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Title: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: Blackbird on July 30, 2010, 05:18:29 AM
Never knew these existed in that color or at that time..

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Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: Barklessdog on July 30, 2010, 05:39:54 AM
I think they originally came in root beer & cherry?
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: gearHed289 on July 30, 2010, 09:16:01 AM
Very pretty. I like the blue ones best. I just wish they had gone with a straight up LP Jr. body and 20 frets.

EDIT - No! I'm glad they did it the way they did. Otherwise I'd have to buy one.
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: uwe on July 30, 2010, 09:18:56 AM
I think that is the dark cherry of the time - the photographs are just glary. That was a nice color though. I can't remember why I went for a root beer one.  ???  :-\
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: TBird1958 on July 30, 2010, 10:14:42 AM


Pretty color on that, hadn't seen it before - I like the blue quite a lot too.
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: Blackbird on July 30, 2010, 10:20:35 AM
I'm biased to a Blue money bass,  it's a beauty color on it.
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: Dave W on July 30, 2010, 12:01:51 PM
If it's not dark cherry, maybe it was a special Japan market color.
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: gearHed289 on July 30, 2010, 03:43:43 PM
Quote from: uwe on July 30, 2010, 09:18:56 AMThat was a nice color though. I can't remember why I went for a root beer one.  ???  :-\

Maybe it was the classy gold hardware?  8)
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: uwe on July 30, 2010, 06:19:14 PM
Actually, that was an argument. I thought I only have one Gibbie with gold hardware (at the time that was my Custom Shop short scale Korina Explorer), I should try another one ... Dumb idea, oh well ...

Color of hardware probably has little effect on sound, right?
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: Lightyear on July 30, 2010, 09:32:51 PM
Gold hardware sounds like black hardware - when mixed with fungus it may become hazardous to your taste :P
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: ramone57 on August 02, 2010, 04:22:56 AM
my non-scientific listening tests indicate that gold hardware has a brighter sound while black hardware has a darker sound.

:P
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: uwe on August 02, 2010, 06:05:39 AM
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: exiledarchangel on August 02, 2010, 07:29:15 AM
Something rotten this way comes. :P
Title: Re: The color of money...in Cherry...
Post by: Highlander on August 02, 2010, 07:52:54 AM
I've developed a (B)lack of taste, the (G)older I've got...