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
I always wanted a double humbucker guitar with a trem. My guitar built by 42nd street earlier this year has just that. I was shown a few models which felt so comfortable and light with a great worn in feel to the necks. They helped me through the design options and I chose to have my dream guitar finished in a copper colour with a matching headstock and white body binding. It looks totally stunning, the build and quality of the finish are fantastic and with both pickups coil split has all the sounds I could ever want. Great work!
P.MM, custom built Broadway HH, Gloucester