Is there a color database for Fenders anywhere?

[gln1955]

Another thread was asking about a particular color on a 2014 MIM P bass. I didn't want to go off topic there, but is there a good reference for what colors were offered on each model and year of Fender basses?

 

[Jazz Ad]

The chart barely ever changes.
Instrument Finish Color Chart

 

[petrus61]

The chart barely ever changes.
Instrument Finish Color Chart

And with almost 100 colors, why would it?

 

[gln1955]

The chart barely ever changes.
Instrument Finish Color Chart

Yes, I'm familiar with the grand color charts. But if I wanted to know what colors were offered on, for example, a 2006 Standard Jazz, is there somewhere that has that info?

 

[petrus61]

Yes, I'm familiar with the grand color charts. But if I wanted to know what colors were offered on, for example, a 2006 Standard Jazz, is there somewhere that has that info?

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[Jazz Ad]

They should all be Antigua IMHO.

 

[tjh]

Yes, I'm familiar with the grand color charts. But if I wanted to know what colors were offered on, for example, a 2006 Standard Jazz, is there somewhere that has that info?

Fender Standard Series Jazz colors for 2006 were Electron Blue (387), Arctic White (380), Midnight Wine (375), Brown Sunburst (332), Chrome Red (325), and Black (306) … '06 was a transition year, so the Electron Blue and Chrome Red were new finishes …

 

[gln1955]

Fender Standard Series Jazz colors for 2006 were Electron Blue (387), Arctic White (380), Midnight Wine (375), Brown Sunburst (332), Chrome Red (325), and Black (306) … '06 was a transition year, so the Electron Blue and Chrome Red were new finishes …

OK, how do you know this?

 

[tjh]

I am an anal ol'coot who keeps far too meticulous records of (some) trivial cr@p like this …

Edit to add (some) ...

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

So what would the official color for this be called? I couldn't find it on the chart at least not one that looked just like this.

 

[HELLonWHEELS]

View attachment 3097932 So what would the official color for this be called? I couldn't find it on the chart at least not one that looked just like this.

Looks like it could be tropical turquoise. Hard to tell with lighting.

 

[gln1955]

I am an anal ol'coot who keeps far too meticulous records of (some) trivial cr@p like this …

Edit to add (some) ...

I know who to call now

 

[HELLonWHEELS]

View attachment 3097932 So what would the official color for this be called? I couldn't find it on the chart at least not one that looked just like this.

So I wanted to verify what this color and I cannot find it anywhere on the internet. There was one for sale on TB 7 years ago (may be the one you have)SOLD - FS: 1987 Fender Power Jazz Bass Special, A/P but it doesn't seem like the seller knew what the actual color code was. However the seller did post the serial number which dates to 1989/90.

I found the official Fender price lists, to see if I could find the color code, the only blue on there is Ice Blue, I don't think that's correct.

Will continue to try and figure it out.

BONUS: I came across this comically bad demo of the bass



EDIT: The color has to be "Ice Blue" and Fender just changed what Ice Blue was about 20 years later. If you look Fender Stratocaster HM, you can find mentions of it being called "Ice Blue"

 

[edencab]

View attachment 3097932 So what would the official color for this be called? I couldn't find it on the chart at least not one that looked just like this.

looks like Lake Placid blue to me

 

[HELLonWHEELS]

looks like Lake Placid blue to me

Lake Placid Blue was never an option. Has to be "Ice Blue" based on the price list. They only the offered the color for a few years during the 80s and then offered an "Ice Blue Metallic" about 20 years later as totally different color, which made things confusing.

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

So I wanted to verify what this color and I cannot find it anywhere on the internet. There was one for sale on TB 7 years ago (may be the one you have)SOLD - FS: 1987 Fender Power Jazz Bass Special, A/P but it doesn't seem like the seller knew what the actual color code was. However the seller did post the serial number which dates to 1989/90.

I found the official Fender price lists, to see if I could find the color code, the only blue on there is Ice Blue, I don't think that's correct.

Will continue to try and figure it out.


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BONUS: I came across this comically bad demo of the bass



EDIT: The color has to be "Ice Blue" and Fender just changed what Ice Blue was about 20 years later. If you look Fender Stratocaster HM, you can find mentions of it being called "Ice Blue"

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That's it! Cool, thanks a lot guys! Yeah mines an E series MIJ Power Jazz Bass Special. I owned it for quite a few years probably 2009-2013 then just recently got the same exact bass back 5 years later. Never had an owner since me, it sat in a store for all that time unloved until I came back for her. I traded her for a T40 then to another PJBS (black) then for a bunch of parts

 

[wideload]

So, does this chart mean the Buttercream P I lust for is a faux Fender?

 

[40Hz]

Fender Standard Series Jazz colors for 2006 were Electron Blue (387), Arctic White (380), Midnight Wine (375), Brown Sunburst (332), Chrome Red (325), and Black (306) … '06 was a transition year, so the Electron Blue and Chrome Red were new finishes …

You da Man!

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

looks like Lake Placid blue to me

Or Supporting Member Blue?

 

[JdoubleH]

Lake Placid Blue was never an option. Has to be "Ice Blue" based on the price list. They only the offered the color for a few years during the 80s and then offered an "Ice Blue Metallic" about 20 years later as totally different color, which made things confusing.

Not to be confused with the '65-69 color Invalid Link Removed of course

Much of the variance in shades with the same or similar name may be due to changes in paint suppliers or finish types, the rest is probably marketing and consumer product tends. In person, lighting matters. In digitaldigital, all bets are off; there's simply too many variables (lighting, camera, file format and compression, then your screen and your eyes, oh and the "actual color"). Paint also fades and clear coats yellow over time, so it can often be difficult to ID the original shade. Early Lake Placid Blue instruments can be mistaken for Ocean Turquoise due to the nitrocellulose lacquer clear coat yellowing (in fact OTM may owe it's existence on later Fenders due to demand for this unintended color).