Fireglo 330 - different look

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Look at the center of the guitar where there's very little red finish or the inlays and notice how strong the yellowing is on the old instrument; that's the vast majority of the difference and strictly due to aging.
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It is a great look John.

While the yellowing of the Silver or the Blue Boy, for example, may have undesirable results for some over the long-term, the yellowed-fireglo is a beautiful look to my eyes.

Are you able to predict how the ambered fireglo will look as it ages and becomes more yellow?
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The red will become quite dark, maybe almost black. There's photos I've seen posted around that shows pretty well what happens to extreme cases of yellowing; some people have thought this was a different color altogether. Many of the B Series guitar, which had an added yellow coat, have gone decidely in this direction.
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With the color of the '06 and the red not completely fading out into the center, in medium or low light, the center actually appears to be amber to me. I don't know if that is by design or I just have the right shading of light to make it appear that way.

Since this particular run of guitars has this color scheme, I wonder what effect aging will have on it. I don't see the redish-pink middle going away completely but, it's rather hard to imagine what it may look like down the road...

As far as the 366 goes, would it have started out with the red being as dark as the '06? I just think it's shading right now is what one might expect as being 'FireGlo'. Just has that firey look to it...
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Speaking of interesting color combinations, take a look at this new 1996 AFG. It may just be the lighting in the picture, but while the Amber is clearly visible on the sides, the top looks almost like a regular Fireglo. What do you think?

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