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Post subject: Charcoal Frost first year
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 10:35 pm
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What year did they first introduce charcoal frost on the P Bass?


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Post subject: Re: Charcoal Frost first year
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 10:55 pm
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Charcoal Frost is a colour option on the American Standard series since 2008.


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Post subject: Re: Charcoal Frost first year
Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:52 pm
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Some of you may have seen this site, but here is a link to an excellent resource about Fender colors and lots of very interesting info related to paints, etc. : http://home.provide.net/~cfh/fenderc.html

Most Fender paint colors were actually automobile colors from the 50s and 60s. I'm a car restorer and painter by trade, so this is pretty fascinating. Charcoal Frost was apparently first used in 1965-69 by Fender. It is a Ford color used on 65-66 Continentals and '65 T-Birds. I'm not sure if it had been used at any point between '69 and the re-introduction in 2008. I love C.F. I just bought a 2012 P bass in C.F. w/ maple. Definately one of Fender's most striking combinations. This site shows where virtually all Fender colors came from . For example, Lake Placid Blue was (I think) a 1958 Cadillac color . The actual names were different, as Fender renamed the colors , but the color formulas were (are) straight from the auto paint suppliers.


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