what was chris squire’s bass refinished with??

[lumgimfong]

Would lead have been in the paint since it was 1970? Or was lead just for household paint?

[pag]

Possibly, but for a chain smoking generation like Squire’s sitting in smoky pubs drinking and eating fish and chips living in a world of filthy cars and factories a bit of paint on a guitar would be the least of their health worries.

[jps]

Possibly, but for a chain smoking generation like Squire’s sitting in smoky pubs drinking and eating fish and chips living in a world of filthy cars and factories a bit of paint on a guitar would be the least of their health worries.

And a whole lot more...

[thx1955]

The more I look at the Fender Blonde finishes the more I am convinced that that was what Chris and Sam were aiming for. Regarding what type of paint Sam used..its anyones guess but one would have to look at what suitable mixtures of spray paints would have been available in the London of 1970. Car/coach paints would be the obvious choices.

Something like this?

Jaguar XKE.jpg

Schwing!

That (factory) colour on a Jaguar Xk-E was know as "Primrose Yellow" which is a little wildflower found in the UK.