Original Color?

Doxastic · Post by **Doxastic** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:28 am

Does anyone know if this is an original Fender color? The seller doesn't seem to know much about it... but I didn't think Fender did Mustangs in orange sparkles.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Fender-Mus ... 1e982a87f3

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 3:42 am

Nah that's not original paint. Real sloppy job too, you can see obvious drip on the upper horn.

Zack · Post by **Zack** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:35 am

Gonna go with refin, neck pocket has some daphne or sonic lookin blue.

I don't see the drip, but I see a lot of cracks in the finish.

cur · Post by **cur** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:57 am

I love that type of metallic orange because it reminds me of the orange metal flake on my first motorcycle, a 1972 Yamaha TX750. I wouldn't spend that much for that guitar, even if I loved it.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:57 am

Pretty sure original sparkle finishes from the 60s usually have a standard finish, or evidence of other paint, underneath. That's just how Fender did custom sparkle jobs.

Also that looks like two indents, not a drip, and cracking like that is fairly expected on a well used 60s fender.

Doxastic · Post by **Doxastic** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:05 pm

George wrote:Pretty sure original sparkle finishes from the 60s usually have a standard finish, or evidence of other paint, underneath. That's just how Fender did custom sparkle jobs.

Also that looks like two indents, not a drip, and cracking like that is fairly expected on a well used 60s fender.

So there's no real way of knowing because even if it were original, it'd be a custom job.

And yeah, I can't tell if those are drips or weather checking

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:35 pm

someone else like James may be better able to explain this, and how to accurately determine if it is real, but yeah, all sparkles and rare colours from that era were custom jobs by request, but are fender finishes nonetheless.

to me it is very clearly cracking and not drips, and the depth, evenness and quality of the sparkle looks legit. the guy even say it's checking. and also, this is pure conjecture on my part, but i don't think a craftsman who can get as good a sparkle as that is going to fuck it all up at the last minute and leave drips all over the top coat.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:39 pm

The ones behind the bridge are checking sure, but that top horn still looks drip to me. I'd have to see it in person to be sure.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:43 pm

looks like 2 big dents to me. hang on, im gonna ms paint this up

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 7:51 pm

in my humble opinion, dent 1 and the the small piece of checking, mixed with the reflection of the strip light above it is causing an optical illusion of a big fat drip. dent 2 is just fucking crazy, not much else to be said about that.

Zack · Post by **Zack** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:24 pm

I also assumed that it was the light causing photo distortion because on other images it looked relatively smooth. That being said, I can't really tell without seeing it in person.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:01 am

that is some bass boat shit

cur · Post by **cur** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:43 am

George wrote:in my humble opinion, dent 1 and the the small piece of checking, mixed with the reflection of the strip light above it is causing an optical illusion of a big fat drip. dent 2 is just fucking crazy, not much else to be said about that.

Thread just went internet awesome. Isn't their some paid geek at Fender that you can email and ask?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:19 am

DENT 2 FUCKING CRAZY

James · Post by **James** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:39 am

Dents like that would show at least a little of the paint underneath. As it is you can't see any daphne blue outside of the neck pocket.

I'm going with 'dent 2' is a real dent that wasn't filled before a refinish. 'Dent 1' over to the bit marked checking is actually a paint drip from too heavy of a coat being sprayed from an aerosol.

Still a cool looking guitar but almost certainly a refin.

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:09 am

Good point about dent 2. Having said the a high res photo of the area may show some cracking and stuff

Would be good to see a better hi res photo of the area now I think. I'm really curious whether it's a drip or not. I'm still banking on my assumption that it isn't.

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:28 am

new angle

all accountable as being a dent and checking imo; the illusion is no longer visible now the strip light is in a different place, and dent 1 looks like a dent. you are still possibly right about the issue of no paint showing through the dents, but we'd need better photos to say for sure. Dent 1 looks like it has cracking around it at least

Doxastic · Post by **Doxastic** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:53 pm

I called Fender but they directed me to Gruhn Guitars.... saying they're more knowledgeable in vintage. Yes, you read that right. A guitar shop in Nashville knows more about Fender than Fender.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:59 pm

I wouldn't doubt it, George knows a lot about various types of fretted instruments.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:13 pm

The shape of the upper horn doesn't look right to me.