orangepeelneil Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 [size=3]Hello Everyone, I've a query about Fender colours from 70's P basses, which someone may be able to answer.Its my favorite with a maple neck and black scratch plate Mike Mills from REM and Colin Greenwood from Radiohead (and Thom York borrowing it) both player lovely 70's P basses in a shade of fender yellow you don't see much of these days . Is the fender colour vintage white or olympic white which has yellowed? I have an old 80's Maple necked Fender P bass I plan to get refinished in this colour soon. Regards Neil [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Clarky Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I believe its Olympic white which has mellowed with age. I had a CIJ 70 RI P-bass from the 1990s (sold to jonthebass) which had gone a creamy shade but had originally started off as Olympic white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 [quote name='Clarky' post='388039' date='Jan 21 2009, 10:28 PM']I believe its Olympic white which has mellowed with age. I had a CIJ 70 RI P-bass from the 1990s (sold to jonthebass) which had gone a creamy shade but had originally started off as Olympic white.[/quote] Agreed - my CIJ 70s P has done exactly the same. Just one thought - was Vintage White actually a vintage Fender Colour? I always assumed it was actually a colour created for re-issues, meant to look like Olympic White which had yellowed (if that makes sense?!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 [quote name='simon1964' post='388091' date='Jan 21 2009, 11:28 PM']Agreed - my CIJ 70s P has done exactly the same. Just one thought - was Vintage White actually a vintage Fender Colour? I always assumed it was actually a colour created for re-issues, meant to look like Olympic White which had yellowed (if that makes sense?!)[/quote] Exactly. The two whites Fender had in their catalogues in the 70's were Olympic White and just plain White. Arctic White came along in 80/81, and Vintage White first appeared in 1982 on the Fullerton Reissues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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