That lemon top was beautiful...

3:00 My friend, I also work with Acetone in my lab. What I've found out is, Acetone permeates through nitrile or latex gloves. You may harm your skin in the long term. We are using thick yellow latex gloves over a regular nitrile glove. This way by the time Acetone starts to permeate through thick glove, our work is done. I suggest you the same. Have a good day.

Great job Doc! Refinished a beaten up '78 Gibson LP couple of years ago. I'm not a luthier but just a skilled craftsman so it took me over one year; I'm happy with the result. Faced the same headstock problem and came to the same stinger solution as you.

I think you made it look way better. More historic and proper.

Very professional job right here. Not something the average guitarist should attempt. In any case, good job! It looks great.

First blush, 'Why ?", Finish, "Oh Yeah!!!" I especially like how the last colored 'clear coat' worked with the body binding. That yellowed tint looks amazing with the finish. Amazing.

Beautiful finish. Great job

That was an amazing video, I truly enjoyed it. I especially liked the way you scalloped the edges of the LP and applied the burst and then colour corrected/shading the entire guitar. Very well done. If you lived in Canada or even the US I would send you my LP to refinish. Great work,

Looks and sounds great! Thank you so much for narrating in English.

Very impressive work. You are an artist and a gentleman. 👍

Amazing refinish and attention to details . Much respect for keeping a vintage American Les Paul alive.

A gorgeous piece of work... Yeah, fantastic results on that one! 👍

Those pickups sound amazing.

I'm not expert however....1)It seems you put in a lot of knowledge, time, effort and energy into it. 2)You certainly did a fantastic job. Your knowledge and experience certainly shows!

I think the new color is fantastic! I am much more fond of the new look. Plus the guitar sounds great! You definitely have a lot of skill and confidence in your abilities. This is evident simply because you put this out there for everyone to see. That really says it all. I love watching people who know what their doing, when refinishing a guitar. It's always very educational. I can fix a guitar, and build a guitar. But actually finishing a guitar, that is where I have to stop, and let someone else take over. With a Les Paul you have to make sure the finishing job is in good experienced hands, such as yours! Great Job!!

Beautiful quality job. The finish and sound are amazing

I wish you had a repair shop here in Southern California. I'd give you tons of business, that's for sure. Keep on rock'n!!

WHHHHYYYYY??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!!?!? That dirty lemon finish is one of my favorites lol Not shitting on a dark burst/deserburst at all They all look beautiful

Beautiful work and gorgeous refinish! Thanks for sharing and great playing as well!!!

I was skeptical going in but convinced by the time you had finished. Awesome job.

That lemon burst finish at first looked so better.

Brilliant job, that top is a killer! Not keen on the stinger though. I think I would have sanded the back of the head stock and re sprayed it.

Great job brother! The final product looks incredible and will age so nicely. I wish I had your knowledge, patience, skills, and talent.

Great work! If I had a guitar that needed this work, I'd be happy to leave it in your skilled hands!

First off great job! Looks beautiful! Now to all the negative people out there. Buy the time most Gibsons you own or can afford wont make you money while your alive. So if you play it you lose money lol come on. You buy guitars because of the look sound and how they feel. Clapton's blackie whas a partscaster Kieth Richard's puts different tele necks on Dwane Allman's Gibson was repainted so was Mark Knopfers hell the frickin frankenstrat, that guitar name says it all! Play what you want be positive I'm happy the guy getting this guitar will love it because it's what he wants. He will probably play it more now. That's awesome. Wait, maybe he'll take this guitar and make a smoker out of it like ACE did. Great work guitar looks awesome!

Seeing a lot of comments saying they like the original color?! I think it looks 100% better now!

So great to see a new video from you. You are an absolute master of your craft!

Great work! The result is insane, what a beautiful guitar!!!

Dude your guitar looked amazing without touching it. not that it looks bad now but wow did that thing look crazy awesome slash Paradise City finish.

That was some real beautiful work!

Wow the sunburst is super well done! Great job

You did a great job man! I wouldn't have chosen to refinish the guitar on the first place, but I love that finish you went with at the end.

Man I'm watching yours videos like I'm watching a movie !!.........next one I'll get some Popcorn !

Excellent work, you are very skilled at refinishing...very interesting to watch the entire process. Your finish looks very very close to the original Gibson 1958 to 60 Les Paul Bursts.

Dr. The operation was a success!

Awesome video, outstanding craftsmanship, this guitar had a Beautiful top from the beginning

well done. I would trust this guy working on my guitar

your Gibsons look a LOT better than the ones from the factory....:-) A lot better...!!!

Unreal transformation! Amazing work!

my god! beautiful work. Wish I had even 10% of your talent.

It looked great at the 8:34 mark. Still, looked rather nice when complete 👍🏻👍🏻

I preferred the original color, but your work here is fantastic. Nice job.

