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Gear Discussion Forums => Rickenbacker Basses => Topic started by: ilan on October 21, 2016, 11:16:05 AM

Title: Worst case of ClownGlo
Post by: ilan on October 21, 2016, 11:16:05 AM

2001 620 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rickenbacker-620FG-2001-Bass-Guitar-RefNo-136585-/192003403201). Okay, not a bass, but they did that to basses too at the time. How that hideous thing has left the factory is beyond me.

(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/tnMAAOSwal5YCcUD/s-l1600.jpg)(http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9D8AAOSw4f5YCcUp/s-l1600.jpg)

Title: Re: Worst case of ClownGlo EVER
Post by: Granny Gremlin on October 21, 2016, 11:41:20 AM

 :o

Title: Re: Worst case of ClownGlo EVER
Post by: Alanko on October 21, 2016, 03:38:22 PM

I think I remember these. Did some of these even have a bit of pink in them?

Title: Re: Worst case of ClownGlo EVER
Post by: Highlander on October 21, 2016, 04:23:15 PM

Strewth...! :o

Title: Re: Worst case of ClownGlo EVER
Post by: Rob on October 21, 2016, 05:39:44 PM

 :puke:

Title: Re: Worst case of ClownGlo EVER
Post by: Dave W on October 21, 2016, 06:15:30 PM

With that stark contrast. the back looks like a smiling open clown mouth.

Title: Re: Worst case of ClownGlo
Post by: Paul Boyer on October 22, 2016, 07:33:30 AM

"Clownglo" appeared mostly on early ought instruments (e.g. 2003). They tend to look worse in photos than in real life. I've heard it said that some digital cameras have a tough time reproducing reds and can't accurately capture subtleties in the red spectrum - like it thinks that something is totally red or it's not; no shades of red. Certainly "clownglo" happened, but mercifully is a thing of the past.