New Color - Desert GOLD?

4003_Seagreen · Post by **4003_Seagreen** » Thu Jan 25, 2001 11:29 am

From what I can tell in all of the pictures I've seen, the new RIC limited color, "Desert Gold" (DG) looks silver to me. Is this just a trick of the light? Anyone who's seen it close-up, does it look silver or is it really a light shade of gold?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Wed Jan 31, 2001 2:22 pm

I've seen it up close. I've taken pics of it and both turned out very different looking. It's a metallic color (just the same as MID and TURQ). In person, it seemed to be more of a Beige metallic than Silver or Gold. I liked it and even ordered a 350V63 in DG.

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Mon Jun 03, 2002 2:31 pm

Today I went to Guitar Center of Totem Lake Washington USA and played a 330 Desert Gold , nice feel nice paint work .

two problems that I saw .

1- the action/ playability /height of the brdige was set for slide action .Terrible to play .

2- the stand they have it sitting on is EATING the finish .There are two marks where it touches the legs on the stand and one on the back of the neck from the 'fork' that holds the neck .The stand used surgical tubing as a cushion.

Some one needs to alert some one .I spoke to the manager ....he was not that concerned it seemed.

rkbsound · Post by **rkbsound** » Mon Jun 03, 2002 3:29 pm

Well, perhaps "limited" means that the paint job is only "limited" and won't last long! Honesty in advertising!

corey · Post by **corey** » Tue Jun 04, 2002 10:19 am

Mark,

I am often amazed at how some folks who own or work in music stores don't seem to even care about their inventory. Perhaps they assume that most people will just go "Cool dude - nice colour - I'll take it!".

Thankfully, we're not all rubes.

markthemd · Post by **markthemd** » Tue Jun 04, 2002 8:21 pm

People that work in music stores have no vested interest in the inventory .... same thing with clothing stores and almost any retail outlet .

Sad to say .... but they just don't care for the mostpart.

If they did .....we would find Utopia.

Humans just want the paycheck so they can "have the weekend" .
Sad to say , but there is more than a grain of truth to it.

rkbsound · Post by **rkbsound** » Wed Jun 05, 2002 2:56 am

Maybe the store was trying to create it's own "relic" look. I'm just searching for ways to give the store the benefit of the doubt! (Yeah, right!)

corey · Post by **corey** » Wed Jun 05, 2002 7:48 am

That's a good point. When I worked in retail, I did not care about the inventory, or whether something was in stock or not.

I'm just lucky to have found a few stores with some staff who do take care of their gear. Good thing my guitar tech is a Ric lover and not a hater (I just have to make sure he doesn't swipe my 12 string).