Dakota Red

I don’t know what previous people experienced but I painted my j bass with Okio Valley and it turned out incredibly well. I only took off one star because it dries a bit brittle. Chipped some tiny areas when reinstalling pickups. You need to shake up the pigmented cans for a couple minutes and store in a room about 70 degrees. Dakota red is beautiful

I normally order from Guitar Reranch for accurate vintage colors. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get in touch with them. No one answers their phone, no voice-mail, no response to emails.I decided to try Ohio Valley Nitro, since they are apparently the only company that listed Dakota Red as having that color available. (Even Stuart MacDonald doesn't offer it.)I was very disappointed when I saw the color appeared as a Bright Red similar to Ferrari Red instead of that dark blood color that is characteristic of Dakota Red.This paint wasn't cheap and the shipping was over $10 (about half of the price of the paint!). This is for a restoration job and the color is so far off. My customer won't be satisfied and I will have lost the time I invested in repairing and prepping the body.I don't know what their other colors are like, but if this is any indication of their color matching, I would not recommend their product to anyone. I will certainly never buy from them again.

It's not Dakota Red. This product is more between Fiesta Red and bright red.

This was bought as a gift by somone else. 2 cans and there is no pigment in it. 40+ $ of clear nitro ( I guess it's nitro sure isn't red)