What custom color shall I choose?

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What custom color shall I choose? (Poll ends in 3 days)

Poll ended at Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:46 pm

Lake Placid Blue
8
18%
Ocean Turquoise
11
25%
Shoreline Gold
18
41%
Sonic Blue
1
2%
Daphne Blue
5
11%
Surf Green
1
2%
 
Total votes: 44

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Re: What custom color shall I choose?

Post by JVG » Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:42 pm

Sonic blue was my vote :)

Looks especially amazing with a parchment or mint guard.

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Re: What custom color shall I choose?

Post by PJazzmaster » Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:07 am

JVG wrote:
Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:42 pm
Sonic blue was my vote :)

Looks especially amazing with a parchment or mint guard.
Indeed. Stay tuned 8)

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Re: What custom color shall I choose?

Post by ShortyMedlock » Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:17 am

I think many of the guitars that have been refinished over the years in sonic blue have simply been painted in a darker shade of blue than when new.

Fender based most of their color options on a Dulux paint formula of recent General Motors colors.

What is know in the Fender world as Sonic Blue was first seen on 1954 GM cars... notably the '54/'55 Chevy. My brother had a '55 Chevy painted Skyline Blue and was surprised to see that same color on Fender guitars around 1958.

Here's the same color on a '55 Chevy.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/512 ... a462_b.jpg

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Re: What custom color shall I choose?

Post by whitewatersky » Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:27 pm

If that Strat pic is your reference, I reckon it’s gonna look so good. Yep, I agree, the body colour with rosewood is a total winner !
ShortyMedlock wrote:
Fri Jul 02, 2021 6:17 am
Fender based most of their color options on a Dulux paint formula of recent General Motors colors.

What is know in the Fender world as Sonic Blue was first seen on 1954 GM cars...
That totally reminds me of the colour of our family car in the late 70s. It was a 1970 GM Holden HG.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_HG
I remember it as this colour - though it was a 4 door sedan, not a Ute!
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Found a sedan pic…will leave the Ute there for you foreigners to ogle. Streamlined design from Aussie car factories at the time must make you drool (not!)
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Re: What custom color shall I choose?

Post by Maggieo » Sat Jul 10, 2021 3:36 pm

CRIKEY!
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Re: What custom color shall I choose?

Post by whitewatersky » Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:21 pm

Maggieo wrote:
Sat Jul 10, 2021 3:36 pm
CRIKEY!
it’d Barely pull the skin off a rice pudding !

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Re: What custom color shall I choose?

Post by smjenkins » Sun Jul 11, 2021 5:01 am

I'm a big fan of the milky light sonic blue. Can't wait to see this project finished.

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Re: What custom color shall I choose?

Post by Nayff » Wed Sep 15, 2021 4:40 pm

Ohhh excited to see some pictures when its all set up and ready to play! Its gonna be perfect

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Re: What custom color shall I choose?

Post by HH1978 » Tue Sep 21, 2021 11:39 am

Great choice! Sonic blue is my favourite custom color :)

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Re: What custom color shall I choose?

Post by JM Convert » Tue Sep 21, 2021 2:02 pm

I would've voted sonic blue as well.

I discovered sonic blue on this site and bought a vmjm in sonic blue. LOVE it.

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