So where do the colors come from?

[roburado]

So, I read that Fender used to use car paint to do their guitars. This idea came up again in my head when I saw a Pontiac Grand Prix that looked a heck of a lot like Mystic Dream (MD looks a heck of a lot better, though), and my buddy's car is Black Sapphire. It's not car paint (at least the solid, single color, opaque finishes), is it? Just curious.

 

[Luc]

Well I know the Luke Blue color is matching Lucious his Porsche..

I wouldn't mind if EBMM would use some car finishes..I'd LOVE to see them adding this color:

Changes from blue to a kind of gold, very classy

 

[tommyindelaware]

u may find this interesting..........
http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html

So, I read that Fender used to use car paint to do their guitars. This idea came up again in my head when I saw a Pontiac Grand Prix that looked a heck of a lot like Mystic Dream (MD looks a heck of a lot better, though), and my buddy's car is Black Sapphire. It's not car paint (at least the solid, single color, opaque finishes), is it? Just curious.

 

[Spudmurphy]

So, I read that Fender used to use car paint to do their guitars. This idea came up again in my head when I saw a Pontiac Grand Prix that looked a heck of a lot like Mystic Dream (MD looks a heck of a lot better, though), and my buddy's car is Black Sapphire. It's not car paint (at least the solid, single color, opaque finishes), is it? Just curious.

My guitar building buddy has most of the paint codes for the old Fender guitars ( I can't say how he got them but he was soooo lucky!!)- he tells me that they were car colours.
Spud

 

[Colin]

u may find this interesting..........
http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html

Very interesting... thanks Tommy

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I think its safe to say that EBMM wont start making an Axis in Skoda silver!

 

[roburado]

I was just at the 2006 North American International Auto Show.

I saw some Audi finishes that made me wish for them on a new JP guitar. I'm such a sucker for metallic finishes.

Whatever EBMM does with their finishes, wherever the colors came from, wherever the ideas came from, I love them. I was recently comparing my Pearl Redburst to my friend's Mystic Dream finish, because I've wanted the latter finish for some time now. I came to a new appreciation of the PRB. It's really a far more complex finish than I ever gave it credit for. It's really wonderful to my eyes. [bigthumbsup] It really just made me love my guitar even more and made me feel better about not having a "fully loaded" Pet.

 

[The new guy]

hahaha
imagine cars with quilted colors or falmes!!!!!!!!!
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!
thers an idea!!!

 

[The new guy]

hahaha
imagine cars with quilted colors or falmes!!!!!!!!!
wow!!!!!!!!!!!!
thers an idea!!!