I like the traditional sunburst, blonde, and cherry finishes because they show the beauty of the wood grain. It would have been cool, however, to see a few Starfires or Bluesbirds in some custom colors like daphne blue or surf green while Fender owned and made Guilds.
We kinda liked this '99 when GAD scored it a while back:
Here's a Custom Shop M70 acquired by Hattedfrau a few years back::
and, comment from member Dadaist from way back in 2013 on "how they might have happened":
Initially when I saw the header, "...Light Blue Guild 12-String...", I thought that it was one of those Corona Guilds that was finished in an unusual color, because Steve in the paint booth had just shot ten 'Strats, and didn't want to waste the paint.
This looks like an '84, D-212, and the color actually looks kind of cool, in an pastel '80s sort of way....when you're doing your acoustic Duran Duran Set....if any of you are inclined to that sort of music and you have color co-ordinated suit.
As I recall, that Custom Finish was a $50 upcharge. Not cheap when you consider the guitar itself retailed for around $700.
David
Not sure if he was joking about Steve in Corona but it's definitely true that Fender colors were appearing on Guilds under their ownership.
There was an NOS '03 D25 in Seafoam shown here a couple of years back, too.
And there was a Honey Blonde (or Transparent White?):
Ah, here we go, Corona's D25 palette, although I'm still uncertain if Honey Blonde and Trans White were 2 different colors:
Corona colors including Trans (or Woodgrain?) Blue, Natural, Cherry, and Fender's Seafoam and Honey Blonde:
Honey Blonde:
Transparent White:
Not sure if those two are actually the same color under different lighting, and Corona's lack of color ID on label makes it difficult to tell.
After all these years leaning towards 'em actually being Honey Blonde since it actually appears in the '01 Frontline, but have never seen an official reference to Trans White.
In any case have only seen these pics of that color(s), so must be pretty rare.[/QUOTE]
And that '01 Starfire in "Catalina Blue" looks an
awful lot like Fender's "Lake Placid Blue" as shown in their 2001 Fender Frontline catalog....so who knows what undiscovered little gems might be lurking out there?