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Olympic "Yellowish" White..?

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Nickyzrx

Jan 28, 2009
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#1
I know I'm being "problematic",but why my new 08 amr std precision in olympic white looks yellow-ish..?
somebody asked me if I got arctic white which may sometimes look yellow but I'm really sure I got the olympic white one since I don't even have a arctic white option...

Does anyone have any idea about this?

Thanks.
 
#4
My 08 MIA J is olympic white also, in some lights it looks brilliant white, and in some lights it looks a smidge on the yellow side.

I'll have to test this theory and see if it's right, but my knee jerk impression is that in the instances where's it's seemed white, I believe I've been in incandescent light, and in the instances where it's seemed more yellowish, I belive I've been in flourescent light.

That could be it, although you'd almost expect it to be the other way around.

I'm gonna test this theory and post back.

God Bless!
 
#14
I have a 62 Reissue P bass and it's oly white, but since it's about 15 years old, it's got a serious yellowish tint to it. There's even a small spot where a sticker used to be and you can see the "whiter/original" oly white finish. It has definitely yellowed over time. I always just assumed that was a characteristic of the color.
 
#16
TUT2222 said:
The color chart is confusing in that my Marcus is Olympic white, and it definately has that yellow "aged" look.
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but I seem to remember doing a side by side between two real instruments (MIA vs MIM) on more than one occasion, and have had the (comparative) results be wholly consistent with the color chart, so that would make the oly the more brilliant of the two...

.... but, I think it also depends on lighting, because in certain lights, my oly is brilliant, almost blinding white. In other's it's a little more vintage looking.

I remember back when I had my vintage "white" MIM Deluxe Active J5, in some lights it looked creamy white, but in most lights, it looked more bananna pudding yellow.

I guess these whites are just really impacted by ambient lighting. :)

Tell ya what we need: we need someone with a MIA fender from the past couple years -AND- a MIM fender from the past couple years, both of them their respective whites, with the same colored fretboards and pickguards, to take pictures of them both in different lights, and post the pics. That'd settle it. :)
 
#19
bovinehost said:
My 62 RI Jazz is Olympic White. Which is, I think, supposed to be an "aged" white. Mine's certainly on the yellow-ish side and always has been.

Arctic White is EXTREMELY WHITE.
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I disagree. Olympic White is "whiter" than Arctic White. Check out a white pickguard up against these two finishes. There is more of a contrast with the Arctic White because it's not as pure of a white as the Olympic White. I actually prefer the Arctic White. But then again, I love the Vintage White also, and that one is definitely yellowish. My wife used to call my Vintage White Jazz Bass my "banana cream pie bass".
 
#20
I have a arctic white MIM Fender Strat which I love the color. From viewing the guitar it looks slightly off white but not off white like a reissue white. Hard to tell with the guitar alone but stand is in the sun or next to a white background it stands out.

Honestly, after going to Guitar Center I always thought my arctic white was bright white but guess I'm wrong.

Aged white body p-basses are my favorite. :)

BTW this might help as well.

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