Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:46 pm
Can you imagine this bass with checkered binding? 
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Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:09 pm
Yes...and a vintage style guard without the humps!
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:10 pm
Good eye John, I'm with ya on that one! 
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:13 pm
Yes, no humps. Good point.aceonbass wrote:Yes...and a vintage style guard without the humps!
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:44 pm
I really wish RIC had developed the "new" MID sooner. My July '08 MID 4003FL is nice, but the newer hue is stunning.
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:53 pm
I've got a new 4004L in midnite blue and the color is so rich and pearlecent and cobalty awesome!
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:10 pm
Oh, this dark blue is fine but Jetglo is not?ajish4 wrote:Good eye John, I'm with ya on that one!
This Midnight Blue is very nice! I wonder who has the best Midnight Blue collection with most or all of the variations?
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:21 pm
LOL, I KNEW that would toast your cookies Joey!rickenbrother wrote:Oh, this dark blue is fine but Jetglo is not?ajish4 wrote:Good eye John, I'm with ya on that one!
This Midnight Blue is very nice! I wonder who has the best Midnight Blue collection with most or all of the variations?
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:27 pm
I agree on the checker binding, and holy smokes this blue is sexy!
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:24 pm
I thought you'd never ask.rickenbrother wrote:
This Midnight Blue is very nice! I wonder who has the best Midnight Blue collection with most or all of the variations?
Let's start with the same model, a 360, for the first few photos to show the changes over the years. We'll get to some basses soon enough.
- 2004 360/12 MID
- 2007 360 MID
- 2008 360 MID
- 2010 360-12 MID
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:33 pm
Now for some 4003 MIDs. Color change not as noticeable as with the 360s (this is not an easy color to photograph).
- 1989 4003 MID
- 2005 4003 MID
- 2008 4003 MID
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:37 pm
Here's some more guitars, the pointy-horned kind:
- 1996 360/12V64 MID
- 1998 360/12V64 MID
- 2004 330 MID
- 2005 350V63 MID
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:42 pm
And a few more basses:
- 2004 4004L MID
- 2008 4004L MID
- 2009 4001C64S MID body
- 2009 4001C64S MID hdstk
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:45 pm
And we'll wrap up with a couple of solid-body 12ers:
- 1997 620/12 MID
- 2007 660/12 MID
Re: Midnight Blue Thought
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:51 pm
My apologies for the uneven quality of the photos and lighting. The photos were taken over a number of years. This color is a chameleon and the same guitar can look totally different depending on the lighting situation. I hope there is enough variety here to give an idea of the range of shades and possibly even the progression of Midnight Blue. IMO the photo of the body of the 2009 4001C64S best captures the current version of this color. (And BTW, that's not dust, it's blue fuzz from the vintage case.)
No matter what the shade, it's a great color!
No matter what the shade, it's a great color!