Rickenbacker Color Comparison [with pics]

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:55 pm

When I first got into Rickenbackers, I noticed that they came in a lot of different finishes and colors. Eventually, I began saving them to my hard drive as a color code reference, and now I'd like to share the photos. I don't know if it's every color, but it's a pretty wide comparison.

Autumnglo

Azureglo

Blueboy

Brown

Burgundyglo

Desert Gold

Fireglo

God-knows-what-glo

Greenglo

Jetglo

Mapleglo

Midnight Blue

Montezuma Brown

Purpleburst

Ruby

Sea Green

Silver

Teal

Walnut

White

Yellow

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:21 pm

Nice pictorial Nick, just a few clarifications:

- "Teal" is officially known as Turquoise.
- There was never a "brown" finish, that 480 looks like Autumnglo to me.
- There was also a finish simply known as "Red", which appeared in the late 80's/early 90's.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:23 pm

Double post.

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:42 pm

The silver 360 looks great!

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:14 am

Also the "god-knows-what glo" is actually a mid '60s version of Autumn-glo.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 3:44 am

And your "yellow" is actually RIC's rendition of the color Chris Squire had painted on his old RM 1999.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:27 am

Is it not officially called "cream-glo"?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:33 am

Some of these were never in full-scale production:

- The "creamglo" was only ever available on the 4001CS.
- Purpleburst was a one-off for Mark Hudson.
- Greenglo was also made in limited numbers, maybe somewhere around five of them.

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:28 am

The 'brown' is walnut isn't it...the gloss version of autumglo.....

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:06 am

I love 'em all.... Beautiful pictures, Nick. That Azureglo 320 makes me drool.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:54 am

Nick, here's a Red for your collection:

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:36 am

Don't forget the 4004 finishes Nat, TG, TR, and TB.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:34 pm

And of course, the 2005 COY:

And my '82 AzureGlo 4003S(which I sadly no longer have)for comparison...

And...a whole different kind of finish altogether...

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:36 pm

Whoa, an Azureglo Lightshow! Never saw one before...shame about the 'buckers.