The man corrected the carving by eye! WHAT?! That is a beautiful burst too. After years of ogling Gibson Les Pauls I've decided that I hate 90% of Gibson's sunbursts, but that's a beautiful dark burst. You're a master sir.

2:30 - I have never seen this stripping done to a guitar before. My main work horse guitar is a AAA flame top Gibson LP and I would literally cry if I saw this done to it! Amazing skill to refinish the guitar like you did in this video though. Hats off mate, well done!

You definitely have some skills.. it looks fantastic.. but I did like the first finish better because you could see more of that beautiful Flame..

Holy Cow!!! Amazing job!!!

Very nice work Dr. Nitro. Rock 'n' Roll For All!

I love your work and all your videos. Please keep up the great work you do. It's very inspiring us new guitar makers

It looked better before the finish. I think hiding all the flame took out the natural beauty of it. The finish on the new one is better quality but then again I don't like burst finishes.

I LOVE the Lemon Burst ! The refinish job is Awesome too, though.

this is top shelf work man. looks great.

Bravo Dr Nitro, she looks and sounds great.

As good as the refinish lookes it lookes better with the original finish

love that deep carve

You did a Outstanding job, My friend!

Work of art! I’d love one of my guitars to have this done. Skills 👏🏼

After he took the factory finish off, he could've stopped there. That wood was GORGEOUS. Just clear it and call it good!!

After reading some of these comments, I am thinking about refinishing my 2008 BFG Gold Top to '57 Gold Top Darkback just to watch the world burn.

The new burst look is amazing!

Amazing job Dr. Nitro!! I made my first stratocaster but i finished with tung oil, next one will have nitro finish!

Awesome job 👍

Great workmanship! But I like the 'before' look much better, haha ; )

Looks so much nicer with that burst finish, very nice looking top.

You have done an excellent work man!🤘

loved the finish before the cherry..

I agree with some of the guys here, the whole work is amazing, but I would prefer a call before painting a stinger headstock. I would be probably happier with a bit of color missing below the tuners, where it is not really visible anyway. Overall, the work is fantastic, compliments and congratulations!

This guy does amazing work. Looks beautiful as usual Doc.

I just came upon your channel, and I am so glad I did. Wonderful work and videography +1 Subs.

Awesome job. I prefer the original colour but if this is what the owner wanted, so be it.

I would spend so much money with this guy…I would be changing the color of my Gibsons every year lol.

Amazing job! The guitar looks fantastic and sounds great.

Wet fun to watch you work!

Доктор, было очень приятно видеть, как вы превратили этот Les Paul в шедевр. Вы также талантливый музыкант, поэтому ваше имя должно быть Maestro Nitro. Подписался.

Black Cherry sunburst. 😍

Beautiful job & awesome dedication. Master craftsmanship.

Incredible work brother! You've got skills

i prefer the original full flame yellow, i dont like cherry bursts but thats just me, very talented though, i would have no problem letting you refinish my black 1980 les paul which had defective paint and nitro, i ended up just sanding off the nitro to make the guitar playable but man is it ugly, its got it where it counts though

Looks like a reissue now, great job. Tip: to get rid of the plastic-ness of the finish, you can expose the guitar to moderate sunlight to dry the paint and get rid of the plastic'y feeling. It will also fade the finish and make the guitar look x5 better.

That guitar sounds sooooo sweet!

Very nicely done! I am a huge fan of oil and paper caps too!

Never change a winning team bro! The LP looked gorgeous as it was.

Great job but preferred the original colour!

Excellent job in deed!! He's definitely a very talented luthier that knows his trade!! Well done!!

Amazing work! Beautiful!

I like the way it looked before? To many sunburst Les Pauls,

Can’t imagine why you’d want to trash a classic, but to each his own.

Your young age and the quality of your work give me hope for the future.

Huge improvement. Fantastic workmanship.

Good tutorial, but I prefer the original finish look.

The result is very nice but I have to wonder why such a nice guitar was refinished.

I was glad to see that you took this opportunity to recarve the top. I've seen people who have done refinishing, and skipping this esthetically pleasing detail. I have built one, and it was a lot harder than it looks in videos. You are probably a lot quicker.

absolutely stunning work. If only I was as talented as you. I keep trying. You are a true Artist Dr. Nitro.

Dunno man. I think you did amazing job with the refinish. But I think in the case of this guitar, she should have been left alone. I would love to see such refinish on a Les Paul destroyed by some angry teen with spray can... But this one? Was great in original state, a keeper if it plays good.

The acetone doesn't melt the binding?

Great video.Those pickups sound great too.Thanks for sharing.

I love the color and the stinger!

Looked better as it was.

i am surprised that the binding didnt get damaged with the acetone

Beautiful work! That looks fantastic. We have the same amp! LOL! I also have a JCM600. 2 X 12” speakers. Great sounding amp. Great job on the guitar!

Nice work. Beautiful fade in the sunburst.