Where to get a faded quilt top refinned???

[brett8388]

I have a friend with a badly (looks like light mud) faded EVH that loves the look of my NOS unfaded purples. He'd like to get his refinned to it's original color.

Would anyone recommend a company to perform this work? I know EBMM doesn't do this any longer, but he's looking for EBMM quality work.

FYI - GMW isn't an option since they stopped doing refin work. Thanks.

Brett

 

[fbecir]

An original EVH, even with faded color, is more valuable than a refinned one. Lots of guys refinned their 60' Strat during the seventies. Bad move.

Just my 2 cents (or 0.013676 €)

 

[TonyEVH5150]

Just a few sites I found in a web search. I've never used them before, but it's enough to get you started.

Boston Guitar Works, Inc: Guitar Refinishing

Refinishing

rsguitarworks.net - RS Aging and Guitar Refinishing

Lays Guitar Shop

Galloup Guitar Repair: Refinishing (Dan Erlwine's original shop - he's the king of guitar repair and refinishing)

Dan Erlewine's Guitar Shop

Your other issue with a refinish is the EBMM logo and EVH sig.

 

[tommyindelaware]

this guy is as good as they come....
Guitar Repairs and Restoration by Nick Bucci in Delaware at Bucci Guitars

 

[wahwah666]

I'd say leave it alone. These will be worth more if left alone. I love my fader...it's a one-off and looks tie-die. Not all of them can have AAAAA tops or they'd all look the same! It also catches the light differently and never looks the same twice.

My fader...bless her cotton socks!

 

[tommyindelaware]

true !!!
if you refin it........the re-value will go way down.....

 

[travs]

I would buy another ebmm with the money spent on a refin.

 

[fsmith]

I'm thinking that if anyone knows the value of an EVH it's Brett, and that re-sale value is probably not an issue for this one... just a hunch.

 

[Devnor]

Wilkins Custom Guitars, Basses, Guitar Finishing, Custom Painting

He used to do finish work for Tom Anderson guitars. He's currently refinishing a Hamer Cali for me.

Resale on that faded EVH is sorry enough that a nicely done refin job isnt going to make much difference.

 

[Spudmurphy]

Bret don't do it. The faded ones look great - nice and reliced.
If you were in the UK I have just the man - but your not are you.

Tell him to leave well alone.

 

[Larry]

Personally I think its his guitar and he should do whatever he wants with it... There is a forum member that had a Axis refinished to imitate that bluish aqua color I'll see if I can find his name and maybe you could PM him. It turned out really good too.

 

[DavidOfOz]

Brett, are you able to post a picture of your friend's faded EVH? We'd probably all be interested to see it.

 

[brett8388]

Brett, are you able to post a picture of your friend's faded EVH? We'd probably all be interested to see it.

It kind of looks like this, minus the rich purple color.

He wants a dark purple EVH like my NOS purples, and I don't think the value is a concern to him honestly. I told him to just buy a different one, but he wants to go this route. I'll keep looking for a good place to have him send it. If anyone has any experience with a shop in the USA, please let me know. PM me if you need to (especially if you had a bad experience with a shop - lol - I don't want to send him somewhere he'll get bad work).

 

[DavidOfOz]

It kind of looks like this, minus the rich purple color.

Whoa...nice. No wonder your friend is thinking about refinishing.

I suppose if your friend has no plans to sell, re-sale value is a moot point.

 

[Larry]

Whoa...nice. No wonder your friend is thinking about refinishing.

Brett's got all the nice EVHs

 

[brett8388]

Brett's got all the nice EVHs

Funny thing is I don't consider that purple top I posted earlier all that nice. This is a nice one...

 

[Tobin31]

Brett I never tire of looking at your collection. Which one is your fav out of all of the ones you own?

Tobin

 

[Larry]

Funny thing is I don't consider that purple top I posted earlier all that nice. This is a nice one...

I'll take whatever one you don't like off your hands

 

[DavidOfOz]

Funny thing is I don't consider that purple top I posted earlier all that nice. This is a nice one...

Point taken!!

(Man, that's a gorgeous guitar.)

 

[brett8388]

Brett I never tire of looking at your collection. Which one is your fav out of all of the ones you own?

Tobin

This one will probably always be my favorite because it was my first. It wasn't even mine actually. I had a friend that wanted an EVH EBMM badly so I contacted all my my Jackson guitar sources and one of them turned this guitar up. My friend paid for it and had it delivered to my place and asked me to set it up for him. I set it up in 5 minutes (most Jackson custom shop guitars I had took hours to set up correctly) and when I played it I knew I had found something special. I talked him out of taking it from me and slowly started to build my current collection.