Lake Placid Blue changed?

[skh515]

The image on the left was downloaded form the Fender website last year. The one on the right was downloaded from Fender today.

Is it just a matter of lighting or has Fender changed Lake Placid Blue?

I love the one on the left. A '60s RI has been on my wishlist for a while (like I need another Strat!) Both of these pictures are of 1960s RIs. I love the combination of LPB with a tinted Maple neck, Rosewood fingerboard, and the mint pickguard. It's a thing of beauty. The one on the right doesn't interest me. So what's the deal?

 

[danglybanger]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

I saw a similarly nasty looking CAR on the Eric Johnson strat.

no f*cking clue. they can't have turned all their colors to mud

slade

 

[Curly]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

actually, neither one looks like LPB to me ....
the one on the left is too bright, and the one on the right looks more like Ocean Turquoise

 

[rinse_master]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

actually, neither one looks like LPB to me ....
the one on the left is too bright, and the one on the right looks more like Ocean Turquoise

Believe this man, he probably has more blue guitars than any guitar shop I've ever been to! :saeek:

 

[Artie]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

Believe this man, he probably has more blue guitars than any guitar shop I've ever been to! :saeek:

I thought they renamed it to "Curly Blue". :laugh2:

 

[skh515]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

Hey Curly,

What color is the guitar in your avitar?

 

[75lespaul]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

My MIM LPB strat is darker and more dazzling than the one on the left. The one on the right just reminds me of dull, bland etc...has to be a bad photo. would you buy it? I wouldn't.

 

[Curly]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

Hey Curly,

What color is the guitar in your avitar?

it's LPB from Warmoth ... it's probably a little off from Fender's current color ...not so uncommon to see variations from one shop to the next

here's some more pics of that one:
http://www.bluestheater.net/placida.html

thanks for ribbin' me by the way ... but I only have about 5 blue axes, depending on how you're counting HAHA

if you look at The Stratocaster book by Duchoissoir, or one of the other strat books, you'll see some vintage LPB strats that faded to a greenish color, almost Ocean Turquoise, like the one on the right above, while others seemed to stay closer to the original color

but yes, LPB is definitely one of my favorites for a strat

 

[Falstaff]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

Curly, what do you think mine is?
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[WhoFan]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

There is a Canadian Guitarist i like a lot called Kim Mitchell. His main Strat for 25 years now has been a custom kit guitar and the finnish looks like it's LPB. In current pictures the colour looks dark but in person it looks much lighter.....

WhoFan

 

[Curly]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

Curly, what do you think mine is?
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there's another example that LPB is very susceptible to changes of light

G & L makes a beautiful LPB, too, BTW

 

[Seraphial]

Re: Lake Placid Blue changed?

The one on the right is, if I'm not mistaken, a Mark Kendrick relic strat in the master builder's series. I think the undercoat for that was a bit different so may have made the colour look washed out. The relicing would have done that as well.