Favourite Fender Custom Colour from the 60's?

DrJazzTap

Daphne blue! 

thegummy

Freebird said:

I feel sorry for the guitarists in the 50's & 60's who were forced to buy their guitars from the store with brand new paint jobs.

lol

I imagine if someone did offer a relic at the time, guitarists would just assume it was an old ruined one and expect a massive discount if they'd take it at all.

The first time I saw a reliced guitar I assumed it must be an old beat up one and thought "that must sound amazing for him to keep that guitar despite it looking so bad" lol

markblack

I'd say shell pink over sunburst... but then i would this is mine

Fishboy7

markblack said:

I'd say shell pink over sunburst... but then i would this is mine

Yikes, that is nice!!

Voxman

DrJazzTap said:

Daphne blue! 

OK here's mine in Daphne blue with matching headstock

thegummy

Voxman said:

DrJazzTap said:

Daphne blue! 

OK here's mine in Daphne blue with matching headstock

Nice!

Love Daphne Blue and love a matching headstock!

robgilmo

miserneil said:

ICBM said:

I would go for Lake Placid Blue.

But whatever colour you choose, my suggestion would be to not "slightly" age it, if that consists of deliberately chipping the edges in a really fake-looking, ugly way.

That would be really nice if it was just the checking - which is what I would call "slightly aged" - but as it is it just looks a mess and like it needs refinishing again.

As would I, but having some chips, undercoat showing though is not 'fake', my '65 Tele has genuine chips and wear and that is far from fake looking.

'Fake' ageing to me is the belt sander arm wear that Fender CS/MJT et al seem hell bent on insisting is normal for a vintage guitar.

The guitar in the picture is a 1965 original finish guitar (up for $25,000 no less!), that’s genuine wear.

Fake is when you fake something, no matter how unfake it looks.

IvisonGuitars

robgilmo said:

miserneil said:

ICBM said:

I would go for Lake Placid Blue.

But whatever colour you choose, my suggestion would be to not "slightly" age it, if that consists of deliberately chipping the edges in a really fake-looking, ugly way.

That would be really nice if it was just the checking - which is what I would call "slightly aged" - but as it is it just looks a mess and like it needs refinishing again.

As would I, but having some chips, undercoat showing though is not 'fake', my '65 Tele has genuine chips and wear and that is far from fake looking.

'Fake' ageing to me is the belt sander arm wear that Fender CS/MJT et al seem hell bent on insisting is normal for a vintage guitar.

The guitar in the picture is a 1965 original finish guitar (up for $25,000 no less!), that’s genuine wear.

Fake is when you fake something, no matter how unfake it looks.

That’s true but no ones taking about or intending to fake anything here so it’s all good

thegummy

When young girls put all that fake tan and makeup on, that's obviously fake ageing

kt66

Fiesta Red or Natural for me,  not a big Fender fan

IvisonGuitars

So this happened....

Gagaryn

a beauty! Bet that ashtray doesn't stay long. They are purely for photos! :-)

IvisonGuitars

Gagaryn said:

a beauty! Bet that ashtray doesn't stay long. They are purely for photos! :-)

They are indeed....it’s off my other Tele, I just love the look!

richardhomer

Looks wonderful Neil - really great colour on a Tele.

thebreeze

Totally winner Neil.  Classic and looks great.

BigMonka

Very nice Neil, did you spray it yourself?

jimmyguitar

Looks great! We need a pic of the red and gold together Neil!

IvisonGuitars

@richardhomer @thebreeze Many thanks chaps, most kind!

@BigMonka Thanks! Yes I did. It turned into a full 'restoration' actually as the original body had been re-finished in a 'dirty' thick blonde poly and badly home reliced. A couple of the edges had been compromised because they had obviously gone at it with sandpaper to get through the poly so I had to build a couple of them up again (only very slightly) to get that classic 60's shape back. Very please with how it's turned out though.

IvisonGuitars

jimmyguitar said:

Looks great! We need a pic of the red and gold together Neil!

He who asks

meltedbuzzbox

wonderful!