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    Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!


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    Re: Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!

    The very definition of "NOS".

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    Chubbie city... NICE!

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    Re: Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!

    Where the heck that thing been for all these years, hanging in a museum? Holy Schmokes that is clean, but in a way seems a waste that it never got played...at least it doesn't appear to have been.

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    Re: Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!

    Looking closer it seems to be a refin, albeit a '60s Fender factory refin.
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    That's a beauty!

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    Re: Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!

    A dream.

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    Nice. Thanks.

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    Re: Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!

    Goes to show you how wrong everybody gets the "mint green" pickguards.

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    Re: Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!

    Quote Originally Posted by TremoloKing View Post
    Goes to show you how wrong everybody gets the "mint green" pickguards.
    Indeed!

    The "accessory" pickguards sold by FINO are the worst offenders. Those installed on factory-made guitars, whether of US or Mexican origin, don't look too bad but the stand-alone accessories look like raw ass. Ditto with that "aged white" trash used on the knob and pickup cover sets.
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    Re: Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!

    Yes, a number of my mint guards from the MIM '60s Strats started out w/good color, better than MIA RI guards. They've all faded to a light gray/partchment color. Not cool.

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    Re: Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!

    Chandler used to offer some pretty realistic mint-green pickguards. Tortoise-shell too.
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    Re: Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!

    At one time in the mid - late '90s I bought a couple of 'guards from them that were real nitrocellulose. No kidding. I called & asked for more & Paul's crazy wife swore they never had such material. Right.

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    I wish I'd stockpiled a few when they were still available.

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    Re: Insanely clean vintage Fender Stratocaster!

    Quote Originally Posted by phantomman View Post
    Chandler used to offer some pretty realistic mint-green pickguards. Tortoise-shell too.
    +1K...Chandler used to offer some great stuff! And I think they had the ONLY Tortoise-shell that was realistic.

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    Ayup. I would've killed for one of Chandler's tortoise-shell pickguards when I was building my Mary Kay hardtail!
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    Wow ....thats gorgeous.
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