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Post subject: The Guitar Color Free Association Society
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:45 pm
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Knowing that Fender got a lot of it's guitar colors from the automotive world got me to wondering how close my 2010 MIM Lake Placid Blue Strat was to my 2006 Atlantic Blue Dodge Dakota, so I decided to take a photo and share it for comparison purposes. Then I got to thinking, since we all love an excuse to see pictures of each others' guitars, I thought I'd propose this: Take a picture of your guitar near something that reminds you of it and tell us all about your guitar and why it goes with the other thing.

I'll start. This is my first Strat, it's a 2010 MIM and I've modded it to where it's absolutely perfect to me. Callaham Bridge and Tremolo Block. Don Mare Formvar 50s pickups. And I even added a Fender "F" neck plate because I thought it looked cool.

As I said, the truck is Atlantic Blue and the guitar is Lake Placid Blue. They're not quite the same color. The truck color, like the Atlantic itself is a little deeper and stronger, while the guitar color is a little more light, subdued, and shall I say, placid. But they do share a certain kinship and I think they both go together very well. Whaddya think?
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:51 pm
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My next Strat is a three-tone sunburst 2012 American Standard HSS with Fat 50s and a Diamondback Humbucker. I love the colors and the wood grain and I plan to keep it completely stock because how can you improve on perfection? Amazing, beautiful guitar. I also love my Rottweiler Otis (named after Otis Spann or Otis Redding, take your pick). And his fur, being black and brown, are reminiscent of this axe, yes?
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:57 pm
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This axe isn't a Fender, but the dog isn't a Rottweiler either! The guitar is an Ephiphone Junior I got at a garage sale for $54 (the kid wanted $60 but that's all I had). I put on new tuners from StewMac and my boss's old boss gave me a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover pickup that sounds great in it. I wasn't digging the white scratch guard, so I asked my bass player's daughter to paint some paiselys on it for me, which came out really nice. Being all black with a little white in the pickguard, it kind of reminds me of our dog Gunner, who we got for my daughter. Gunner was living with a Marine at Camp Pendleton who was going on deployment and needed a good home. He certainly found one with us even if I do call him a fat rat bastard son of a $@!&* (much to my daughter's dismay) because he's a bug (Boston terrier/pug mix) who's has staying slim challenges, he's kind of small like a rat, his parents weren't married and well, his mother was a female dog. So it's all true, right? And the rosewood neck kind of matches his brown eyes...
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Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:35 pm
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Funny stuff Brian, cool photos and descriptions, thanks for posting! :D 8)

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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:22 am
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Then I got to thinking, since we all love an excuse to see pictures of each others' guitars, I thought I'd propose this: Take a picture of your guitar near something that reminds you of it and tell us all about your guitar and why it goes with the other thing.


Nice try, but I won't post a picture of a nekkid girl! This is a family forum!


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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:16 am
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arth1 wrote:
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Then I got to thinking, since we all love an excuse to see pictures of each others' guitars, I thought I'd propose this: Take a picture of your guitar near something that reminds you of it and tell us all about your guitar and why it goes with the other thing.


Nice try, but I won't post a picture of a nekkid girl! This is a family forum!


I spoke to my family and they promise not to look. 8)

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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:06 pm
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I have three Fender instruments in Lake Placid Blue but none of them match the color of the others. However the shade on my Strat 12-string is very close to Chevrolet's vintage LeMans Blue that's on my new/old '69 Chevelle Super Sport coupe......

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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:33 pm
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I have three Fender instruments in Lake Placid Blue but none of them match the color of the others. However the shade on my Strat 12-string is very close to Chevrolet's vintage LeMans Blue that's on my new/old '69 Chevelle Super Sport coupe......

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Never expected any porn to pop up on here. 8)

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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:38 pm
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I wish I could participate in this thread, I haven't found anything remarkably similar to my guitar, or anything that reminds me of it other than other guitars with the same body style made by Guild.

I guess it's kind of shaped like an ax on the bottom of the body, but I don't have one of those lying around at the moment.

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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:52 pm
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Retroverbial wrote:
I have three Fender instruments in Lake Placid Blue but none of them match the color of the others. However the shade on my Strat 12-string is very close to Chevrolet's vintage LeMans Blue that's on my new/old '69 Chevelle Super Sport coupe......

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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:53 pm
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I wish I could participate in this thread, I haven't found anything remarkably similar to my guitar, or anything that reminds me of it other than other guitars with the same body style made by Guild.

I guess it's kind of shaped like an ax on the bottom of the body, but I don't have one of those lying around at the moment.

Just keep it in the back of your mind, something will come to you.


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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:56 pm
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That, my friend, is a sweet ride.


For $40K, it better be.

I'll have it delivered later this month.

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Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:59 pm
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Looks to be worth every penny!


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Post subject: Re: The Guitar Color Free Association Society
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:33 pm
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Highline wrote:
That, my friend, is a sweet ride.


For $40K, it better be.

I'll have it delivered later this month.

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Also better be a 396.

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I wouldn't have it any other way......

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