What makes a rare 750xl?

[1trussell]

Guitar Geek's thread about his 750xl being made from basswood got me thinking. Put that one aside as I'm talking about colors, trems, etc. What would the least produced 750xl be? I've heard that the string thrus were produced less than the Floyds. I've also heard that cherryburst was the most common transparent finish, while blue and red were a little less common. So what would it be?

I've got a cherryburst string thru 750xl. Were there more or less of these than other finishes?

[dg]

Re: What makes a rare 750xl?

I can't seem to recall seeing many of the string throughs in a solid color. I've never seen a magenta, desert crackle, or turquoise string through, but I haven't been at this as long as many others here. Desert crackle has to be pretty rare, trem or not.

Here's the list of colors from the '89 catalog. Don't know why they called it trans purple. It always looks blue to me.

[nor]

Re: What makes a rare 750xl?

The blue...err...Trans Purple seems to be the least common of the trans finishes. But I've never seen a crackle, magenta, or turquoise.

[1trussell]

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The blue...err...Trans Purple seems to be the least common of the trans finishes. But I've never seen a crackle, magenta, or turquoise.

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Those were my thoughts exactly.

[pro-fusion]

Re: What makes a rare 750xl?

Wasn't there a dark green metallic finish, as well? I seem to recall a 750xl finished that way, though maybe that was just a metallic black guitar poorly photographed.

You don't see many platinum or white 750s, either.

[Budman68]

Re: What makes a rare 750xl?

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Wasn't there a dark green metallic finish, as well? I seem to recall a 750xl finished that way, though maybe that was just a metallic black guitar poorly photographed.

You don't see many platinum or white 750s, either.

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[1trussell]

Re: What makes a rare 750xl?

I've seen a couple of white ones, and only one platinum.

[nor]

Re: What makes a rare 750xl?

Well - that's about as turquoise as mine is purple...
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I'll bet that is the turq.

[dg]

Re: What makes a rare 750xl?

That is so cool, Dave! It's amazing how many quirky things surface with J/C guitars. Is Platinum the color we always call Silver Sparkle? The two I know I haven't seen are the Desert Crackle &amp; Turquoise. I've seen those on the 550 &amp; 650, but not the 750. Here's the turquoise color on a 550:

[Budman68]

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<font color="aqua">That's exactly what I would have pictured the turq as, sure as hell not mine [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

I'd love to see the silver sparkle....... [img]/images/graemlins/drool2.gif[/img] </font>

[nor]

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Bill used to have a silver 750...

[Budman68]

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<font color="aqua">I'm not sure I would have let the silver sparkle go....lol </font>

[dg]

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I remember Pete had tracked down a NOS Silver Sparkle 750 &amp; I was hoping he'd get it just so we could see the pics. That color must look so good on a carved top. He said someone grabbed it for like a grand. If I ever find a 750 that needs a refin, I'd like to send it to this guy down in Chapel Hill who does some amazing metal-flake paintjobs. I'd get it done in gold.

Check out this LP he did [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/Stike/OLP1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/Stike/OLP2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/Stike/OLP3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/Stike/OLP4.jpg

[guitarshredder]

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Nice finish! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]

[VitaminG]

Re: What makes a rare 750xl?

is it possible the dark green was a new colour introduced in '90? Anyone have the '90 catalogue?