Fender: transparent colors

[Doug4321]

Do you wish Fender would more often come out with trans color bases? Besides the usual sunburst and opaque “car colors.” They are hard to find other than more expensive special runs, mod shop, custom shop.

Let’s give them some market research.

Also, anyone remember who started with those transparent colors in the 1980s? It seems like the Japanese companies did. Starting with ash grain underneath, then quilt and flame maples……

 

[Doug4321]

 

[creaturegods]

Natural or a nice dark Walnut stain, but only if the grain is really something to write home about. Otherwise, solid colors all day.
Seeing transparent finishes on wood with a lot of weird knots and/or worming, or mis-matched pieces of wood always throws me off. Just makes the instrument look unfinished (no pun intended).

 

[Killing Floor]

CRT on the Mod Shop. Has been for a few years. Go get one.

 

[LBS-bass]

Natural or a nice dark Walnut stain, but only if the grain is really something to write home about. Otherwise, solid colors all day.
Seeing transparent finishes on wood with a lot of weird knots and/or worming, or mis-matched pieces of wood always throws me off. Just makes the instrument look unfinished (no pun intended).

Agree. Transparent over nice ash is nice. I would love red or blue, but not enough to go out and buy one. Keep the alder for the painted ones.

 

[marchone]

Spector Trans Black, Green, Purple and some special orders look terrific. Fender should do it too. It just depends on the wood grain being dominant enough.

 

[alack]

Mary Kay transparent white!

 

[Doug4321]

 

[hypercarrots]

Sapphire blue transparent

Fender jazz SBT sapphire blue transparent

• hypercarrots
• Nov 20, 2021
• fender jazz sapphire blue transparent spt tbl

Ibanez did transparent blues, reds and bowling balls in the early 80s

 

[Doug4321]

Yes I have a 1980 Ibanez Blazer guitar in trans blue over ash. Owned by a guitarist friend back then. My bass was an Aria cardinal series that looked similar, in red.

 

[LBS-bass]

My #1 is a tobacco burst, nice but not my favorite look. I will still never give it up.

 

[Ken R]

Sunset Orange for the win.

 

[Gustopher]

 

[skyline_01]

Fender did a white blond or trans white finish back in the mid/late '90s (maybe '00s too?) for the US Precision Deluxe basses (the ones with the bridge 'bucker). Came stock with a tort PG, and I thought it was one of the baddest-a$$ things I'd ever seen. I got to play one at a friend's music store when they were in production, and he later let me borrow a CAR one (w/ pearl PG) to do some sessions. Tremendous basses.

The finish looked very much like their most recent white blond variation (pic below) but I swear that the older version showed a lot more grain on average.

 

[lowendblues]

Sunset Orange for the win.

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[EBGB]

+1 on the Sunset Orange. Wish they would offer that one back up.

 

[fishdreams]

Voted other because mocha is my fave

 

[Ghastly]

I HAD a trans black jazz bass that I refinished in sparkle red. I have a trans white (aka blond) p bass.

 

[Torafugu]

CRT on the Mod Shop. Has been for a few years. Go get one.

Great suggestion. Here's mine.

Crimson Red Transparent w/Rosewood on Alder

 

[Torafugu]

+1 on the Sunset Orange. Wish they would offer that one back up.

Indeed, one of Fender's best finishes.

Sunset Orange Transparent over Ash