Horrible Stock Colors

[Snowglo]

What is the most horrid stock color(s) you have seen?


My entry, Fender's Antigua.

Sorry, don't mean to offend. No troll intention whatsoever. Probably great playing basses.

 

[pacojas]

lmao!!! yeah,.. that's an acquired taste.

 

[jd56hawk]

The same can be said for sunburst with tort. I'd rather have Antigua any day of the week.
Of course, I wouldn't be caught dead inside a Starbucks.
Never owned a Chevy, either.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

There has got to be a GREAT back story to Antigua.

Somehow, sometime, there was a conference table of FMIC suits who took one look at that finish and said..."Yeah! That'll be a big seller, put it into production!"

 

[ggvicviper]

Mine might be this hot pink from Dean. I'll take Antigua over it any day:

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[JIO]

There has got to be a GREAT back story to Antigua.

Somehow, sometime, there was a conference table of FMIC suits who took one look at that finish and said..."Yeah! That'll be a big seller, put it into production!"

I was just reading about the colour last night (Fender - The Golden Age - 1946-1970) It was a CBS marketing decision stemming from on the Coronado guitars binding. While using a heat-gun to soften & bend the binding material, the wood was scorched in places adjacent to the binding. Probably because they were somewhat inexperienced and/or rushing to crank them out. Fender hadn't done binding much until the later 60's when CBS took over. 'Grayburst' as they called it originally was devised to cover up the burn marks. A pic in that book of a Coronado II guitar (page 234) shows an 'aged' Antiqua model that looks awesome - the rich almost tobacco/pale green colours on that example really work for me. I've not seen one that looks exactly like that - especially the recent re-issue which reflected the late 70's version which is more silver-grey.

 

[M.R. Ogle]

Thanks!! That explains a lot.

By the way, I'm building a new bass right now and I'm painting the whole thing, including the fingerboard.
But NOT that Dean Pink. Or green.

 

[jd56hawk]

I was just reading about the colour last night (Fender - The Golden Age - 1946-1970) It was a CBS marketing decision stemming from on the Coronado guitars binding. While using a heat-gun to soften & bend the binding material, the wood was scorched in places adjacent to the binding. Probably because they were somewhat inexperienced and/or rushing to crank them out. Fender hadn't done binding much until the later 60's when CBS took over. 'Grayburst' as they called it originally was devised to cover up the burn marks. A pic in that book of a Coronado II guitar (page 234) shows an 'aged' Antiqua model that looks awesome - the rich almost tobacco/pale green colours on that example really work for me. I've not seen one that looks exactly like that - especially the recent re-issue which reflected the late 70's version which is more silver-grey.

This one?

 

[Riverrunsred]

What is the most horrid stock color(s) you have seen?


My entry, Fender's Antigua.

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Sorry, don't mean to offend. No troll intention whatsoever. Probably great playing basses.

I can't figure out if the paintjob isn't finished or......over finished....make any sense ?

 

[Obese Chess]

The same can be said for sunburst with tort. I'd rather have Antigua any day of the week.
Of course, I wouldn't be caught dead inside a Starbucks.
Never owned a Chevy, either.

You. I like you.

 

[Jazz Ad]

Antigua is awesomely wrong.

 

[Iridescentone]

There's no accounting for people's tastes. I think Antigua is one of the best looking finishes Fender ever came up with, even if it was by mistake. lol

I even bought a brand new FSR Antigua P bass a couple years ago. Love everything about it, including the finish. The fact that many others think it looks grotesque make me like it even more!

Interestingly (or maybe not), my 96 year old mom's bedroom furniture has the identical finish. When I inherit her estate you can believe that I'll be keeping that set for myself.

Antigua in the bedroom ftw!

 

[Captain Chaos]

They should make Antigua necks too. I can picture it in my skull.

 

[scourgeofgod]

I was under the impression that Antigua actually started out as a grey-burst-like finish, like Jio said, and they turn that greenish color over time, much in the way old pelham blue instruments turn that fantastic shade of green.

 

[khutch]

My mind balks at the mere thought of trying to imagine something worse than Antigua.

 

[lomo]

For my taste, nothing edges out gold flake for the finish that irks me the most.

 

[Iridescentone]

They should make Antigua necks too. I can picture it in my skull.

Speaking of "skulls" the basser for The Band of Skulls often plays an Antigua P

 

[Iridescentone]

Never cared much for Fender's Wildwood finishes, but some folks love them.

 

[OOD]

Mine might be this hot pink from Dean. I'll take Antigua over it any day:

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I'm gonna have to get one of those.

 

[xsnrg27]

Sahara Taupe...looks like someone took a dump on the bass..