New guitar problem

Kittyfrisk

TVY is mentioned here https://www.reranch.com/tv_yellow.htm
Phrases like "The color appears slightly lime green" are interesting.

skunkwerx

@Hootsmon have you a link to the source/imgur whatever of the pics at all? I’ll see if I can repost for ya

Jonathangus

Here you go:

DavusPG

Danielsguitars said:

This was an aged TV yellow DC I made last year and it replaced a 60 for gigging duties, that colour I did was very close to a couple of originals I looked at, it seems to vary alot, Neil's one was a completely different shade 

Wow, that's tasty

Hootsmon

is this any better, can you see this?

Hootsmon

It called TV phlegm

Hootsmon

he he it's got a nice phlegm

Philly_Q

Hmm, just looking at mine it's pretty similar to that... not quite as dark maybe, but that could be the photo/lighting.

Edit:  And now @skunkwerx has posted all those photos below, it does look a lot different from one pic to the next.  I don't think there's anything wrong.

skunkwerx

Hopefully these show  

Brize

Hmm... I have to say that doesn't look like the best TV Yellow I've ever seen.

Hootsmon

Kittyfrisk said:

TVY is mentioned here https://www.reranch.com/tv_yellow.htm
Phrases like "The color appears slightly lime green" are interesting.

The TV Yellow finish is limed but still very yellow

from that article ^

skunkwerx

I quite like it actually. I see what you mean about the colour though. I wouldnt have thought it was Tv yellow if I just saw it in a store for example.. not that I’m hugely familiar with Tv yellow mind.

poopot

Send it to @Danielsguitars and get it refinished!...

Kittyfrisk

Hootsmon said:

Kittyfrisk said:

TVY is mentioned here https://www.reranch.com/tv_yellow.htm
Phrases like "The color appears slightly lime green" are interesting.

The TV Yellow finish is limed but still very yellow

from that article ^

Yes, to say that there are differing opinions about, is an understatement to say the least 
There appear to be colour changes in the various shots of a vintage TVY here https://reverb.com/item/35669943-1957-gibson-les-paul-tv-yellow-jr
The seller comments ' A limed-green 50s Les Paul Jr. has ALWAYS been worth more than twice a sunburst finish model; these TV yellow models are rare guitars.  If you're searching for a fine vintage or rare guitar, this one is clearly a collectable option."
I honestly don't know what to think...  

skunkwerx

I just took some quick screengrabs from the interwebz. 

Quite a broad variation it seems to cover!

ICBM

Well... firstly it’s not the same colour as Fender ‘butterscotch’ and it’s not meant to be. ‘Butterscotch’ is a tinted clear lacquer, TV Yellow is a paint.

Secondly, original 50s TV Yellow varied enormously - just Google some pics. Anything from pale straw yellow to nearly banana yellow to ‘desert sand’ to a pale khaki. I had an original ‘57 Special which wasn’t a million miles from this, in fact I always called it ‘Afrika Korps’ because it was exactly that colour! (I used to make WWII military models when I was a boy.)

Personally, I didn’t like it at all on a guitar.

Hootsmon

ICBM said:

Well... firstly it’s not the same colour as Fender ‘butterscotch’ and it’s not meant to be. ‘Butterscotch’ is a tinted clear lacquer, TV Yellow is a paint.

Secondly, original 50s TV Yellow varied enormously - just Google some pics. Anything from pale straw yellow to nearly banana yellow to ‘desert sand’ to a pale khaki. I had an original ‘57 Special which wasn’t a million miles from this, in fact I always called it ‘Afrika Korps’ because it was exactly that colour! (I used to make WWII military models when I was a boy.)

Personally, I didn’t like it at all on a guitar.

The butterscotch is there only as a picture comparison,yes BS is different but it is in the ballpark for similarity

The BS looks just as you would expect it to but the LPJ does not IMO

and yes...it sucks

Iamnobody

The pic with you holding it in the bathroom looks good. I’d see what you think in the daylight - inside and out. 

How does it play?

I was genuinely happy when you found this - I’ve done this search myself a few years ago. I know how hard it is to find a decent jr and was watching your thread with fingers crossed for you. 

RaymondLin

The problem with different guitar photos from different scenarios are that the white balance plays a big part.  Exposure level too plays a part, it explains why it looks darker in the photo with the other butter scotch one in the photo. 

This is without the variation in each guitars.

Hootsmon

The guys on here will know all about colour. It don't matter shit when you are playin' the thing, it has no bearing on the sound,I know that and get it it but......when you hate the fuckin sight of somethin' it's really hard to get it up

There is a shortage of green guitars in the world and it's for a very good reason and it's toooooo much money to spend on something that you don't care for