MoonBassAlpha Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 My 74 SG Special which was a lovely deep red wine colour in its youth is now entirely brown. Is this because the clear lacquer has turned yellow, or the stain itself has faded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigguy2017 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 It's usually because the red stain has faded; it's the same with burst colours - red is the first to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Colours appear as colours to us due to which frequencies of the visable light spectrum they absorb. Red has the longest wavelength through to violet which has the shortest. If a material absorbs the longer wavelengths and reflects only the shortest it will appear red (turn the light off so there's none to reflect and everything loses its colour). For something to appear red it has to absorb all the other wavelengths of light, getting progressively shorter as you move up the spectrum. Shorter wavelengths have more energy and destroy the pigments in paint quicker than the less energetic long wavelengths, causing red pigments to lose their 'colour' the quickest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 Thanks chaps, kinda what I thought initially, but then had a moment of doubt. I just hate keeping guitars in a case as it's yet another barrier to picking up and playing, so I guess it's the price you pay with older instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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