Any idea what color this Fender is?

[PFDarkside]

As I was searching for info on the Duncan Mini Humbuckers, this Strat showed up. Duncan has used it on their website also. Does it look like the old MIM Agave Blue? How about this pickguard? It’s gaudy but kind of cool on this guitar. Finally, that bridge? Looks like an aftermarket but I can’t put my finger on the name.

 

[idsnowdog]

That might be Lake Placid Blue.

 

[PFDarkside]

Hmm... could be?

 

[Securb]

Kind of a tricky question I deal with this with my clients all the time. It is impossible to color match or distinguish color on the internet. No two monitors have identical settings. Everyone adjusts their monitor for their eyes. What you see on your screen is different than what I see. Then you have to take the device that took the picture and the file type into consideration. Google Fender Lake Placid Blue and look at the array of different colors in the results.

That being said I am going to agree with Snowdog and say Lake Placid Blue. At least on my screen. What a beautiful guitar.

 

[superpete]

i was gonna say LPB as well. the different pickguard kinda messes with my eyes, but it def looks like LPB.

 

[idsnowdog]

I used to have an 80's Japanese Strat in LPB.

 

[Ace Flibble]

It is indeed Lake Placid Blue. There were a few years when Fender was using it for MIM Standard Strats with a fractionally teal and duller colour to make it look very slightly aged. Fender's LPB, both this dulled version and the as-new tone, are always a little darker and more intense in colour than the bright and pale Gibson LPB. Warmoth's LPB is the same hue and brightness as Gibson's but as saturated as Fender's.
Agave Blue is much paler, nearly Ice Blue.
Here's what the guitar would have originally looked like:


There are a few old Amazon UK pages for the guitar you posted. It seems some small company was buying MIM Standard Strats and fitting them with the SD pickups, Warmoth pickguards and Babicz bridges, then selling them on as new. All of them are in the common colours MIM Standard Strats were made in around 2008.

Fender still use this slightly teal, dulled version of LPB on limited editions every now and then. You often see a much greener version on Custom Shop 'aged' Fenders and Gibsons.

 

[Mincer]

LPB generally has more metalflake in it than the first pic. It is also just a hair darker with more green. I am not convinced, unless the pic isn't a good representation of the color. It is also possible changed the definition of that color, too.

 

[PFDarkside]

Thanks all!

It is indeed Lake Placid Blue. There were a few years when Fender was using it for MIM Standard Strats with a fractionally teal and duller colour to make it look very slightly aged. Fender's LPB, both this dulled version and the as-new tone, are always a little darker and more intense in colour than the bright and pale Gibson LPB. Warmoth's LPB is the same hue and brightness as Gibson's but as saturated as Fender's.
Agave Blue is much paler, nearly Ice Blue.
Here's what the guitar would have originally looked like:


There are a few old Amazon UK pages for the guitar you posted. It seems some small company was buying MIM Standard Strats and fitting them with the SD pickups, Warmoth pickguards and Babicz bridges, then selling them on as new. All of them are in the common colours MIM Standard Strats were made in around 2008.

Fender still use this slightly teal, dulled version of LPB on limited editions every now and then. You often see a much greener version on Custom Shop 'aged' Fenders and Gibsons.

Great find! 920D is still around, but only doing pickguards, not full guitars.

Good call on Babicz. Securb, you’ve got a few Babicz, right? Still like them?

 

[Securb]

Good call on Babicz. Securb, you’ve got a few Babicz, right? Still like them?

I swear by them. I have them in both Strats and both Teles. The bridge in the picture of the LPB Strat is the Z - Series they are zinc. I have the original series on my guitars. As you can see there is more mass to the original series. I am guessing the Z-Series are good but I have never played one so I can not confirm.

Here is a review I did on the Babicz

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2014/64226/guitar-gear-review-babicz-full-contact-stratocaster-bridge