61 Refin...what color?

[Norwegian Bass]

Nooooo, other way around. Fiesta red over sunburst; that's hip and soooo hot ...right now!

Look at it!!! Sex with strings!

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[cripula]

With your relic creamy white guard you're good with any custom colour other than Olympic White.
If you're not married to the guard I'd opt for a period correct looking mint guard - assuming it isn't mint already. A pic would be nice.

I like all the custom colours, I don't think there's a bad choice in the bunch. A greened out LPB like the 66 in my avatar would be very cool, or Sherwood… or Fiesta… or Dakota Red, or… you get the idea ;-)
With my '62 P I went with Sonic Blue and a repro mint guard, I think it looks great. I would have been happy with any of them, though Shoreline Gold is admittedly at the bottom of my faves list.

 

[Norwegian Bass]

Yeah, that's beautiful!

 

[StuartV]

Oly white that is really from '61 would not even be remotely Oly White today. If you wanted it to look like it was originally Oly White, I think it would have to be painted more like a butterscotch color today.

I would go Shoreline Gold or Lake Placid Blue. I had my '66 restored in Shoreline Gold and it looked awesome! I did not have it reliced, though. The neck was all original but was in near-mint condition. With shiny new paint, it still overall looked great.

 

[1stnamebassist]

Yeah, Sonic Blue.

 

[Burwabit]

Lake Placid would be cool

 

[1stnamebassist]

Lake Placid would be cool

New York or Florida?

 

[since197three]

Do you know what the original color is?? I'd roll with that or Fiesta Red. OR, if you are torn between 2 colors and doing a relic job you can always do color over color.

Shoreline Gold over Fiesta Red, LPB over Shoreine Gold

EDIT: Just saw it was OG Sunburst. My bad.

 

[Gideon352]

Whichever color you choose, I'd get it done by MJT (Mark Jenny). Excellent work!

 

[Pantone 333]

- Sonic Blue
- Daphne Blue
- Olympic White

 

[Pantone 333]

Whichever color you choose, I'd get it done by MJT (Mark Jenny). Excellent work!

He speaks the truth!

 

[PDGood]

Some of the coolest looking basses I have seen are old basses that have been refinished a few times and then road worn down to where you see some of the previous colors.

 

[ldryder]

Early 60's Precision Basses only sound correct if the body is Olympic White. Just saying...

 

[leesbrushes]

I'm partial to white blondes but depends on what your bass is made of...sunbursts should have a nice wood grain to start...a thought.

 

[tubedude]

Daphne Blue, since it can't be Antigua.

 

[MVE]

Blue ice or inca silver...

You might as well make it unique and pick a really rare color.

 

[radioripster]

I like an old Fender just like most folks do, but when it comes to a refinish, why not have fun with it. Metal flake! Surf's up!

 

[Gizmot]

My choices would be Lake Placid Blue, Foam Green and Olympic White.

 

[joebar]

pick a rare colour-

sonic blue, burgundy ice or Sherwood green with mint guard.

 

[Ragoo]

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