AcrylicSuperman wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 7:55 am
Yep. You're right. Both switches are cut off in 94. Nice catch!
Thank you.
Now we can move on a subject that is proving to be a major cluster F.
THE COLOUR FINISH: What is it? where did it come from? When was it used?
Discussing the matter with AcrylicSuperman, we can sum things up as it follows:
1) Kurt requested "aqua blue/green, like old mustangs" (which would have been a faded daphne blue. The vintage ones have never been sonic blue.);
2) Fender in the 90s has been reported using both Duco 2803 (labelled DAPHNE) and Duco 2295 (labelled Sonic blue)
Look at this pic, it's from Curtis Novak, I'm sure you trust the guy.
They look similar enough, but it's as plain as the day that Daphne doesn't show the same distinct green hue as sonic blue does.
3) USA sonic blue and Japanese counterpart are NOT the exact same shade;
4) Jagstang body & neck have been sprayed in the USA, therefore sonic blue would have been too unmistakably light to be taken for Daphne, If it was Japanese, then we know for sure that it wasn't their sonic blue, otherwise MG and JS would look alike.
5) Kurt's prototype doesn't look sonic, it never seems to ooze the sort of greenish hue that's characteristic of the sonic blue.
Check this side-by-side taken from the same live show, same stage light... they look close but if you doubt it, watch the entire show and judge yourself:
Same lighting, but if you focus on the jagstang's butt vs mustang's, or the entire instruments for the matter, you can see that the JS is definitely closer to a pure Daphne than Sonic Blue. There's no green whatsoever. Never during the show when you can easily compare the two.
6) We know for sure that for some reason, the first run of the Jagstang was not the sonic blue you'd find on the second run. It's a sort of "aqua blue" as it has been also described in this very post on Shortscale in which this topic has been discussed:
https://www.jag-stang.com/forum/topic/4 ... onic-blue/
just a sneak peak to get right to the comparison:
I quote
robert(original): "the one in the forfront is a 2005, or so re-issue, and the one in the back is my 96."
7) Fellow AcrylicSuperman reported that, asked the question to Novoselic, the answer was "that old blue color they used on Cadillacs"... so.. it could have been both sonic, daphne or a custom colour in between.
So.. without flooding the thread with an obscene amount of samples, I'll get to the gist to ease things up once for all.
Based on my personal -yet subjective- judgement, the jagstang prototype looks Daphne... or -at least- surely NOT like the CIJ Mustang RI sonic blue.
To solve the issue, I thought there is a thing we can do to shine a light once for all.
Several years ago I went to the paint store looking for a fiesta red sample, I didn't have any idea of the colour code nor other reference for the matter. The woman at the desk just heard me calling it "fiesta red", she looked it up on her monitor and in a split second founded out which code, car and year was associated to it. Furthermore, she also told me that if I ever needed a specific colour of which I don't have any specs of, as soon as I would have been able to provide her a sample to be scanned by her device, she would have been able to track it and reproduce it.
So, in final, my idea is that if one of you guys have a first run jagstang (if you have a lefty, we're golden, as they were not reissued and they are indeed the "mysterious colour"), could you please ask a paint store to scan the colour to see what does come out in their database?
I know it sounds "too much splitting hairs" but... why stop if we can go the extra mile?
We need your help, I dare to say WE count on you.
George McFly comes to my mind: “If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.”. I don't want to stop believe that.
Thanks for sticking around.