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Post subject: Olympic White?
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:43 pm
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I'm considering buying a new Olympic White Strat and I was wondering if someone could give me a rough timeline of when the color will start to fade. Will it be noticeable in 5 years, 10, or even just after a couple? Alot of Olympic white strats I see online have started to turn a cream color and I am unsure of how old they are, but they look newer by the style of the headstock. The pickups and pickguard seem to fade faster than the paint itself, as well.
Also, My guitar would rarely see sunlight and would be kept in a case. I don't mind the color fading, but additionally I was wondering if someone has one or has seen one that is older and has not turned yellow at all.


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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:46 pm
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I think yellowing occurs on the nitro finish commonly not the poly finish or am I wrong?

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It happens to both. I have a feeling that nitro yellows faster. My mim yellowed over 7 years.

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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:01 pm
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A yellowed guitar is like battle scars on a guitar. You don't want them when you first buy your guitar, but over the years it will age and will look very nice. I've got an Olympic American Standard Strat that's two years old that still looks brand new. I love the color. Don't let the look of age detract you, people pay a hell of a lot of money for a visibly old guitar.

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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:06 pm
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Play3r wrote:
A yellowed guitar is like battle scars on a guitar. You don't want them when you first buy your guitar, but over the years it will age and will look very nice. I've got an Olympic American Standard Strat that's two years old that still looks brand new. I love the color. Don't let the look of age detract you, people pay a hell of a lot of money for a visibly old guitar.


Yea I agree, and I think buying Relic guitars is absurb, but that's just my opinion. Like I said I don't really mind it fading a bit, but If it started to do so in less than a year or two it might not interest me. So that's good news that it does not.


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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:04 pm
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Hendrix had the Olympic White didn't he I'm pretty sure? But which of the White Strats is the Whitest? Is Artic White whiter than Olympic White? Well if it is, maybe you should go with Artic White.

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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:21 pm
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Here's my 2004 MIM in Oly White. Still white as snow...

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:39 am
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Although the white pigment itself will change color slightly it is predominantly the lacquer that yellows. That's why some '60s guitars that were not clearcoated have changed comparatively little.

Nitrocellulose yellows far more than other finishes. Polyurethane (on most modern MIAs) much less, and polyester (usually on MIMs) least of all.

Keeping the guitar out of the light will greatly slow the discoloration process. And nowadays when guitars usually are exposed to far less cigarette smoke that very significant cause of yellowing is much reduced too.

If you want your guitar to yellow first choose the right lacquer. Then leave it in daylight (UV) a lot. And take up chain smoking and blowing nicotine across the instrument.

Personally, I'd advise against all that - "don't try this at home, kids"...

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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:49 am
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i have a '62 av reissue in oly white with a mint pickguard...it is soooo freaking sweet!

i never used to even like the oly white until i bought the re-issue...

in terms of it yellowing...i have had mine for about 9 months so far and i leave it on its stand...and in full sun (my condo gets sun all day)

i dont necessarily do this so that it "relics" its just the conditions in my home...i went to guitar center the other day and noticed that the oly white strats looked a bit too white.
almost sterile...especially with the white pickguard.

the mint green guard adds to the cream factor i guess!

but i agree with the previous posters that laquer changes much differently than poly does...so if you can afford it...get a nitro guitar...or even a thin skin and youll have the look youve been craving.

you dont have to blow smoke on your guitar to make it cool...although it would!
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*(again not a great idea!!!)

there are accessories you can get as well to help out that "look"

you can get the faded knobs and tips...it adds a nice touch.

the oly white looks creamier when there isnt a bunch of bright white accessories...

stick to the mint green accessories and the faded ones and youll be well on your way...plus its a lot cheaper then paying someone to relic your axe!
and the idea of taking a beautiful guitar and messing it up on purpose for the fake mojo it provides is definitely a poser move!

*no offense to the posers out there
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:49 am
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Here is mine on the far left, it is a 1996 and has yellowed alot.

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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:41 am
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I agree, mine '96 Lone Star Strat is on the backside yellowed over the years, more as on the front. Doesn't the colour like my body heat :?:

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I'v had my oly white American Series strat for just a year and a half and its faded quite a bit already.


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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 1:57 pm
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I have had an Olympic White Clapton Strat for three years and it has not yet yelllowed. I assume from seeing older strats that my clapton will at sometime yellow. As long as it doesn't affect the tone, yellow away!


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