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Sea Foam Green?
- Thread starter mambo4
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And you'd be right. Tort looks like vomit to me. Either that or "old man wallpaper." Worst is tort on tobacco sunburst. I detest tobacco sunburst. Give me cherry sunburst any day!I'd bet that the "get over it" guys openly and loudly detest tortoise shell pickguards...
And, yes, I'm 100% being a ridiculous donkey-butt right now because this whole thread about not liking sea foam green is ridiculous and I wanna have a little snarky fun with it!
Yeah, how about that for a band name! The Ridiculous Donkey Butts!
Battle of the bands The Ridiculous Donkey Butts! vs The Torts
(all instruments are Tabaco sunburst, every member is a lawyer by day, )
(all instruments are Tabaco sunburst, every member is a lawyer by day, )
I will confess people are sharing some nice looking instruments.
Keep em coming maybe I'll change my mind
Keep em coming maybe I'll change my mind
I once had a drummer say "you must be awful confident in your masculinity" after seeing my Seafoam green Dean Stylist. I asked why and he replied "well, the color, it looks like my wife's underwear." I said "it DOES look like your wife's underwear."
Well, me and my old band cronies like it, because it reminds us of instant relief........I think I'll have another greaseburger now.
@mambo4 -
As mentioned by several others, seafoam green is one of many classic 50's automobile colors which is a perfect example of pure nostalgic Americana. Two-tone automobiles were very much in fashion, so seeing seafoam green/off-white cars were just one of many cool color combinations that made growing up in the era (60's for me) so much fun.
Oh, and like thousands of others, this guy thinks seafoam green basses are pretty cool as well.
People collectively got sick of midnight wine and whatever that washed out pale blue shade was that Fender oversold in the 90’s. Sea foam green was a breath of fresh air, 15 years ago… it’s pretty sometimes. It’s nostalgic often. It’s a little bit too everywhere for me to want one but then Oly White is too and I always seem to want another Oly White anything… sea green is a statement move, it says, “I’m fun”
Similar family, but not both seafoam green.
But this is where names start to fail.
In a guitar context, seafoam green specifically refers to the color used on the 1956 Buick.
This may or may not be an accurate depiction depending on your monitor.
If you tell someone using Pantone to use seafoam green, you’ll get this:
Now, while Pantone has made an editorial decision regarding color naming that is inconsistent with common practice, the idea of have a reference swatch is the way to go.
That’s why I bring a 1956 Buick with me whenever I go to Guitar Center. If I can demonstrate that the label on the guitar is misleading by comparing it to the Buick, then they have to give it to me free.
I’m a big fan of both mint and seafoam green, my other instruments are black or silver. There’s just something about neutrals with a pop of color.
I like the color so much, I've had it done by Pat Wilkins to a mini p-bass years ago, and about to have it done to one of my current mini violin basses, white pickguard too.
Similar family, but not both seafoam green.
But this is where names start to fail.
In a guitar context, seafoam green specifically refers to the color used on the 1956 Buick.
This may or may not be an accurate depiction depending on your monitor.
If you tell someone using Pantone to use seafoam green, you’ll get this:
Now, while Pantone has made an editorial decision regarding color naming that is inconsistent with common practice, the idea of have a reference swatch is the way to go.
That’s why I bring a 1956 Buick with me whenever I go to Guitar Center. If I can demonstrate that the label on the guitar is misleading by comparing it to the Buick, then they have to give it to me free.
That's the thing, the original GM Foam Green that Fender used is a specific and quite vivid color, with a specific paint code. An original Foam Green '65 J
"Seafoam" gets applied to a whole range of shades, often much more pastel.
Sort of. It's a retro future color from the 50s/60s, when mint green and chrome was a thing.
It's also, at least to me, a cool color that reminds me of the seashore and a cool breeze and drinks with umbrellas in them.
same ERA but I went with Daphne Blue for my P-bass kit...love the '57 Chev Bel Air in the same colour......people love my bass...it's the nostalgia factor I think for the appeal...plus from that colour chart above (thanks 4SG!), I'd say the big auto makers spent a lot of time blending colours that had an overall appeal, ie just hits right in the brain...probably spent a lot of time playing with hues and tints and intensity levels
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That photo of my Thunderbird up there is what Gibson calls "Inverness Green". It's not really surf green or seafoam green, but it's in the general ballpark, and that photo is misleading anyway, that bass is actually a deeper shade of green, kind of like seafoam with an emerald green thing going on.
Rickenbacker calls their "surf" green color "Sea Green".
Rickenbacker calls their "surf" green color "Sea Green".
