Shaded Green 360OS video

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat May 26, 2007 10:46 am

REM's "Crush Eyeliner". About 2:20 in, check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=149J-FsVbBA

tennis_nick · Post by **tennis_nick** » Sat May 26, 2007 3:46 pm

That would make a Great signature model or "inspired by" model because it offers enough different features to be unique.

imagine... it's green, 24 frets, binding both sides, maybe full width inlays.

there'd probably be a market!

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat May 26, 2007 3:51 pm

21 frets.

Possible that its Albert Molinaro's guitar or Mitch Easter's. Either way, its rare.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:20 pm

You missed the Antigua Jazz Bass!

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat May 26, 2007 4:25 pm

I've trained myself to miss those.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun May 27, 2007 4:56 am

That bottle opener of yours is much uglier, IMO.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sun May 27, 2007 6:30 am

Hey, it was a gift! BTW, if thats all I can find to open a bottle of beer, you can believe I'll be happy to use it, lol.

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Sun May 27, 2007 6:39 am

I wonder if Paul has a wall at home that looks like this:

http://www.pittsburghguitars.com/collantigua.html

I'd be afraid of radiation.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun May 27, 2007 10:56 am

I have that picture in my collection, and have a couple of comments...the resolution is terrible, and the color is really bad. Antigua is a good deal more subtle and less pigeon-s**t green than that classic photo.

Antigua is not for every guitar, either...those Coronados look worst, whereas on a Jazz Bass, Jag, Strat or Mustang it merely looks awful. BTW I love my Antigua Jag...so ugly it's cool.

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Sun May 27, 2007 6:14 pm

A 'no' vote for Antigua as COY here.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon May 28, 2007 4:10 am

No argument from me on that! It is a "period" color whose time, frankly, is long gone.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Mon May 28, 2007 1:06 pm

Funny thing is, if Antigua was an official RIC finish, I'd be all over it.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon May 28, 2007 1:20 pm

It's that RIC halo effect...even works like Zymol on pigeon s**t...

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Mon May 28, 2007 2:41 pm

Full disclosure: a lot of what repels me about that finish also fascinates me. If I had a guitar of that finish in good shape, I think I would find it riveting in some way. I also don't think that it was any less kind to the Coronado than any other shape.

I'd still be concerned about the isotope PP251 Pidgepoopium that is used in that finish.

Oh, and I have some crazy faith that our pals at Rickenbacker can do better than that for the next COY.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon May 28, 2007 4:24 pm

The simpler a guitar's design is, the better it looks in ****-Tigua.

The Coronados, with their binding, cutaways, and "F"-holes cluttering up the top, suffer the most from all that shading, whereas models like the Mustang and Jazz Bass, with more open space between the edges of shading, seem to fare best.

I have NEVER seen a Jazzmaster in this finish. I wonder if any were ever made?