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Thunderbird Club

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Our Queen goes for the gold!

Can't wait to see your photos of them and hear your review. Never held an Over Size Gold Top but have seen a couple on YouTube vids and they sound quite nice. Now all you need to round out the picture are these two gems...
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And one of these to transport them in...
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I almost went for the Q but decided to pass, I'm still holding out for a NR. And if it needs a refin I'm matching that GTO.
I have seen both those basses in a small Long & Mcquade store. The Les Paul semi acoustic was REALLY nice!
 
... The way it looks in the pic of that GTO is due to its digital translation/reproduction from the original photo. Just type in any classic colour and see how many different versions they include...
You also have to understand that most classic cars were painted at a time when supply was a bit different. Often times a manufacturer would run out of a given paint color mid-batch and then would literally send a guy to pick up more. Only said guy would pick it up from whoever had some available at that instance, be it PPG, or Dupont, or whoever he could get it from. And none of those paint manufacturers were the exact same shade as the others. So a given car painted the same color as another given car could be wildly different since they came off the line months apart.
 
WRONG. I can see it now:

Manufacturer: "Hey Fred, run out and buy us a few gallons of whatever is close so we can start the paint line running again. We're just building 'classic cars' so it doesn't really matter that the supplier knows and uses the specific formula designated for our model year.
I'm talking about when they were new cars, and it's actually factual. I have friends who own restoration shops and they have confirmed it as well.
 
I'm talking about when they were new cars, and it's actually factual. I have friends who own restoration shops and they have confirmed it as well.

Tell them to stop sniffing lacquer thinner.
 
You also have to understand that most classic cars were painted at a time when supply was a bit different. Often times a manufacturer would run out of a given paint color mid-batch and then would literally send a guy to pick up more. Only said guy would pick it up from whoever had some available at that instance, be it PPG, or Dupont, or whoever he could get it from. And none of those paint manufacturers were the exact same shade as the others. So a given car painted the same color as another given car could be wildly different since they came off the line months apart.


Having actually worked for the Big 3, this is NOT how it works.

Manufacturers have contracts with the paint manufacurers.

Thise colors offered by the manufacturer were usually speciically mixed "colorwise" for the manufacurer. Manufacturers actually PAY for the companies to make up each years color palettes. The last thing you want is another maker offering "your" color on their vehicle.

Not sure where you obtained your info but this has been going on since the 50's when Leo Fender contracted with Duco to use their paint because he wanted an "auomotive-style palette" that also include then "new" candy apples color and metal flakes which first appeared in the late 40's but had longevity problems and were not perfected until the early to mid-50's.
 
I do enjoy this:(Added later-comes equipped with Barts)
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