Fender Coronado pics

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:08 pm

ooh, sherwood green.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:58 pm

That's the sort of custom colour that is going to be going for $1,800 easy, maybe more like the sort of money the dealers are asking for the more common LPB and CAR ones. I can imagine it going for $2,500.

I wonder a bit about how nice these would have looked when new. Part of the appeal is obviously the vintage mojo, but the softening and fading of the colours suits them so well.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:15 pm

stewart that looks like shit.

I LOVE IT.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:02 pm

Yeah, that aged Sherwood Green is the nicest looking Coronado I've seen. Sherwoood has always been my favorite Fender color. I'm probably going to refin my 69 Maverick in it at some point.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:03 pm

if i was in the army i'd want that guitar so it matched my outfit.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:06 pm

woah Sherwood green looks amazing. I havn't seen one that looks bad though!

I've always like the black ones . It even looks nice with the antigua finish:

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:12 pm

I can't imagine them making that guitar in sherwood....I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a really heavily aged lpb or otm or whatever the blue color that coronados came in was.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:16 pm

sherwood doesn't appear to be on the '66 colour chart, so it could be a faded teal green metallic or something...

i haven't seen fiesta red or foam green coronados but i've seen pretty much all the other custom colours from that time.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:25 pm

hmm, never seen an olympic white one before. Quick google search:

NIIICEEEE

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:39 pm

yup, black body binding.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:47 pm

DanHeron wrote:hmm, never seen an olympic white one before. Quick google search:

NIIICEEEE

courtney taylor taylor of th dandy warhols plays one

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:53 pm

I have always thought the LPB were the nicest ones, and James looks like you got a beauty there!!!
Look forward to more pics.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:03 pm

Likewise that Inca Silver XII I mentioned would likely be Firemist Silver, I was just guessing with Inca.

Does the White II have black f hole binding that wouldn't show up in photos like that? I'm guessing it does but they could have left it off.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:14 pm

Black binding round the f holes: Good pic here

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:26 pm

Great thread. I was looking forward to pics of James' new guitar surfacing. Looking forward to many more, too.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:27 pm

I cant view that image

James · Post by **James** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:30 pm

Fender Coronado page on facebook

It has quite a lot of images with close ups of bridges and the like.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:50 pm

One day I hope to get a Coronado II. I love Fender's oddball designs.

James · Post by **James** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:51 pm

White XII - probably had a matching headstock originally.

This one's unusual in that the pickups are mounted the wrong way around. Does the body routing allow that? Surely it's just someone has taking them off and replaced them upside down.

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:52 pm

Here's the pic :