Colours and finish info....
All finishing work is done exclusively in nitro cellulose paints and lacquers with appropriate primer/sealer coats. We are often asked for "colour under" base coats and "underbursts", which, when the topcoat wears through will be revealed. Any of our colours can be applied as a base coat, with popular choices being desert sand, sunbursts and Fiesta or Dakota red, with Inca silver and Shoreline gold working well under tinted and metallic top coats.....feel free to choose your favourite.
Below is a list of popular vintage colours available, if you want something not listed please get in touch as we have many more colours and translucent lacquers available and are able to mix most custom colours requested.
- Clear nitro
- Tinted nitro
- White Blond
- Butterscotch blond
- Tobacco burst
- 3 tone sunburst
- Sienna sunburst
- Grey blond
- Mary Kaye blond
- Arctic white
- Olympic white
- Vintage cream
- Desert sand
- Sonic blue
- Daphne blue
- Surf green
- Seafoam green
- Shell pink
- Tahitian coral
- Capri orange
- Fiesta red
- Dakota red
- Hot rod red
- Black
- Inca silver
- Shoreline gold
- Lake Placid blue
- Ocean turquoise
- Sherwood green
- Candy apple red
- Burgundy mist
- Charcoal frost
- Heritage cherry
- TV yellow
- Pelham blue
- Faded Pelham blue
- Heather
- Gold top gold
- vintage gold top (greenish)
Testimonials
Hi Angela, I picked up one of your telecasters from Vintage 'n' Rare in Bath yesterday. I had put a deposit on it after five minutes of playing it the previous week. The spec is spot on and it plays beautifully. The guys were jealous of me taking it away. I now have tele twins as I have a blackguard which yours matches brilliantly with. Thank you, Dave.
David K. Broadway '55 'aged not worn', UK