Page 1 of 1
What color is this?
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:43 am
by theodessakid
Re: What color is this?
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:50 am
by krick
Looks like Desert Gold which was RIC's "Color of the Year" for 2001.
Re: What color is this?
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:05 pm
by david/wales/u.k
That's a lovely colour...almost like a deep rich mapleglo. I wish Ric had made this a standard color instead of the dark and imo dull burgundy.
Re: What color is this?
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:25 pm
by theodessakid
According to the owner it is a 1990 issue.
Re: What color is this?
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:34 pm
by sloop_john_b
It is heavily greened/yellowed Silver with white trim.
Re: What color is this?
Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:48 pm
by guitar-murph
I have communicated with the seller and the serial number would confirm it is a 1990 model. I have checked RIC color charts as well as every other source that I can think of and I can find nothing to suggest that silver was an available finish in 1990. It could be a special order or a 'one of' but who knows. I have also looked at every 'silver' finished guitar in the RRF registry and I see none that look quite like this. I am familiar with the 'greening' process which takes place with some blue, gold or copper finishes, but to have a silver finish change to this appears to be somewhat extreme. I am leaning towards it being a refinish or some custom color that Rickenbacker used for this particular order.