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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:08 pm
by stewart
ooh, sherwood green.

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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:58 pm
by James
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.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:15 pm
by robroe
stewart that looks like shit.

I LOVE IT.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:02 pm
by Richard
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.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:03 pm
by stewart
if i was in the army i'd want that guitar so it matched my outfit.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:06 pm
by DanHeron
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:
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:12 pm
by Nick
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.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:16 pm
by stewart
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.

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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:25 pm
by DanHeron
hmm, never seen an olympic white one before. Quick google search:

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NIIICEEEE

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:39 pm
by stewart
yup, black body binding.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:47 pm
by Nick
DanHeron wrote:hmm, never seen an olympic white one before. Quick google search:

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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:53 pm
by Thom
I have always thought the LPB were the nicest ones, and James looks like you got a beauty there!!!
Look forward to more pics.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:03 pm
by James
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.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:14 pm
by DanHeron
Black binding round the f holes: Good pic here

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:26 pm
by Bacchus
Great thread. I was looking forward to pics of James' new guitar surfacing. Looking forward to many more, too.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:27 pm
by James
I cant view that image :(

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:30 pm
by James
Fender Coronado page on facebook

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

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:50 pm
by taylornutt
One day I hope to get a Coronado II. I love Fender's oddball designs.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:51 pm
by James
White XII - probably had a matching headstock originally.

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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.

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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 4:52 pm
by DanHeron
Here's the pic :
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