Discontinued colors and pickguards?

[5Stringer]

Rad Red was gorgeous - but the paint was expensive, so we had to have an upcharge for it, discouraging people from giving it a try, I guess. Slow sales finally killed it.

Dan

 

[kissmyaxe]

Rad Red was gorgeous - but the paint was expensive, so we had to have an upcharge for it, discouraging people from giving it a try, I guess. Slow sales finally killed it.

Dan

That was hands down the best red ever put on a guitar! You guys should give Buttercream a try on the standard market because it also rocks! I have a feeling its a cheaper paint then Rad Red, that had like frickin ice crystals in the paint it was so cool.

 

[DrKev]

...I only ever saw black, white, red and sunburst ones on the internet and in shops or forumite collections.

That's the point ... you can offer the coolest colors and yet mainly sell the ones that have been around for 1,000 years.

I've often wondered how many EBMM guitars leave the factory for orders that big dealers use as stock vs orders for individual customers. Do customers buy black, white, red and burst because they're the usual available stock or are these really the colours that people want? Do dealers order these thinking it's the only thing that will sell?

There are too many black, red, white and sunburst guitars in the world. Think of all the people in the world who play electric guitar because they think it's cool or different or rebellious, and the all have the same colour guitars. Sheep I tells ya, Sheep!

 

[robelinda2]

So this is whats left, but just for Alberts

Black
Sapphire Black
White
Pearl White
Pearl Blue
Candy red
Sterling Silver
Trans Red
Trans Orange
Trans Gold
Trans Blue
Honeyburst
Tobacco Burst
Sunburst
Black Cherry Burst
Pacific Blue Burst

 

[Big Poppa]

its like the car business...the dealers have to have a bunch of colors so people can buy the white one.

 

[e.mate]

its like the car business...the dealers have to have a bunch of colors so people can buy the white one.

that's it BP...you're the greatest!

 

[SteveB]

its like the car business...the dealers have to have a bunch of colors so people can buy the white one.

Love it.. haha.. amazingly I've never owned a white car.. or a black one either!

 

[GWDavis28]

Small HJ

its like the car business...the dealers have to have a bunch of colors so people can buy the white one.

I didn't want a white one it came with biege interior, with kids that's like the kiss of death. I snagged a Galaxy Grey with black interior. I find Galaxy Grey very similar to Graphite Pearl.

Back to our regular posting, HJ Over.

Glenn |B)

 

[jamminjim]

I fail to see how black is better than biege as far as kids are concerned?

HJ continued

 

[GWDavis28]

From the slippage stand point, markers, crayons, black hides everything man.

Glenn |B)

 

[73h Nils]

Orange Firemist, eh? I can see the two "silver" colours going, along with Electric Blue and Ice Blue.

 

[Bass Case]

Have the True Gold Ray and love the color. I'm sure I could go tomorrow and find another color that I like because all EBMMs are beautiful.

 

[mb99zz]

Rad Red was gorgeous....
Dan

+1. Saw it once at a GC on a Petrucci (I think it was a JP6). Man, it was gorgeous. Truly stunning. I have never seen a picture that does RR justice.

 

[mb99zz]

Does EBMM design their paints in-house? Or is there a partner with which MM collaborates to create the colors and then supply the paint?

 

[jamminjim]

From the slippage stand point, markers, crayons, black hides everything man.

Glenn |B)

Ah-so ......

 

[GWDavis28]

Does EBMM design their paints in-house? Or is there a partner with which MM collaborates to create the colors and then supply the paint?

At one point BP had hired a color Paint selector type person, don't know if she's still there. I'm pretty sure that the paints they use are standard auto industry paints, but I could be wrong.

Glenn |B)

 

[Eggman]

Let's see: I have a Dargie I, a Dargie II, an Olive Gold, a True Gold and a Teal Pearl - all limited edition and/or discontinued colors.

A good looking and unique bunch. Glad I got them when I did. True Gold with tort - awesome, Olive Gold with Gold Swirl - awesome.

Understand the business decision - it is too bad these colors didn't sell.

Oh - and my car is white!

 

[e.mate]

Oh - and my car is white!

*rofl*

 

[5Stringer]

Really depends. The colors are from various sources, for instance the 6 original Bongo colors (Egyptian Smoke, Graphite Pearl, Sapphire Black, Rolls Burgundy, Desert Gold, and Lava Pearl) were BMW colors. But the final decisions are always left to BP.

Dan

 

[5Stringer]

Yeah, I would say some of the more interesting colors are customer orders. I think most retailers don't like to stray too far out of the ordinary most of the time - they tend to go with the "tried and true" as they don't want to risk the product sort of sitting around the store too long. Can't blame them I guess. But sometimes they will try cool new colors.