Blue Boy Color Variation

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:45 pm

Oh great. Now we have MB that can mean Midnight Blue, Monty Brown, and now Mint Boy.

moonliner · Post by **moonliner** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:12 pm

How about MM?

Mint Man!

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:15 pm

I thought Midnight Blue was MID and Monty Brown was MB. Let me be first to offer GB for Mint Boy.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:16 pm

Keith, I like yours better.

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:33 pm

Nobody seems to remember the special guitars we did years ago in a brilliant HG finish for the German and Swiss market.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:37 pm

John, what guitars are those? Do you have a photo? I don't recall those at all...

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:40 pm

Hansel and Gretel finish?!?!?!?

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:03 pm

Helmvig Glo....

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:33 pm

Brilliant yellow, which we called "Harn Gelb".

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:40 pm

"Brilliant yellow, which we called "Harn Gelb"."

Firefox translates that as urine yellow!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:55 pm

I'd like one of those! You mean yellow like this one? (not the CS).

or like the "mustard-glo" refin that was being sold a few years back? (I wish I had a pic of it..)

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 8:58 am

I dont know where I got this pic. I not even sure if it belongs to a forum member.....But its one of the "Mintier" ones I've seen.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:05 am

Oooh, the Kubicki! Love that bass! The Chris Squire is awesome too.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:12 am

That yellow Kubicki looks like it is built for speed. With a big V-8 under the hood....

moonliner · Post by **moonliner** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:54 am

"it's just so gradual that you haven't noticed it and you don't have a point of reference. Use it in the sun or fluorescent lights and it will change even faster."

I was told by the store where I bought my BB that it sat in it's case till I bought it last week. How do you explain my BB turning Mint just from sitting in the case? It's build date was june of 2005 according to the paper work that came with it. I know a finish will yellow over time, but to turn so drastically in one year is very extreme... and dare I say lame.
I'm not trying to stir things up, but so far I've gotten 2 different explanations from Rickenbacker... which leaves me to wonder if someone is trying to cover their a**.
I'm trying to be open minded about this, and am learning to like the green, but I'm concerned about the unevenness of the finish and the build up of 'clear' coat in certain areas... it kinda makes it look amateurish. Perhaps if this wasn't my first Ric it wouldn't be such a big deal, but I waited 30 years to get this and to have it be such fiasco is just a wee bit disappointing.