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Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:58 pm
by glking14
I've always wondered why Rickenbacker ends their colour names with"glo". Fireburst = Fireglo,Blue = Azureglo.Does anyone know the history or reasons why RIC chose to market their colours like that.
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:25 pm
by ilan
Logic dictates that -glo stands for gloss, but Autumnglo was matte, and its glossy version was called "Walnut" without the -glo suffix.
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:25 pm
by cjj
"glo" is short for "gloss". But, as is usual with RIC, there are exceptions, such as Walnut, which was glossy and Autumnglo which was not...
Edit: looks like Ilan beat me to it by a hair...
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:26 pm
by woodyng
the end effect is pretty much "glowing"!!
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:30 am
by gearhed289
My new band Afterglow just debuted Saturday.
Me and my keyboardist are Ric nuts, but we couldn't convince the rest to drop the "w".
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:30 am
by Grey
ilan wrote:Logic dictates that -glo stands for gloss, but Autumnglo was matte, and its glossy version was called "Walnut" without the -glo suffix.
Was this ever a confirmed fact or was it just speculation? I've heard people making arguements for both sides. Wouldn't it be more likely to assume that they'd stick with their current naming convention and use Walnut to designate the 'special' matte finish?
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:40 am
by ilan
It's a fact. Walnut was glossy, Autumnglo was matte.
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:57 am
by sloop_john_b
ilan wrote:It's a fact. Walnut was glossy, Autumnglo was matte.
And Autumnglo was apparently intended for the Canadian market, for whatever reason.
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:00 am
by winston
sloop_john_b wrote:ilan wrote:It's a fact. Walnut was glossy, Autumnglo was matte.
And Autumnglo was apparently intended for the Canadian market, for whatever reason.
It would seem so.........as I have one.
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:11 am
by egosheep
Wait, wait... so there were never any Autumnglo Capri's with the same clearcoat they used on the Fireglo ones?
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:14 am
by sloop_john_b
egosheep wrote:Wait, wait... so there were never any Autumnglo Capri's with the same clearcoat they used on the Fireglo ones?
Well, now we're getting into 50's vs. early 60's vs. mid 60's vs. late 70's Autumnglo.
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:56 am
by bassduke49
More on Walnut/Autumnglo:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=390999
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:04 pm
by Grey
Thanks for that read. It's just always bothered me because I could never find any markings in the channel to determine what color it was supposed to be.
Plus there was that solid-brown type throwing me off. I thought
that was walnut.
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:10 pm
by jimk
Spike- wrote:
Thanks for that read. It's just always bothered me because I could never find any markings in the channel to determine what color it was supposed to be.
Plus there was that solid-brown type throwing me off. I thought
that was walnut.
You mean Montezuma Brown?
JimK
Re: Rickenbacker colour names
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:13 pm
by Grey
jimk wrote:You mean Montezuma Brown?
JimK
No, the solid brown.
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