What color is this 620?

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What color is this 620?

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I never saw a green 620 before.Is this a Rickenbacker color?

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Probably Turquoise. It was discontinued around 2002.
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If indeed it is green (hard to tell), it is a refin.
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That's pretty! Could even be a photoshop job, though. No way to know without more info.
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It looks a lot like "Cloverfield Green", an official Rick color, but I don't' think the factory painted 620s in that color...
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cjj wrote:It looks a lot like "Cloverfield Green", an official Rick color, but I don't' think the factory painted 620s in that color...
Cloverfield was only available IIRC, in the mid '50's, and this 620 certainly wasn't around then.
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blueflamerick wrote:Probably Turquoise. It was discontinued around 2002.
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It's Turquoise ... note the "Made In USA" sticker still on the pickguard, indicating that it was probably new at the time that the picture was taken.
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Looks like it came from Mike Parks' website. Color is off and very deep, but probably TURQ.
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+1 on TUR.

photo quality sucks, and the color is way off. (Though I LIKE the color as it appears. That'd be cool on a 330 too..)
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It looks like the brightness and contrast of the original image have been 'adjusted'. Let me try it on my 360 TUR:
360 TUR - Before brightness and contrast adjustment
360 TUR - Before brightness and contrast adjustment
360 TUR - After brightness and contrast adjustment
360 TUR - After brightness and contrast adjustment
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Thise still look like turquoise. My bet is that the 620 in question has been refinished.
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A deep forest green would be an awesome color for the 300 & 600 series.
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Gee, Dave, you've been reading my mail...

I'm working on a deep forest green 730 and also a 300-series right now. Pictures when they're complete.
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Oh goody! Another unique cool color!!!
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Enough already - that 620 is Turquoise!

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