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Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 11:41 am
by opticnerve
This is interesting...

In this catalog from '59, Ric is calling the black finish on the 450 a "Black Diamond" finish!

That's a new one on me!

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:13 pm
by tristanbacker
Yep interesting, even the Jazzbo has the Ric TRC when that guitar on the Ric Museum not appears...

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:59 pm
by walker
That's a new one on me, too. I actually think I like it better than "Jetglo", which I never understood. Glowing black like a jet? I've never seen a black jet before...? Exhaust trails from jets? Usually white, not black.

:?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:18 am
by weemac
walker wrote:That's a new one on me, too. I actually think I like it better than "Jetglo", which I never understood. Glowing black like a jet? I've never seen a black jet before...? Exhaust trails from jets? Usually white, not black.

:?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:
"Jet" Is a gemstone that is black....

Eden.

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:26 am
by antipodean
weemac wrote:
walker wrote:That's a new one on me, too. I actually think I like it better than "Jetglo", which I never understood. Glowing black like a jet? I've never seen a black jet before...? Exhaust trails from jets? Usually white, not black.

:?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:
"Jet" Is a gemstone that is black....

Eden.
Hence the idiom "jet-black" or "black as jet"...

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 12:59 am
by walker
Aaaah. There it is. Thanks.

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:39 am
by cjj
walker wrote: I've never seen a black jet before...
It probably went by too fast for you to notice...
sr_71_blackbird_5-other.jpg

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:41 am
by godber
walker wrote:That's a new one on me, too. I actually think I like it better than "Jetglo", which I never understood. Glowing black like a jet? I've never seen a black jet before...? Exhaust trails from jets? Usually white, not black.

:?: :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:
Also...Glo is like Gloss not Glow.

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:06 am
by krick
I read somewhere that Glo was for Gloss but then there was "Autumnglo" which had a matte finish.

I believe the glossy version of "Autumnglo" was called "Walnut" at the time.

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:29 am
by jps
krick wrote:I read somewhere that Glo was for Gloss but then there was "Autumnglo" which had a matte finish.

I believe the glossy version of "Autumnglo" was called "Walnut" at the time.
That was just to give future historians a riddle to solve.

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:48 am
by Grey
Ugh I want that archtop.

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:38 pm
by iiipopes
The gemstone jet in its natural state:

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:40 pm
by iiipopes
The gemstone jet as a finished jewel:

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:03 pm
by walker
Crushed Jet Stone inlays would be pretty cool.

Re: Black Diamond finish?

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:49 am
by johnallg
cjj wrote:
walker wrote: I've never seen a black jet before...
It probably went by too fast for you to notice...
sr_71_blackbird_5-other.jpg
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