To Vintage Or Not To Vintage
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That is the question.
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to do an In-Distress Ande as a period-perfect piece of what once was or to create a cool coalescence of the honored past with some fun-forward features. A “what-should-have-been,” In-Distress masterpiece guitar.
You decide.
This is that one—an Icon: Super Cool. Super Vintage with Fun-Forward mixing and matching.
Most obvious, its In-Distress Double Decker paint job: Black over Sonic Blue—one color atop another. Yes, this could be a true hue from either yesterday or today. In its initial run, Sonic Blue was a color first seen at the very end of the 50’s to the early 70’s. It would be rare to spray one solid color over another—although it was seen at times when the underlying color had been severely “messed up” and needed to be covered.
Technically speaking, Black Pickguards first appeared on an S-style guitar in the mid 70’s, while Black Pickup Covers and Black Knobs did not actually top those guards until the late 70’s.
But the Sonic Blue Logo...?
Now that is something…a real touch of class that makes this Icon a complete stand out among its vintage instrument “friends” everywhere. Yes, not truly traditional but it does accentuate all the sonic blue peeking out from other places on the body, popping forward and getting noticed—giving the whole theme a shot of vintage adrenaline?
The overall look of this Icon literally (not figuratively) stopped us in our tracks when we laid eyes on it in Final Assembly, here at the Anderson Guitarworks facility. Wow.
To be, or not to be: that is the Anderson In-Distress question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to…
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