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paologregorio wrote:

rkbsound wrote:White on White!!!!!!!

I really need a 12 string, and I can't get one until this color becomes available. I'll be the first to place an order, no matter how long it takes to get one. Dealers, feel free to contact me once it comes available!

Why not buy a used Ric 12 and have it refinished?

Paul -- re-finishing a used Rick would be costly to do right, and it would not be "authentic". I want mine to be the real deal. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll ever see "Whiteglo" as new color offering, given the apparent backlog and other things that probably take priority over offering White as a color. That's why sometimes I wish there were a custom shop -- the price might be higher and the wait could be longer, but I think that there would be a market for it. But certainly not while RIC is still trying to meet it's current demands. Well, one can dream!

Well, we KNOW that it CANNOT be a previous COY.

So that being said, let's consider what it can be. We already have black, red, natural, and blue. There could be a solid red (call it whatever you like) or a different shade of blue (that isn't a burst or an off-white). There could be a staining of the natural.

You could have variants of the other colors for which there are no options right now: yellow, white, green, purple, orange, pink, beige, brown.

The Halls have said "no white" so that's out. It's hard to imagine an attractive yellow, orange, or pink (except that Mink which was pretty nice) guitar in any shade, so those should be out.

Ben has stated his distaste for green, but that doesn't mean there couldn't be a shade that might get in. We already have a transgreen with the 4004.

Purple has been much discussed and "bootlegged" if you will. That might seem like copying.

That leaves us with beige/brown. Something that is not Montezuma Brown (by the way, the most popular COY). Maybe a light brown-glo? Maybe a Beige pastel? Maybe a solid brown? Maybe with gold flakes similar to the metalic sheen in the DCMs?

Brad,

The original purpose of this thread was to suggest a new STANDARD color that might complement the four currently offered.

That being said, I forsee some kind of tangerine burst or solid red shade for next year...

dpowell wrote:Brad,



That being said, I forsee some kind of tangerine burst or solid red shade for next year...

Daniel,Im with you with the red. i think you are right!Only time will tell.

Well, if we can only have one, then it has to be a bright, solid RED!
Like so:

I'd still rather have all of the colors I listed in my initial answer to this post though :

Azureglo
Burgundyglo
Blue Boy
Red or Trans Red (with white trim)
White (with white trim )
SEA GREEN
Green
Turquoise
Silver
Gold (yes, even gold)
Another vote for Ruby, if it could be a one step as PB mentioned, instead of the time consuming process described by Paul W that would make Eric and the rest of the hard working fellows in the paint department at RIC go bonkers in short order.


On a completely non-related finish note, does anyone know why Fender chose to call what's basically a translucent off-white "blonde"?! It makes no sense to me.

REDit is then Paul.Redder than anything thats been red before.Even redder than the reddest red that was ever red.Redder than the reddest red that red ever has been.Oh yeah im with you.I loooove that there guitar above!
Just for the record which is totally off topic but i hate Red cars I dont know why but i do...

How can anyone guess when even we don't know what the color will be!

Hazarding guesses right now will just inspire a blindside by the way!

I don't know if there will be a COY or not -- I'm just commenting on the thread topic, which is "permanant" colors. I think White would be nice, either way.

Ben -- if you try any experiments with White and want to sell one, like a 330 12, let me know!!!!!!!!

We're not guessing, we're just wish-listing.

Anybody want to start a BURST/SOLID pool?

mp_me wrote:What color would you folks like to see Rickenbacker make a permanent addition to the current color choices of...MG, JG, FG, MID?

Not per se a color, but I would like BT to return.

Here's one for solid.

Does it cost me anything?

Solid, please, solid, and preferrably RED

A client of mine burst out laughing when he saw this thread......... he's colourblind!!

Turqouise, sea foam green, teal, canary yellow,

ricaddic wrote:teal

Oh yeah, a trans teal would be great!