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bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:37 pm

I was at my local park yesterday and I find this car that is exactly the same color as my Sea Green bass!

Yes, same park, but this time there was a 4th of July fair with a custom/relic car club holding a rally/contest, and there among the absolutely gorgeous makeovers is this masterfully restored '32 Ford V8 Roadster done in Sea Green. It was a little bluer than my bass, but who's splitting hairs? I invited the owner to my place about a mile away after the rally, and he was kind enough to pose the car for a few shots. Here are the best two:

mgauction · Post by **mgauction** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:21 pm

Ha! Good one, Paul! I'd like to see that one in the book.

basmansam · Post by **basmansam** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:43 pm

Beautiful bass, beautiful car too!!

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:39 am

Let me take a guess at what Paul's going to submit for the 2009 calendar.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:10 am

The medium shot is a book cover.

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:21 am

Ahh Seafoam...
What a color!

anoukane · Post by **anoukane** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:18 am

Great pics Paul!
What type of camera do you use?

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:35 am

Hi Philip,

I use a Nikon 8700 8-meg digital camera. It's one of those "semi-pro" types, not the pocket snapshot kind, but not an SLR (single-lens reflex). It's got a lot of features (most of which I still don't use/understand), but it allows me to take high-res images suitable for publication. I usually shoot on "FINE" resolution which is suitable for color separations (publishing speak) up to a full 8.5"x11" page reproduction without image degradation.

I use Photoshop Elements to "process" my images for posting here. I simply resize the image (a copy so that I retain the high-res original) first to 72dpi, then I reduce the quality of the copy in "save for web" until it gets below the current 300K limit on the Forum postings.

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:42 am

Cool pics, Paul I love your many great photos of Rick basses. Still hoping for that book!

whojamfan · Post by **whojamfan** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:56 am

Sho is purty.

megadan · Post by **megadan** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:37 pm

Wow, it matches perfectly! Glad you got some pics.

zarezare · Post by **zarezare** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:01 pm

beautiful, both

ajish4 · Post by **ajish4** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:08 pm

Sweet,

That color is starting to "GROW" on me!

s4001 · Post by **s4001** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:36 pm

Very nice. I had a 4003S that was the same color (mid blue) as my Dodge Durango. Wish I had the smarts to take a picture of them together.

[mild derailment] I've also noticed that the colors on the new VW Bugs are vintage guitar colors: Seafoam Green, Daphne Blue, Cream, Banana Yellow, Fiesta Red, etc. [/mild derailment]

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