Color Naming

ricosound · Post by **ricosound** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:50 am

Hey how come white never had a 'glo moniker. Jetglo, fireglo, autumnglo, mapleglo, burgandyglo, rubyglo, azureglo, white; hmmm.

Also why was it dropped? Did this coincide with the loss of the BT option? White/White is still a very cool combination as evidenced by the few seen here. I own a ’77 white with BT and it has its equal place alongside the other colors. It’s probably the best use of black trim from the ‘80s – sort of an alter ego of Jetglo.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:01 am

Hmm. "Snowglo"? Actually, not all you mentioned are officially "glo" colors. I don't think Burgundy was ever officially Burgundyglo, and Ruby was just plain Ruby. For a while, my local dealer (Northcoast Music) was referring to last year's color as "Montezumaglo" so I can understand the confusion. In short, the use of "glo" is not consistent.

scoobster28 · Post by **scoobster28** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:02 am

Turquoise and Midnight Blue, Desert Gold, Silver, Seafoam Green, Blueboy...none of them used GLO either.

ricosound · Post by **ricosound** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:20 am

I guess I was thinking '70s when everything else seemed glo. I thought burgandy was a 'glo - I've seen it in print. The 80's are when everything went topsy/turvy. You forgot to mention Walnut come to think of it. Maybe the 'glos refered to clear coated finishes. Wasn't Walnut a flat-finish?

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:22 am

White Ric? Anglo.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:27 am

glo is a 60's term ... short for gloss ...

ricosound · Post by **ricosound** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:34 am

LOL Ronn!

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 4:15 am

We did have a name for it at the shop but this is a family forum.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 4:46 am

glo is a 60's term ... short for gloss ...

Then why did the matte-finished Autumnglo get the '-glo' suffix, and Walnut - which is exactly the same color only glossy - didn't?

ricosound · Post by **ricosound** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:05 am

Ted chime in. I thought it was the other way around Ilan.

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:58 am

John H. You mean "Revengeglo" ?

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 6:05 am

Autumnglo is matte and Walnut is glossy.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:00 am

still like Anglo!

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:46 am

I don't think that's what J.H. meant but I got it!

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:02 am

P-glo?