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This is on eBay - the seller says it was Trans Blue and faded to this color - first to purple and then to this. It does show some purple residue in the pics. Ever heard of such fading?

Anyway, I think it looks awesome in this amber color.

will be interested to see what folks say. I like the purple hue on the neck. If the front to the body looked like that, would be pretty unique!

Yeah, I kinda like it. "Fadedblueglo" is a little known color that RIC experimented with and never advertised. It was applied to Trans Blue and to Blueburst. Unsuspecting owners never realize the change as it is so gradual. Only when confronted with photos of their instruments when new and compared with now do they realize they've been the victims of this cruel experiment.

Wait, what day is this?

Seriously, this one is the worst I've seen, but others have Blueburst Cheyennes/Laredos with the blue turning purple. I noticed a couple of spots on my 2008 Cheyenne II that were shifting purple before I sold it. Still beautiful, but definitely changing. I remember John Hall stating that the instruments must have been subjected to some sort of polluted atmosphere to cause a change like that. Wonder what he'd say now that more have turned up. My guess is that the chemistry of the paint's pigments just does that over time. Maybe it was a bad batch or a new brand that was missing some sort of stabilizers. Don't know. Paint is complex stuff.

Odd that the "problem" with the original finish does not appear to have got as far as the headstock...

01/04

Ash

I saw this one last night, how bizarre! Makes me wonder what the red ( or for that matter Green) transparent finish does if you leave it in front of a bright picture window...

I LOVE the overall ambered maple look of the front. Wondering what might happen to my '04 MG Cii if i leave it exposed to the afternoon sun......

John Hall offered an explanation:


"I think you'll find that my comments regarding color change due to exposure
to environmental elements was confined to Midnight Blue instruments.

Translucent finishes have Propoxyethanol solvent dye coloring, with Cobalt
being the color agent for blue. Sunlight leaches out the potassium ions
that make the cobalt ions appear blue; that's why many old master paintings
and ancient ceramic works no longer contain blue. But it takes a long time
and a lot of light, although tanning or grow lights will vastly speed up
the process."

When I saw the bass was located in Houma, I had flashbacks. I'm not surprised the finish morphed into something other than.

Many eons ago, I flew seaplanes out of Houma, LA to the inter-coastal oil rigs. I hated the climate there. It would be so humid in summer, that the area reeked of rotting vegetation. Your clothes would be wet each morning hanging in the closet. The winter cultivated some of the worst advection fog. Then, there were the water moccasins and gators....

Sorry folks, but Houma only looked good in the rearview mirror to me.