Blueburst variation

clearblue · Post by **clearblue** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:57 am

If anyone has one of the few blueburst vatiations that has a purple tint to it please post a photo. I have only seen one of these and should have purchased it. It was a new 330. Anyone know the full story on this?

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:03 am

http://www.pickofthericks.com/2006_330_blueburst_27196.htm

clearblue · Post by **clearblue** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:05 am

That's the one I should have purchased.

skeeterbuck · Post by **skeeterbuck** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:16 am

I wonder if this is just the tint of the digital pic being off. I know that it has been stated here before about how hard it is to photograph a shaded finish...fireglo, blueburst etc.

Did Chris say if it was actually purplish?

krick · Post by **krick** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:22 am

Here is a link to a thread about this subject on the RIC website:

http://www.rickenbacker.com/forum_view_thread.asp?thread_id=3591&forum=General_Forum&thread_name=New%20340%20Purpleburst%20Wow!!

clearblue · Post by **clearblue** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:26 am

There are other blueburst photos on his site that are pretty much the same shade so I'd think that this one was in fact different. I didn't inquire about this guitar I just saw it on his site.

Thanks for the link. I really like that purple tint and would like to get a 660 in that color

lars · Post by **lars** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:01 pm

To me, it looks like something red or brown is reflecting in the finish. The "horns" are quite blue.

webhead · Post by **webhead** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:12 pm

I can't really tell, it looks like there is a bit of red in it.. But that's my 2 cents.

eric_b · Post by **eric_b** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:47 am

Hmmm...I wonder how that would look on a 381?

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:32 pm

it may just be my old worn out eyes but that color does not look blue ...
it looks purple.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:47 pm

Hmmmmm..... to me it looks like the color of faded denim--it has kind of an indigo hue.

Almost purple, but not quite-- THIS is what a purple 330 looks like, LOL!

clearblue · Post by **clearblue** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:46 pm

That's one spectacular color Melissa.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:05 pm

wild.... very cool indeed.
Melissa , I'm no fan of blue guitars, but if I were to get a blue Rick, that would be the one I'd get .... I think the color is pseudoblueishpurplepinklikeblueagin.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:35 pm

In the pic it looks more blue than it actually is.

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:02 pm

I got a chance to see this guitar up close and personal at the 75th last year. It was my wife's favorite colored Rick. It really did stand out in a room full of guitars.