| Author | Message | ||
     paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 2170 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
Dan, I apologize for getting pedantic, but it was you who first raised the flag. If color is subjective, then the word "authoritative" could not possibly apply. However, color is definitely a science, and word descriptions are either deliberately romantic (my dining room was once painted a color named "Space Age". It was a light purplish-gray.) or woefully inadequate. Again, I'm sorry if I bored in a bit too sharply. The newer Rick Mid Blue does not use silver metallic as a base coat. It uses another type of reflective pigment that is non-metallic and which does not migrate in air currents. Rickenbacker no longer uses any metallics in any of their finishes. This is based upon a conversation that I had with John Hall last March. | ||
| J. Oliver Bryan (Rumbush) Intermediate Member Username: Rumbush Post Number: 62 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 67.120.9.99 |
BTW Truetone also had at least one gorgeous 660/12 MB when I was there just over a week ago. guh-drool | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 2172 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
Is MB Mid-Blue or Montezuma Brown? (He ducks again) | ||
| Ron Sodano (Bosco64) Senior Member Username: Bosco64 Post Number: 151 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 68.48.211.72 |
More comparisons: Here's the headstock of my '00 4004 Laredo:  my old '01 4003:  and my '95 4003 (yes, it is Midnight Blue):  I prefer the more metallic Midnight Blue, but the Rick dealer near my house had a recent 360 in the newer Midnight Blue (non-metallic). It was deep, brilliant, and only lasted in the store for three days. Here's a picture of it:  | ||
| paul wilczynski (Jingle_jangle) Senior Member Username: Jingle_jangle Post Number: 2175 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 63.193.9.8 |
I stand corrected. There IS a lot of variation in Mid Blue. My own experience has been with a narrower range of colors. | ||
| Dan Brookes (Fireglo330) Senior Member Username: Fireglo330 Post Number: 147 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 71.106.238.84 |
Ron, Have you got a body shot of the 3rd one? | ||
| Ron Sodano (Bosco64) Senior Member Username: Bosco64 Post Number: 152 Registered: 06-2003 Posted From: 198.246.80.254 |
Yes, but I have to do it at home, and I won't be home until 8:00 EST tonight. | ||
| J. Oliver Bryan (Rumbush) Intermediate Member Username: Rumbush Post Number: 63 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 67.120.9.99 |
MB = Montezuma Brown MID = Midnight Blue (thought that's how RIC refer to the finish) Ahh, see that? Much variation in MID!  | ||
| Ken Joseph (Ken_j) Senior Member Username: Ken_j Post Number: 439 Registered: 07-2003 Posted From: 198.208.223.35 |
Here is a shot the 610 I posted yesterday but with natural lighing. (I have this one at work.) I croped it to show only the body. This shows how varied the original blue looks in different light. This guitar has some nicks in it. I did not see any silver base showing through but that doesn't mean it wasn't there. I thought that the later ones had the base coat, they seem lighter and somewhat metalic. Obviously from what I've read here I am wrong.  | ||
| Dan Brookes (Fireglo330) Senior Member Username: Fireglo330 Post Number: 148 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 130.76.32.145 |
Thanks for posting the photo. |
