Stupid question....what color is this guitar?

[milkandmeat]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/518095/

It says ebony, and then "special midnight finish". Is it flat black, or is it the glossy paint. anyone know?

 

[big_black]

Re: Stupid question....what color is this guitar?

this Midnight version has an ebony finish...

The finish is ebony (black), the guitar is the midnight edition.

 

[milkandmeat]

Re: Stupid question....what color is this guitar?

"Limited-edition Midnight finish"

"Mahogany body with maple top"

some other sites that are selling it have "a translucent black flame maple top" in the description. do you have any pictures of guitars you think might have similar paint?

 

[JeffB]

Re: Stupid question....what color is this guitar?

might be the pic, but it looks like a "satin" and not a "gloss" finish to me.

I was in GC today playing some amps and looked for one of these, as I was curious but didn't see any.

 

[milkandmeat]

Re: Stupid question....what color is this guitar?

yeah i looked for one too, couldnt find it.

 

[Ez74]

Re: Stupid question....what color is this guitar?

the flametop version is the 3 pickup model http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/search/detail/base_pid/518096/

 

[milkandmeat]

Re: Stupid question....what color is this guitar?

thats what i thought, but on 2-3 other websites (music123.com was one of them) it said the one i showed was a flame top. i dont know how 3 websites would have messed up on that

 

[Jeroen]

Re: Stupid question....what color is this guitar?

You can hardly call it a flamed maple TOP though, it's actually an alder top with a thin maple veneer glued on top.

I agree it looks like a satin black finish. But Epiphone has a special name for that, they probably wouldn't just have called it 'ebony'. For example, the Epiphone Goths have a color coded as 'pb' (which is probably 'pewter black' or something). The Gibson Goths had a color named 'satin black'. So they don't stick to 'ebony'. I thought it might be a mistake by Musician's Friend, but on Music123.com I found a review of someone saying 'However, this guitar is NOT flat or "satin" black. It is a gloss shine. Most of the pictures on the internet can be misleading.. You can check it out here.

 

[milkandmeat]

Re: Stupid question....what color is this guitar?

ah, thanks.