition Solidbody Electric Guitar with Alder Body, Maple Neck, Ebony Fingerboard, 2 EMG Humbucking Pickups, Fixed Bridge, and Hard Case - Ride the Lightning Graphics

www.sweetwater.com

 

[Matt08642]

Despite not owning a single guitar like this, I'm obsessed with a red sparkle/flake style finish. One of the best IMO:

 

[Kovah]

 

[jaxadam]

 

[USMarine75]

We all know the winner is…

 

[14Fishes]

Nothing beats the simplicity of satin white with black hardware. This is Felipe Elioenay aka NRTHRN's Tom Anderson:


I liked it so much I asked for a quote for something similar with what I thought were cheaper specs (Gotoh trem, maple neck w/ ebony fretboard rather than a rosewood neck w/ebony) - quote came in over £5,000! Decided to pick up a second-hand Charvel DK24 body and spray it satin white, and have a Suhr-shaped headstock with maple and ebony neck made with Musickraft instead.

But I'd really like to add one of these to the collection:
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