Thanks for the info....I was just locked in on that orange color!Welcome to LTG Sean!
The model number is M-66.
The color seems to be a faded Fiesta Red, is she as orange on the back ???
All the DeArmond catalogs, pricelists and specs are here: https://support.fender.com/hc/en-us/sections/115000734363-DeArmond
But I realized the year 2000 catalog is missing there...It's only shown in the price lists.
The serial number starts with a IC for Indonesia Cort and the following two zeros make it a year 2000 made one in the Cort factory.
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Ralf
Yes, orange all over....Fiesta Red? really? I like orange better. lolThanks for the info....I was just locked in on that orange color!
Thanks....it's light as a feather.I haven’t played one of those models, but I’ve played other DeArmonds, and I really like the Gold Tone PU’s.
Looks like you have a winner there! Enjoy it in good health.
Well if she is all orange it was probably not Fiesta Red. Maybe a run of Tennessee Orange, which was normally available for the M-77T.Yes, orange all over....Fiesta Red? really? I like orange better. lol
The body wood is Agathis. The neck is made from Nato wood with a rosewood fingerboard....it's light as a feather.
OMG, you are all experts on this ax......it is all orange and I thought it was a 66? But now you think it might be 77T? Anything I can look for to tell the difference?Well if she is all orange it was probably not Fiesta Red. Maybe a run of Tennessee Orange, which was normally available for the M-77T.
Ralf
No, I said Tennesse Orange was a standard color on the M-77T model but your guitar is definitely a M-66. Not always everything is written in the catalogs, so there could have been a run of M-66 using Tennessee Orange.I thought it was a 66? But now you think it might be 77T?
Almost. it is based on the bodyshape of the m-75 aristocrat, then they renamed it to bluesbird in the 70s. They changed the look of the cutaway in the 80s and the Newark street bluesbirds look more like the aristocrat again....
As it hasn't been mentioned, the body shape on the M-6X and M-7X DeArmonds is based on the Guild Bluesbird, still being
produced today.