New Color for Fender 2013

[Anthony Barrett]

Originally Posted by s_mcsleazy

aye. just dont look up the prices on ebay. may have been fun little cars but the market for them is mental considering it was a cheep wee car.

I drove one feverishly around the Rhondda Valleys in my teens. Sure I still have one rotting in my Dad's back garden too!

[s_mcsleazy]

Originally Posted by Anthony Barrett

I drove one feverishly around the Rhondda Valleys in my teens. Sure I still have one rotting in my Dad's back garden too!

get that little thing back on the road mate.

[TheAnalogKid]

Originally Posted by s_mcsleazy

the blackest blue

and ok, i've been saying this for like 5 bloody years at this point but FENDER, give us some bloody cool colours. this is the ford standard colour chart in the uk for the mk-2 escort which was a car made in the 70's

do you notice somthing? varity for god sake. the american standard series is ment to be a flagship line. give us some nice colours or shades. or hell, atleast let us pay extra for things like a matching headstock and custom colours.

"It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none...none more black." ~ Nigel Tufnel

But seriously, sign me up for the Signal Orange (either one) and the Nordic Blue!!!

[s_mcsleazy]

Originally Posted by TheAnalogKid

"It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none...none more black." ~ Nigel Tufnel

But seriously, sign me up for the Signal Orange (either one) and the Nordic Blue!!!

funny you should mention the signal colours. i've repainted guitars in signal yellow, signal green and one year of signal orange.

[bluesblaster]

Originally Posted by s_mcsleazy

the blackest blue

and ok, i've been saying this for like 5 bloody years at this point but FENDER, give us some bloody cool colours. this is the ford standard colour chart in the uk for the mk-2 escort which was a car made in the 70's

do you notice somthing? varity for god sake. the american standard series is ment to be a flagship line. give us some nice colours or shades. or hell, atleast let us pay extra for things like a matching headstock and custom colours.

the original fender custom color chart was modeled on general motors colors, not ford

[s_mcsleazy]

Originally Posted by bluesblaster

the original fender custom color chart was modeled on general motors colors, not ford

i never said it was. i was just saying that was fords idea of the standard range of colours in the 1970's so when technology can give us any array of colours in solid, translucent, pearlesent or metallic. why are we stuck with a colour range of 10 or so for the flagship models?

[Anthony Barrett]

Originally Posted by s_mcsleazy

i never said it was. i was just saying that was fords idea of the standard range of colours in the 1970's so when technology can give us any array of colours in solid, translucent, pearlesent or metallic. why are we stuck with a colour range of 10 or so for the flagship models?

^^ What my Celt Brother said.

[muzikman7]

Fenders most popular finishes has always been Black, White, Sunburst.

[ggvicviper]

Someone once said it best in the strings thread...

The people posting here aren't representative of the bass buying public. Often times they aren't even the best representatives of the majority of TB.

I hope they do listen to you guys for the new AV series, but meantime, go Mystic or go elsewhere for your custom colors.

[SBassman]

Can't get past the crappy white pickguard.

[Anthony Barrett]

Originally Posted by SBassman

Can't get past the crappy white pickguard.

Now here's a man that speaks my language. +1

[letsrumble]

Originally Posted by TheAnalogKid

Which blue shade/tint is the best for metal?

Given your avatar, I'm surprised you have to ask that question.

[Blake Bass]

I like it!

[Handyman]

Wow. Seven pages about blue. Sometimes I think we're worse than celebrity gossip sites.

[TheAnalogKid]

Originally Posted by letsrumble

Given your avatar, I'm surprised you have to ask that question.

Good man!!! You caught it! 'Twas the whole point of my rhetorical question. The Mystic Blue with maple FB does kind of resemble the SH signature - although the mystic is darker.

SHEEEEeeeee-it...For the A/B price comparison on Fender's website, I'd rather have the SH.

[Anthony Barrett]

Originally Posted by Handyman

Wow. Seven pages about blue. Sometimes I think we're worse than celebrity gossip sites.

Don't forget the red.

[Tommygunn]

it looks like the electric blue that used to come on mexican fenders

[ShoeManiac]

Glad to see Fender's expanding the color pallet a bit. Not crazy about the choices, though. It's definitely notable that they're offering a couple of models in the new colors. Previously, they had only offered the Am Std Precision 5 string and Am Std Jazz 5 string in 4 colors. The new colors expand that out to 6 colors, but you're still locked into certain fingerboard/finish combinations. And for both Am Std 5 strings the Mystic Red basses feature rosewood boards, and the Mystic Blue basses have maple fingerboards.

[Spectrum]

"Blue makes it look cheap, like a Squier!"

I don't understand how a color makes it look cheap. Squier or Fender, they look the same until you look very closely.

[C.Linton]

Originally Posted by Spectrum

"Blue makes it look cheap, like a Squier!"

I don't understand how a color makes it look cheap. Squier or Fender, they look the same until you look very closely.

I'm also confused as to how a Squier looks cheap.