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IS Midnight Blue a metallic paint or a simple opaque blue?

Tony

MID is a metallic color.

Great, thanks!

Tony

Let's get super technical... as I am genuinely curious about this: Is it a metallic blue, or a slightly translucent blue over a silver metallic?

MB used to be a candy, with a blue tint shot over a silver basecoat. Currently it's a metallic.

If we're being super technical, it's not metallic, it's pearlescent. Yes, there is a difference. It is blue pearl sprayed over JG.

Thanks, Ben! Now, I just have to be able to remember that bit of information.

I have a Midnight Blue...it sparkles like a metallic. It is very dark, however. The Midnight in the name is no mistake.

That looks wonderful, Tom.

RIC_FACTORY wrote:If we're being super technical, it's not metallic, it's pearlescent. Yes, there is a difference. It is blue pearl sprayed over JG.

That's very interesting!!! Gosh now I want to see one of these in person... hmm...

Wow! thought I was making a fashion statement by having matching straps for many of my guitars, but GEESH!, even a blue capo! Very cool ...I assume you like blue?

Tony

sleepingtiger wrote:GEESH!, even a blue capo! Very cool ...I assume you like blue?

This picture gets the guitar in the same blue hue as the rest of my blue gear. And that blue capo? You can buy them blue, but I had to spray paint mine to match my guitar. Ahh, the things we do when we have too much free time on our hands.


And it ain't just blue that I like:





Yes, it's a bit strange, but fun to do.

I usually do it with straps & guitars, but don't get EXACTLY the same hue like you do. Well done!

Tony

One day I will add a 660/6 in MID to the stable.

I should send my guitar to GMC so they can paint it closer to the SUV.


MB comes out looking a little on the purplish side in the outdoor pics I've taken. Not sure I like the lighter fretboard wood.