This is where we introduce our hero: a Mr. And in 1960, they released their first official Custom Color Chart, offering 14 factory-available colorways for players to choose from. So, they did, offering their Teles, Strats, and other models in the “colors du jour” Lake Placid Blue (Cadillac), Fiesta Red (Ford), and Olympic White (again, Cadillac), to name a few.
#CANDY APPLE PAINT PRO#
Galaxy Buds 2 Pro take the fight to Sony to be the king of noise-cancelling buds. Fender realized that if they followed suit - outfitting their instruments in fresh new paint jobs - not only would this differentiate them from their competitors it would create a subtle connection to the automobile fetish that was so ubiquitous among the Americans of the ‘50s (hmmm, cars and guitars-what a great concept!) The Apple Watch Series 7 rests on a table showing the all-apps screen. A Ford Thunderbird was one thing a Ford Thunderbird finished in Spring Mist Green was an entirely other thing. Candy ColorZ can be combined with each other to create your own custom candy colours. began to add flair to their offerings: plush interiors, fancy dials and dashboards, and most importantly, brand new paintjobs with enticing names. Often called candy apple paints they are manufactured from the most intense & high quality dyes so you can have crisp clear and totally transparent colours for that deep and vibrant candy color. The darkness of the black is a great contrast for the candy. In an effort to capitalize on people’s desires, the big automakers of the time - Ford, Buick, Cadillac, etc. An amazing candy apple red paired with a black combines to create a show stopping two tone. Owning a vehicle - especially an American one - had become a status symbol, the must-have item of the day.
To call America’s fascination with automobiles feverish would be the understatement of all understatements.
Ironically, the commonly used acronym for Candy Apple Red is, of course, CAR-and the car is where it all began! To understand the appeal of custom colors, you have to go back to the ‘50s- at least a decade before Fender released their first Custom Color chart.