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What finish is this Ricky?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:41 am
by mikeselmer
Hi! What finish is this Rickenbacker 480? Sorry, I'm a newbie, please help. Is that autumnglo or what? If it's autumnglo, are the lighter and darker ones in existence or are they basically the same?
MIKE
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:56 am
by jingle_jangle
Seems like a much-faded autumnglo. The one on USA eBay is a darker version of the same thing.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:43 am
by longhouse
That is beautiful!
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:14 am
by bassman
Walnut in my opinion. Autumnglo during the 70's and 80's had a satin finish to it according to JH.
This is very glossy, which would identify it as Walnut.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:19 am
by jingle_jangle
No way is that walnut. It's maple, with a shaded finish and a clearcoat. Walnut is not by nature glossy, so gloss alone wouldn't ID it as walnut, as you say. But walnut is much browner.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:23 am
by spencer
Who's 480? Could be a refinish.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:29 am
by Scastles
Looks like a refinish, but it is hard to tell by a photo.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:43 am
by atomic_punk
Notice the headstock is much darker than the body...Looks like the headstock is Autumn...
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:50 am
by jwr2
root beer glo ...
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:26 pm
by bassman
"No way is that walnut. It's maple, with a shaded finish and a clearcoat. Walnut is not by nature glossy, so gloss alone wouldn't ID it as walnut, as you say. But walnut is much browner."
Were only talking about the finish here, not what wood this is. Of course it's maple.
I maintain this looks to me to be a walnut finish (on maple wood).
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:36 pm
by johnhall
I think this is a Walnut that may have started out on the light side, been left out in the sun, and probably suffers from some digital camera color shift.
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 8:38 pm
by kennyhowes
Kinda cool though, eh?
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:42 am
by jps
That's the secret prototype sampling the COY!
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:31 am
by mikeselmer
Hi! How interesting to see so many different theories on the finish, keep them coming! I also noticed the darker headstock. I need to check the seller of this guitar whether the body is refinished.
Here's another photo:
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 4:47 am
by kennyhowes
Check out the headstock - looks Ric to me. But who knows without actually seeing it.