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Fender 'dark green' finish - can you identify it?


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The pics below are of a '69 Precision currently offered for sale on Bass Direct. It is described as 'dark green' and there is no suggestion of a refin. I don't recall seeing a similar colour before - can anyone identify it? It looks black or dark blue to me!

Please note I am [i]not[/i] casting any aspersions on the provenance of this bass, I am just curious. In fact so curious, I might even feel a trip to Warwick coming on!



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There's a vintage colour chart for the 1960s at this link (about 2/3 down the page) - [url="http://www.guitarhq.com/fenderc.html"]http://www.guitarhq.com/fenderc.html[/url]
It looks like the attached pic. According to this the only dark green custom finish available in '69 would have been Teal Green metallic. Old nitro finishes tend to go dark with age so it might be this. Although I agree in your pics it looks dark blue!

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Love the fact they show which car paints they originally were, but that also shows that it is very unlikely to be the very dark green, as even an old nitro finish probably wouldn't change this much [url="http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=106264"]http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=106264[/url]

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I know that LPB can age to a very dark green, so 'dark green' could conceivably age to almost black or a very dark blue/grey. There's no trace of green on my monitor, but that means nothing. What it actually is, or was, is irrelevant really. Just consider it black. :)

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In the end it comes down to one thing: Will it say 'take me, I'm yours'?

There is another similar P in my sights, but I'd rather not draw attention to it - I have a bass to sell and a few more beer tokens to save up before I can afford it. Yes I could hit the credit card, but I hate playing financial catch-up afterwards, much nicer to feel you have a cash stash to spend!

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[quote name='KK Jale' timestamp='1439729434' post='2845247']
I can't comment on the green/black thing, but is a black scratchplate likely to be original on ANY '69 Precision? On a natural finish, maybe?

Not casting aspersions, just interested to find out.
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Dunno, any 60s Precision gurus on here? The website description does mention a new tone pot and pickup.

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