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Originally Posted by PJ
My '70 is an opaque "yellowish" color, similar to the '62 example above. I didn't think this was Oly White when new, but its been so long, I can't remember what the original color name was. It's gotten more yellow over time, but it's always had a yellow-hue.
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Now, there's white, and there's white. The substrate will control the topcolour to some extent. White over grey looks different to white over white or yellow undercoat. White contaminated with any other colour doesn't look white. So there're many reasons why it may not look white, even though it is officially Olympic. Fender stained every alder body yellow, so those with sunburst finishes needed one less paint colour. No undercoat, stained body - bingo. Offwhite.
Pull the control plate off. What colour is underneath? Check out my '78 Custardcaster above, or in my avatar. That guitar is white under the pickguard or in the cavities. Looks like yours otherwise. People say poly finishes don't darken - that '78 gives the lie to that, as does my 2000-build MIM Thinline below. That pic was two years ago.
