So "11 Top" might be a bit of an exaggeration, so sue me!
Ah the days when I had a good camera and at least access to decent lighting, nowadays it's a Point and Shoot camera and flametops are hard to shoot to begin with. The guitar in question is the one on the right, I don't have a single picture that shows the depth and true figuring of this guitar because 1) the aforementioned crappy camera and lighting and 2) I think red hides flames big time.
The guitar looks pretty cool as is, but there's little flametop glory to be seen as the Scarlet overpowers the flames. These pics below are kinda show the depth of figuring, but as you can see by the lower Hamer shot how much is lost in translation. And you can't see the kicks, dings and wear in the top here either which is horrible BUT it's just not "right" either.
So it's in the pic we have the Scar 93, a '91 Hamer Sunburst and a 2001 CE24, and the one that's in the best shape is oddly enough the oldest. The Hamer is a tank, old school build, feels like it weighs 2 lbs more than the CE's when in reality it's only 0.5 lbs but man is it beautiful and does it sound fantastic, even with the Floyd on there! The 01 is the guitar I just put on pickup covers (which was covered in another thread), scored and aged them, installed, huge improvement in looks IMHO.
The CE's just work for me, they have the right "tone," they fit my 11 year old girl sized hands, look great and we all know the build quality! Honestly I think the CE's are the best buy in the used guitar market out there, bang for your buck.
So back to the refin question; the guitar is now Scarlet Red and I want to go essentially Yellow/Orange; doable? I know we might get a little bled but if red is bleeding to yellow and I want orange-ish coloration to begin with...
Thanks for any input and have a great day!
Zoomed in:
When I had a real camera!