Vinyl wraps/Guitar skins

[stan]

These belong to ZZ Tops Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill - done in vinyl wrap - saw it on a ring rundown on Premier Guitar.
If you look at the finish carefully you can see that the pattern is actually the same on both guitars, just a bit offset...

[G-Axe]

It looks convincing until you get quite close up, then you notice that the flame pattern has no depth to it when you move the body. I agree, the lack of book-matching is impressive. Maybe Fender US didn't want the Jap ones to look too good. Still, it looks impressive if you're at audience distance.

Yeah, I guess you get a lot of leeway with stage instruments, and if anything you don't want anything too refined if you're gigging with it - unless you're happy for it to get beaten up and well used.

These belong to ZZ Tops Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill - done in vinyl wrap - saw it on a ring rundown on Premier Guitar.

Looks heaps better than their big fuzzy explorers. The vinyl looks pretty convincing - but what I love most of all about both guitars is the simplicity and focus. I always get caught up in coil taps/splits/individual volume and tone controls and the versatility that comes with them - I love the balls of making something that just gives you exactly the sound you want and no unnecessary extras.