What Do You Guys Think About This Strat Color Scheme?

[ExplorersRock]

I never thought this would look good, but the longer I own it, the more I REALLY like it! Candy-apple-red with a Mint-Green/Black/Mint-Green Pickguard.
What do you guys think?

 

[Chris of Arabia]

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Seems OK to me. I'd be interested in seeing how it looks under daylight conditions, rather than flash, but it looks well enough there.

 

[ExplorersRock]

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Seems OK to me. I'd be interested in seeing how it looks under daylight conditions, rather than flash, but it looks well enough there.

Yeah, I'll see about snapping some natural-light pics. Shows the colors better for sure.

 

[Funkfingers]

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Soooooooooooo, you have made an America Stratocaster resemble a Mexican one. :scratchch

 

[Nacho8807]

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In my head CAR and Mint Green don't work together at all, but in the pics so far I kinda like it. The natural light pics will be telling.

FF, I've never seen a MIM strat that looks like that. Do you know what model you're thinking of?

 

[JeffB]

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Fiesta red with a mint guard,mint plastics, and a all maple bigass CBS headstock neck is my dream strat.

Red with mint always works IMO.

 

[Funkfingers]

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FF, I've never seen a MIM strat that looks like that. Do you know what model you're thinking of?

This, sir. http://www.fender.com/en-GB/series/...ocaster-hh-maple-fingerboard-candy-apple-red/

 

[Nacho8807]

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This, sir. http://www.fender.com/en-GB/series/...ocaster-hh-maple-fingerboard-candy-apple-red/

Wow. That's almost a perfect match. I think that's got a parchment pg, but I still think it looks good. Mexican or not.

 

[DreX]

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I think a Telecaster style plastic selector tip would go better with the knobs, preferably the "top hat" style.

 

[Chris of Arabia]

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The more I think about this, the more I'm drawn to the idea of an anodised aluminium scratchplate and zebra pups...

 

[LReese]

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I like it!

 

[nightfall]

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Now that is a cool looking hot rod!

 

[ExplorersRock]

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Soooooooooooo, you have made an America Stratocaster resemble a Mexican one. :scratchch

All the Blacktops are MIM. But I did upgrade the pickups to a WLH set and they make this guitar sound like pure sexiness!

I think a Telecaster style plastic selector tip would go better with the knobs, preferably the "top hat" style.

I have trouble with not hitting the switch already so I wouldn't want to make the switch any larger. But I see where you're coming from.

The more I think about this, the more I'm drawn to the idea of an anodised aluminium scratchplate and zebra pups...

That would look pretty cool!

 

[TIGEREYELASER]

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Cool looking axe. As far as personal preference goes I'd swap out the mint green for a b/w/b pickguard and get rid of the pickup covers but that's my own hangups about tone and looks. Of course a maple neck is a big bonus. I like the look of maple better than rosewood.

 

[Agileguy_101]

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If you get these, that guitar will be super pimp status.

 

[ehdwuld]

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If you get these, that guitar will be super pimp status.

or Chrome Domes

 

[jon the art guy]

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Subtly complementary. nice.

 

[Scott_F]

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Doesn't look that green to me

 

[Edgecrusher]

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Doesn't look that green to me

Thats what i was going to say.... It must be a VERY light light green like... white

 

[DreX]

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It's definitely green when you contrast it with any other white or off-white.

The third one is mint green:

I was surprised to find that it looked good with aged white plastic pickup covers and knobs. I have brownish-aged pickgaurds on hand, but for whatever reason the mint green looks better against some colors. It just pops.

(not my guitar)