Best colour for a strat with a rosewood fretboard?

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Re: Best colour for a strat with a rosewood fretboard?

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codedog wrote:These two are my favourites:

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Ditto the sonic blue Strat with mint pickguard (must be a genuine Fender pickguard for the subtle mint).
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was gonna say off white
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.

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Have some fun with it. Mazda car colours capture my attention often these days.
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I struggle to argue with Conway, Lake Placid Blue or Sonic Blue for me. Shelby Blue is not a "Fender" colour but it always looks cool to me, sort of a brighter Lake Placid Blue.
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Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:I also like the kind of blue that Mick's Strat is from That Pedal Show. Possibly sonic blue? Still remember the first time I saw that colour, when I was 13 or 14 and they reviewed one in an issue of Guitarist. I fantasised about being able to somehow buy that guitar for a long, long time

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Anyhow, something in that kind of ilk and colour I could fap over rather easily
Denche Blue, or the colour formerly known as Daphne Blue.


Its my favourite strat colour too

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I miss my Olympic White Squier. Might do a build at some point with a metallic version of that.

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calling card wrote:Have some fun with it. Mazda car colours capture my attention often these days.


Their candy apple red metallic thing is gorgeous!
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higainer wrote:Olympic white/ black pickguard :thumbup:
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Bg wrote:
calling card wrote:Have some fun with it. Mazda car colours capture my attention often these days.


Their candy apple red metallic thing is gorgeous!
Thats probably more chrome red...

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The white one in the original post is the answer...job done/.

I still have moments of anguish letting that blond Nash Strat slip through my fingers. That was a bad mistake.
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Zaulkin wrote:I kind of don't want to jump on the band wagon now...
I see what you did there.

Any of your original three suggestions.

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Hate red Strats which is unfortunate as my best one is a faded, relic dark red. Sits better with the more brown rosewood mind.

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I always liked the look of Carl Verheyen's '61 blue strat. Don't know what this colour is called
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wait strats can have rosewood fretboards? .. shit who knew :P
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