2006 Color of the Year

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:32 am

Sigh. Colors of the year are available for order throughout the year and all units ordered during that year will be produced and delivered when they are complete, no matter what year it is.

bob_the_bass · Post by **bob_the_bass** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:38 am

Thanks John (sounds like you've heard that before?!)

myfretless · Post by **myfretless** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:49 pm

Hmm. I think the stars are indicating that the new color for next year will be....

LIGHTSHOW!

Available in EVERY model.

Now, which would ever come first...? LIGHTSHOW or White?

I think I'll order 2 4080's in LS. Sweet.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:17 pm

John, please. White Rickenbackers are very desirable. Why wouldnt you want to do white again ?

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:12 pm

At least it is not a "burst"! Surely white would be as easy as any other solid color?

rkbsound · Post by **rkbsound** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:05 am

How about Whiteburstglo?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:12 am

Since RIC discontinued white, I was wondering if it had anything to do with the tough CA emission regulations.

wim · Post by **wim** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:43 am

I have a feeling that all bindings are going to be beige next year

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:02 am

Vintage burst

"...not a color of the year per se..."

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:26 am

Will this thread, and its endless speculation, never end?

Here's something off the newswire:

"Scientists C. Robert Lowell and Arvin Karnakian from the University of Leeds have just announced their discovery of a colour spectrum that has been so far unrecognised....

The pair...admit to a difficulty in describing the three new colours; as a result, names have not been given them yet, but since they lie to the long end of the ultraviolet end of the visible spectrum. a good bet will be something having to do with the word 'violet', it is speculated.

Their findings will be published in the next issue of the science journal 'Nature'. The colors were discovered, not in a laboratory, but in the paint mixing area of a guitar manufacturer's plant in Santa Ana, California, USA. The company's President and CEO, who asked that his name be withheld, had no additional comment regarding the 'COY' rumours which immediately began circulating.

'It's a dead topic', was his only remark on the record."[/size]

ben_hall · Post by **ben_hall** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:36 am

I think the problem in the past with white was twofold:

1) Every tiny imperfection is perceptible thus slowing down production significantly until it's taken care of. This is an ordeal often times with the Blue Boy color. Our workers see positively miniscule specks and spend a lot of extra time working those out because they're sticklers for quality.

2)If I'm not mistaken the white guitars in the past had a nasty habit of yellowing rather quickly (more specifically, the lacquer yellowed). The new conversion varnish we use has a yellowish tint to it out of the can and I have seen some Blue Boy guitars on the line go from blue to yellow in a matter of days. Imagine what would happen with a white guitar.

Personally, I like white, but I get a headache when I think about actually producing it!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:38 am

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:08 pm

My only white Rickenbacker.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:13 pm

Not a color per se. So maybe RIC is going to do something different with the varnish (clear coat)? Pearl, vintage yellow, or something else?

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 1:47 pm

Im pretty happy with the current 4003's. I hope they throw the door open on options. Checkerboard binding, trim, pickups. Ect....

Perhaps bring out the updated 4004-5 and unveil the 4004-8.