true colour

[tiffles]

hey i have seen a few pics of bongos in desert gold and was just wondering if someone had a pic that closely represented the real colour. i have seen all of bovines and thus fell in love with dg, but i just saw a 4HH on ebay and it looks kind of sick.... Apart from general metallic variances...what does desert gold REALLY look like?

 

[oddjob]

From everything I've seen the color varies. I saw 2 of them at GC sitting side by side and they were the same - yet different (one was darker and "oranger").

 

[Mobay45]

This pic is a very good representation of the color of mine.

Now it has a Tort pickguard on it though. I need to take some new photos of it.

 

[blackspy]

Looks like a creamsicle I like it.

 

[AnthonyD]

I've seen Desert Gold with a unique copper-looking-ice-like pg that was simply outrageous.

 

[cgworkman]

Apart from general metallic variances...what does desert gold REALLY look like?

 

[Hein]

I've seen Desert Gold with a unique copper-looking-ice-like pg that was simply outrageous.

I'm not sure but could you be talking about the special copper colour that they had on a few basses? I know that came with a copper pickguard.

Infact, doesn't someone here own one?

 

[Mobay45]

Nismaniac is holding one of those Copper SR5s up in Oklahoma.

 

[cgworkman]

I didn't think it was DG. Though I may be wrong...

 

[sandaas]

This pic is a very good representation of the color of mine.

Now it has a Tort pickguard on it though. I need to take some new photos of it.

Me likes!!

 

[Mobay45]

I didn't think it was DG. Though I may be wrong...

It's not DG. It's called copperhead or something like that. It has a washed copper pickguard.

 

[cgworkman]

It's not DG. It's called copperhead or something like that. It has a washed copper pickguard.

That's right. I believe it was called Copperhead Bronze.

 

[tiffles]

thanks guys i got a bit freaked when i saw this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=7318642247&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW


didnt want to have saved all my pennies and then order something that was not as it seemed. i like how it goes from the sort of goldy mustard to a orange colour....shows off its curves.

 

[MingusBASS]

Those are just pics with very bad lighting.

Andrew

 

[tiffles]

yeah thought so. gotta trust the people who do hard core photo shoots with their basses ahh ill be there soon.

once again thanks so much guys for coming to the aid of a damsel in distress lol.

 

[bovinehost]

Lemme know if you need more photos.

 

[AnthonyD]

Horrific lighting!

Washed copper / copperhead bronze... Either names would be appropriate for what I saw. It was a Sterling in Desert Gold and it look awesome with that pg.

Actually was "the" Sterling that sold me on the model - I passed on that particular one because I thought the look would be a bit to radical for church on Sundays.