**What Color Is This Telecaster?**

jwells393 · May 8th, 2008, 07:42 AM

My Frontline catalogs only go back as far as 2002. This is a '95 MIM Standard. It's a metallic blue............. but what blue? In an earlier thread I was told Blue Agave wasn't used in 1995. In the '90s, I wasn't the guitar nut I've become in recent years. Here it is beside a known color ...... Lake Placid Blue. So what color is it?

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Here it is in natural light.

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nrps · May 8th, 2008, 07:55 AM

I would say Metallic Blue

1999 FENDER TELECASTER '52 REISSUE "COPPER METALLIC"

nasonm · May 8th, 2008, 08:00 AM

Is it the Ice Blue Metallic?

6942 · May 8th, 2008, 08:02 AM

It looks to me like....TEAL.
Same color as my 1993 Honda Shadow VLX600 motorcycle.

Steve

dijos · May 8th, 2008, 08:09 AM

I don't know, but my mim 92 strat is the same color.

jwells393 · May 8th, 2008, 08:19 AM

Hmmm............. looks like it could be Ice Blue Metallic. Does anyone have any literature indicating that was an available MIM Standard color in the Mid-'90s?

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serialsteve · May 8th, 2008, 08:21 AM

Not IBM-that's a much lighter color than the pics of that Tele show.

Joe Chaney · May 8th, 2008, 08:23 AM

hmm... why can't it be just "blue"

jwells393 · May 8th, 2008, 08:25 AM

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Not IBM-that's a much lighter color than the pics of that Tele show.

Well you have to consider that the pictures weren't taken under the same conditions. I'd say it has to be one of the two colors shown.

KevinB · May 8th, 2008, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jwells393

Hmmm............. looks like it could be Ice Blue Metallic. Does anyone have any literature indicating that was an available MIM Standard color in the Mid-'90s?[/IMG]

I think somewhere I have a '95 catalog, from when I bought an AmStd Strat.

But, it's at home and I'm not. I'll check tonight.

Telemarkman · May 8th, 2008, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jwells393

Hmmm............. looks like it could be Ice Blue Metallic.

Looks too dark (and too blue) to be Ice Blue Metallic. Here's my IBM Strat:

Metallic finishes are extremely difficult to catch in a photo, because they reflect the surroundings, even light conditions, to a larger degree than do the plain colors. The area around the jack input is closest to "real life" ...

GilmourD · May 8th, 2008, 08:34 AM

I'm trying to check Fender's old site with the Wayback Machine at archive.org, but the server seems to be borked...

robt57 · May 8th, 2008, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Telemarkman

Metallic finishes are extremely difficult to catch in a photo, because they reflect the surroundings, even light conditions, to a larger degree than do the plain colors. The area around the jack input is closest to "real life" ...

Your Strat looks like light Monkey Poop Metallic Green on my PC. ;)
So, yea... Flash, non flash, ambient light. I have a Purple Metallic AS Tele that looks like a different color every time I take a digi pic. I wonder if actually using a film camera [remember those] would be more consistent.

I vote for IBM. What-ever it is, I like it. Nice git!!

purpletele · May 8th, 2008, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by robt57

Your Strat looks like light Monkey Poop Metallic Green on my PC. ;)
So, yea... Flash, non flash, ambient light. I have a Purple Metallic AS Tele that looks like a different color every time I take a digi pic. I wonder if actually using a film camera [remember those] would be more consistent.

I vote for IBM. What-ever it is, I like it. Nice git!!

Is it this purple? Cause I've been trying to photograph the color for ten years !

boris bubbanov · May 8th, 2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jwells393

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Could this be an FSR color from Mars or Sam Ash or MF/GC? I remember a special blue (different) being offered by MF about a year ago which came and went.

Do you suppose that the codes on the MIM guitars, inside the pocket and so forth, can be deciphered by the folks at Fender?

This blue has more red in it, almost a periwinkle color, than any I can think of.

Flat357 · May 8th, 2008, 09:28 AM

Few things here might help Jack

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaste...ours-here.html

My guess is it's Blue Ice Metallic

http://www.curtisnovak.com/restorati.../BlueIce.shtml

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robt57 · May 8th, 2008, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by purpletele

Is it this purple? Cause I've been trying to photograph the color for ten years !

I thought my AS 1999 Tele body was that 59 GM Burgundy Mist color, that was what it said in the eBay aux-shun. But a TDPRI member saw the bar code in a pic and pointed me to a Fender PDF support file which showed it is in fact a Metallic Purple. This place has so much information among the users it is awesome and scary at the same time. ;)

GilmourD · May 8th, 2008, 11:22 AM

OK... Archive.org started working... It only goes back to '96, though.

Apparently, according to the page from '96, that's called Lake Placid Blue.

http://web.archive.org/web/199702200...caster+StdTele

jwells393 · May 8th, 2008, 11:51 AM

Well ......... we know it's not Lake Placid Blue. Not even close.

Fatmanstratman · May 8th, 2008, 12:08 PM

Jack,

Looks an awful lot like my American Series Tele, which is AquaMarine Blue...

.... maybe a shade darker, or with a little "grey" added?

Sorry I can't be of more help...

