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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 11:23 pm
by adam_swapp
I've been mixing some paint samples the last couple of days, and I happened upon one that looked something like that. I kept looking.
To be fair, though, this may be one of those colors that looks better in person.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:22 am
by jingle_jangle
So there I am, naive as he**, assuming that the photo on Ed's site is of one of HIS paint jobs and commenting on how good it looks, and he "borrowed" the pics from Rick.
Acid green is how I'd describe this shade.
Howard, IMO BRG looks terrible on guitars--most dark shades do, with of course the exception of black, burgundy and brown.
This one might look better in person if it was less yellow and more bluish or crystalline green. Rough color--spray a bit too heavy and it starts to look like a fencepost.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:41 am
by leftyguitars
I am obviously in a minority here but I like it.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:48 am
by admin
Peter: This is a unique colour and as such has its place in Rickenbacker history. Whether GrannySmithglo or Factory Shaded Green, it is an attention grabber.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:12 am
by oreca
Peter I'm with you, ever since I've first seen one of those, a while back when I first joined here, I liked it.
There's something to it, it's a special color.
I'd take a 360 like that any day.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:30 am
by scoobster28
I love the color too when I first saw the pictures a couple years ago. Now that Ed has them, maybe I will venture up to his store to look at them in person.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:47 am
by ted_williams
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:58 pm
by dean712
I like the green. Not my first pick of shades, but I do like it.
I wanna second the motion for a Pineglo color of the year. Perhaps a metallic dark green? Sort of a cross between the Packers and Eagles shades of green, only a little darker?
Dark metallic purple would be my first pick for dream color, though.
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:02 pm
by ozover50
Purple...... somewhere between the Vikings and the Vikings, only darker??
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:03 pm
by dean712
Vikings...yes! Only metallic. Like the current Midnight Blue is metallic. And maybe a little darker!
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:09 pm
by ozover50
Ooooooh....... metallic purple.... the devil take me away - I want one!!!
What color TRC and pickguards would you put on it, Dean?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:37 pm
by dean712
White TRC and trim...
Actually, I think there are some other Forumites who like purple. Judging from past posts, if I remember correctly. Maybe it's a bass thing...
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 7:43 pm
by ozover50
Bass, schmass.... doesn't matter how many strings its got - gimme dat purpul ting!!
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:03 pm
by adam_swapp
You want purple? Is Plumglo close enough?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2005 8:23 pm
by dean712
Adam, the plumglo is beautiful.
I am thinking of a metallic purple, though. Dark purple with the metallic shimmer that the current Midnight Blue has.
I do like the plumglo, tho.