Weird finish?

[daytripper1964]

My friend recently sent me this photo of this guitar he was gonna buy. I couldn't help but notice the weird finish this had. Does anyone know if this is a custom finish or a refinish (what I'm thinking)

[kiramdear]

Definitely not factory, I think it's safe to say. Looks interesting though, kind of reminds me of the tiger stripe 381 that Paul w did recently.

[jfine]

That's a weird finish all right! It looks like someone took a white 620 (they came with black trim in the '80's) and painted it gray with a broom! Reminds me of a blues tune I used to do years ago--don't know who wrote it; it wasn't me:
I got a '57 Chevrolet, painted it green with a broom...
I got a '57 Chevrolet, painted it green with a broom...
The motor don't run, but the back seat sure got a lotta room!

[weemac]

That is one of those rareish silver ones with severe checking!

emac.

[antipodean]

That is one of those rareish silver ones with severe checking!

emac.

Either that or a White with Black Trim that has really been through the wringer, with severe checking....

[badeggs]

Nasty mark on the headstock - bad reaction to a wall hanger? Or just a fault in the photograph?

[blueflamerick]

Looks like a badly checked Silver to me.

[kennyhowes]

Looks like a badly checked Silver to me.

+3.

[antipodean]

It hurts my brain to try and imagine how that egregious amount of checking was actually achieved......

[weemac]

It hurts my brain to try and imagine how that egregious amount of checking was actually achieved......

It can be done! In the early 90s I saw a 610/12 at Downtown guitars that was new, and had this issue, in saying that they had a good price on it.

I actually like the look of this crazed silver beastie......

Eden.

[8mileshigher]

It looks like someone took a white 620 (they came with black trim in the '80's)

I didn't know they did a lot of Black Bindings on 620 in the 1980s... learn something new about Rics all the time.
I kind of like the interesting wood grain finish job on this one.... definitely different.

[sloop_john_b]

It looks like someone took a white 620 (they came with black trim in the '80's)

I didn't know they did a lot of Black Bindings on 620 in the 1980s... learn something new about Rics all the time.
I kind of like the interesting wood grain finish job on this one.... definitely different.

From 1985 (or so) on, every Rick finish came standard with black trim except Fireglo and Jetglo.