guitplayer
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So how many or what did they(Gibson) call the "red" color back in 1965?
There were three reds: Cherry, Ember and Cardinal. PM me with a phone number and I can text you a photo.
Go to the Gibson Electrics book, in the color section there is the color chart that was used for the Firebirds, Ember Red is there. I have a photo of a 3/4 scale MM in Cardinal Red next to a full scale Ember Red MM. It's on my cell phone and I've tried to send it to an e-mail account with no luck. If someone can do this, send me a PM with your phone number and I'll text the photo to you and then you can post it here.
That's another good point, which I didn't really specify. Lots of variables that make it tricky.One must consider how the lacquer has yellowed over time when comparing a guitar to the color chart from the 60s. I've seen some pelham blue guitars that look green due to this change (blue + yellow = green). Update: Just read JimR56's post and it mentions this also.
Where does "Burgundy Mist" fall in. Looks kinda like
ember but not mentioned.