When will amber fireglo come back???

jaybic · Post by **jaybic** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:59 am

I just recently noticed the change on the binding especially on my 4003 JG from '04. It really is a difference when compared to the pickguard.

myfretless · Post by **myfretless** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:45 pm

I wonder what Jetglo would look like with the Amber clear coat...

Amberjetglo? A REALLY old Jetglo? Or even noticeable?

Ben...? John...? Eric...?
Did you guys try that and see what that looked like?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:18 pm

See the previous page. It looks olive green.

steve_hershberger · Post by **steve_hershberger** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:11 am

Don't know how the previous owner stored the '92 FG 360/12V64 I've got, but I've been known to leave it out of its case for months at a time - not in direct sunlight though, just lying around the living room.

It's aged/ambered *very* nicely in all the right places (the natural maple areas and bindings). Of course, it's also made the red burst areas look more beautiful too.

And even though the clearcoat has flaked off in some non-wear areas, I don't want to get it refinished because the overall color(s) look so cool to me.

myfretless · Post by **myfretless** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:23 am

Thanks!

So I'm guessing that the underlying color for Jetglo is blue-based. The blue base mixed with the yellow amber would create the green effect?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:27 am

Nope. Take any paint, mix black and yellow and you'll get olive green of varying darknesses and hues.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:30 am

Some of my black/jetglo guitars look green under blacklights. Is this a related phenomenon?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:49 am

As a guitar gets older and absorbs lots of UV, a change occurs in the molecular structure of the paint and varnish which makes them fluoresce under UV. This used to be a method used to spot fakes, mostly high-dollar LPs and Strats. Counterfeiters can get around it too easily, though, so its validity was short-lived.

However, I'm at a loss to explain why your pics with an acoustic look blurred, while your partner is nice and sharp.

Repeatedly.

paologregorio · Post by **paologregorio** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:38 am

Azure Glo looks green under black light as well. I noticed the effect on my AG Blue finish even when the guitar was new(built November `84)I think the green appearance under black light effect is due to the two part CV process that Rickenbacker uses, because I had a finish repair done to the headstock after it got banged up, and the next time I put the guitar under a black light, everything was green except the headstock, which was the correct blue, but obviously was not finished in the same way. The luthier who did the repair had called RIC to ask about the finish before he started, but RIC was very tight lipped about what was used, replying that he could send the guitar back to Rickenbacker, but they couldn't give out paint finish info. At least that's what he told me, anyway. This was back in `86 or `87.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:07 am

Paul W - Cool info, thanks! He (bandmate) stands rather still. I move and shake a lot whilst jammin'.