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Post subject: Opinions please
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 3:38 am
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I have the fender deluxe Amber US strat...not really digging the tortoise shell pick guard...any suggestions?

Black is winning for me so far but I'm open to other suggestions :)

Cool mint looks kinda cool too?

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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:36 am
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I think the top one looks cool 8)

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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 5:51 am
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I agree that tortoise shell generally only looks good on a tortoise. There are exceptions but I don't think this one of them. It is less s*** than Pearl though ;-).

I had a similar dilemma with CW. I changed from black to mint as the black was too great a contrast.

The mint then annoyed me because in some light it looked superb and in another looked really green.

I then went for Parchment (AKA 'off white but only when you compare it to white otherwise it looks white")

I quite like the parchment and that could be an option perhaps.

If it were a Tele the obvious would be black but there isn't really an obvious classic reference for that finish on a Strat.

In summary black or parchment but not mint, tortoise or pearl.

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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 6:21 am
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I've never bought a guitar because of its colour.
I've always bought a guitar because I wanted to play it, so my advise to the OP is to stop wasting time fussing over irrelevant things such as colour, and play the damn thing instead

It still looks cool with the supplied scratcher :D

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Post subject: Re: Opinions please
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 7:02 am
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stratmangler wrote:
I've never bought a guitar because of its colour.
I've always bought a guitar because I wanted to play it, so my advise to the OP is to stop wasting time fussing over irrelevant things such as colour, and play the damn thing instead

It still looks cool with the supplied scratcher :D


It's s bit of fun dude ! A change is as good as a rest us Brits would say ! :D


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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 7:14 am
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White Pearloid, aka mother of pearl. Mr. Sims secretly loves this color as do I. :D


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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 7:58 am
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Cream Pearloid.

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Post subject: Re: Opinions please
Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:03 am
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I'll cast a third (or fourth, if you count the ghost vote on behalf of Mr. Sims) vote to pearloid. Either White or Cream brings the wood to new heights. The blinger the better.
And it cures your headche, makes you stronger, parks your car, walks the dog, entertains your significant other (used as a gender-neutral term for a person's partner in an intimate relationship without disclosing or presuming anything) while you're occupied elsewhere, tastes like honey and makes you skilled like Jimi Clapmore.


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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 12:48 pm
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Minnesotaman wrote:
White Pearloid, aka mother of pearl. Mr. Sims secretly loves this color as do I. :D


I can taste the vomit in the back of my throat already. :wink:

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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 12:53 pm
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stratmangler wrote:
...stop wasting time fussing over irrelevant things such as colour, and play the damn thing instead...


That's all well and good but if it is your lounge guitar there are times when you just have to sit and look at it. Guitar and TV don't go together if the Dearly Beloved is in.

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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 1:11 pm
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Black works for me with that body color. White would be a distant second.


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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 2:15 pm
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I like the black from those options but I'd go white.

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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:12 pm
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Okay, first off I like the tortoise shell. I really suggest living with it, and seeing if you change your mind. But, if you must change it ... then I 'd go with black with black pup covers and knobs.

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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:17 am
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01GT eibach wrote:
But, if you must change it ... then I 'd go with black with black pup covers and knobs.


Funny you should say that as I was going to suggest black with black. Because you don't then get the contrast, and highlight the plastic bits, the black almost looks less black.

Black/Black has a bit of a 70s vibe about it.

I still think Parchment/Parchment would look the cleanest and enhance the body colour.

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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:28 am
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Parchment, Parchment...with the rosewood neck, if it was a maple neck then black and black for some 70's vibe. Never been a fan of the contrasting covers and pickguard.

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