I had a Charcoal Frost 2006 MIA Strat which I was trying to sell for a while with no bites. I decided to trade it for something else
The Charcoal Frost


My new toy

It's a 1999 MIA Strat with maple neck; I've been trying to determine the color, as it changes in the light and in the camera. I believe it to be an Ocean Turquoise, but it could be a Lake Placid Blue...it definitely has a greenish tint to it and looks like the ocean turquoise on the Curtis Novak website.
It came really dirty, especially the neck, so the first thing I did was take off the old strings, remove some of the remaining small plastic pieces around the knobs and screws, and then remove the back plate which still had the original plastic over it...yay....clean spot The frets could use some work on them, so I'll probably take it in.
I've been using Virtuoso Cleaner and Polish on my guitars as they do a really fine job. Now it is clean and I'm waiting to hear back from the former owner about string gauge that was on there.[/img]

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Current Gear: Ron Kirn Barnbuster Tele,
Marshall: 1971 SuperLead 100>1997 1960-TV, bunch of pedals
and a 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera coupe named Veronica

Nice swap. Good looking guitar................ Mike

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The blues ain't nothin but a good man feelin bad.

Very nice trade my friend!! Cool color!!

Nice Strat

All Right! Looks great.

Bill

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Hey, Boy Blue is back!

Very impressive colour.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Sweet man, hope you have fun with it

Where are the strings?

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riley

Now that is one nice coloured guitar.

I was looking at the Charcoal frost and thinking, "WHY, WHY, its stunning".

Then I saw what you'd replaced it with.

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No no and no

Riley, I took them off...they were pretty much dead and I had to clean it. The neck was filthy. I have some Elixir Polywebs to put on, 10s.

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Current Gear: Ron Kirn Barnbuster Tele,
Marshall: 1971 SuperLead 100>1997 1960-TV, bunch of pedals
and a 1987 Porsche 911 Carrera coupe named Veronica

...a beauty

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I Can't Explain

Pretty color, I see it as Turquoise.

Enjoy,
john.E

Very nice!
I see alot of metallic in that paint. That would explain the color change in different lighting.
I also have a 1999 MIA Strat, (Purple Metallic) that changes colors in different lighting.
They must have been experimenting with "metallics" that year.
I pulled out the literature from when I ordered mine, and on the color chart for that year they offered "#74 Aqua Marine" on the American Standards. So I'll bet that's your color.

nice new guitar.
how does it sound compared to your old guitar?

Was the only thing wrong with the 1st gittar the color?

I'm asking 'cause, it's interesting that you found some one that liked the charcoal more than the blue, assuming it was a straight trade. What a great big world of opportunities we live in, if so.

I like your new axe better, too. The pickguard is real nice. Does it sound the same as the charcoal, or different? Different good.

That's a very nice guitar you've acquired

Enjoy!