GilmourD · May 8th, 2008, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jwells393

Well ......... we know it's not Lake Placid Blue. Not even close.

It could be like how my MIM Tex Mex Tele Special is called Sonic Blue but seems to be darker than half the examples I find these days.

Telemarkman · May 8th, 2008, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jwells393

Well ......... we know it's not Lake Placid Blue. Not even close.

I agree, but it's also far from the Ice Blue Metallic on my Strat, no matter what the light conditions may be.

Of the more recent Fender colors, it looks closest to 29 Blue Agave, through my eyes ...

blackbelt308 · May 8th, 2008, 02:18 PM

It does look too dark to be ice blue metallic.

This is supposed to be a '94 body in ice blue metallic. When I bought it, I assumed it was MIM. But that was before I knew about the micro-tilt mechanism in the neck pocket. Not so sure now... But the color is correct. (And it's cleaning up nicely with a little rubbing & polishing compound!)

Ciao,
Rick

May 8th, 2008, 07:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 64 Posts: 10,806 101 Photos	What Color Is This Telecaster? My Frontline catalogs only go back as far as 2002. This is a '95 MIM Standard. It's a metallic blue............. but what blue? In an earlier thread I was told Blue Agave wasn't used in 1995. In the '90s, I wasn't the guitar nut I've become in recent years. Here it is beside a known color ...... Lake Placid Blue. So what color is it? ...... Here it is in natural light. ...... __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" _ Guys - learn to disable the flash on your digital cameras.

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nasonm Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bangor, Maine Age: 30 Posts: 1,534 16 Photos	Is it the Ice Blue Metallic? __________________ "i have learned to just grit my teeth, change the subject, consider their deep total ignorance, fondle the thumb picks in my pocket and go on my way" - bender-freak It's been lonely in the saddle since my horse died

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dijos Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: St. Pete Age: 33 Posts: 105	I don't know, but my mim 92 strat is the same color. __________________ "Kid, it takes a long time"-Danny Kalb to me in NYC, 1992

May 8th, 2008, 08:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 64 Posts: 10,806 101 Photos	Hmmm............. looks like it could be Ice Blue Metallic. Does anyone have any literature indicating that was an available MIM Standard color in the Mid-'90s? ...... __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" _ Guys - learn to disable the flash on your digital cameras.

May 8th, 2008, 08:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
Joe Chaney Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: aude, France Age: 15 Posts: 383 1 Photos	hmm... why can't it be just "blue" __________________ If you're not careful, It'll stick to your cheeks, and You'll smell like a native, For a couple of weeks In France

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nrps TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nevada Posts: 70 36 Photos	I would say Metallic Blue 1999 FENDER TELECASTER '52 REISSUE "COPPER METALLIC"

May 8th, 2008, 08:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
6942 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Western Maryland Posts: 1,288	It looks to me like....TEAL. Same color as my 1993 Honda Shadow VLX600 motorcycle. Steve

May 8th, 2008, 08:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
serialsteve Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 510	Not IBM-that's a much lighter color than the pics of that Tele show.

May 8th, 2008, 08:34 AM	#12 (permalink)
GilmourD Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nutley, NJ Age: 28 Posts: 1,346	I'm trying to check Fender's old site with the Wayback Machine at archive.org, but the server seems to be borked... __________________ Good deals: Joel Terry Layla Skye Sunny Wally Franky Honey Wolfy

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Flat357 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cheshire Age: 39 Posts: 2,412	Few things here might help Jack http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaste...ours-here.html My guess is it's Blue Ice Metallic http://www.curtisnovak.com/restorati.../BlueIce.shtml . __________________ Homepage http://www.soundclick.com/members/de...member=flat357 MySpace http://www.myspace.com/flat357

May 8th, 2008, 11:22 AM	#18 (permalink)
GilmourD Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nutley, NJ Age: 28 Posts: 1,346	OK... Archive.org started working... It only goes back to '96, though. Apparently, according to the page from '96, that's called Lake Placid Blue. http://web.archive.org/web/199702200...caster+StdTele __________________ Good deals: Joel Terry Layla Skye Sunny Wally Franky Honey Wolfy

May 8th, 2008, 11:51 AM	#19 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 64 Posts: 10,806 101 Photos	Well ......... we know it's not Lake Placid Blue. Not even close. __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" _ Guys - learn to disable the flash on your digital cameras.

May 8th, 2008, 12:08 PM	#20 (permalink)
Fatmanstratman Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Fatmanville, Cambs., UK Posts: 2,622	Jack, Looks an awful lot like my American Series Tele, which is AquaMarine Blue... .... maybe a shade darker, or with a little "grey" added? Sorry I can't be of more help... __________________ . . . *"Behind every argument is someone's ignorance."*

May 8th, 2008, 02:18 PM	#23 (permalink)
blackbelt308 TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Age: 49 Posts: 97	It does look too dark to be ice blue metallic. This is supposed to be a '94 body in ice blue metallic. When I bought it, I assumed it was MIM. But that was before I knew about the micro-tilt mechanism in the neck pocket. Not so sure now... But the color is correct. (And it's cleaning up nicely with a little rubbing & polishing compound!) Ciao, Rick

May 8th, 2008, 06:55 PM	#24 (permalink)
KevinB Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 420