Has anyone ever seen a Strat with a swirl finish like you see on certain bowling balls? Was this a factory finish? any info?

Here's some info http://www.flyingvintage.com/gcmag/bbstrat.html

Made em in 84, Teles too. Weren't popular. Yes it was a factory finish.

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Another desperate attempt to stay afloat from CBS.

Twelvebar - wow - that is one freaky cool Strat. Really rare I would guess right? Thanks for the info.

not mine, just a pic from the web, but I would guess very rare.

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Hello Stratoholic,

Never saw one but from the
photo Twelvebar left, it looks neat.

Atolleter's linc say's $2000 is
asked by dealers for them. WOW.

Thanks for bringing this rare bird
to all of our attention.

Cheers.

Some interesting info on these Strats...
They were actually called "Marble" finishes. They were made only in '84, and available in red, blue or gold, and came with a matching t-shirt.
Only about 225 were made, thus the somewhat higher value.
They were actually not painted at the Fender factory, but the bare bodies were sent from Fullerton to a company in New York which applied the 'bowling ball' finish and sent them back to Fender.

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I grew up in the "Dark Ages" of gear, when a '63 Strat was just an old guitar!

wow,the finish looks great.

thanx for this info

cheers

Thanks for posting info and pics of that guitar guys. Never heard of or seen one before.

Pretty psychedelic finish

I seen one on ebay yesterdayat $650.. pretty cool looking and I had not seen this bowling ball effect before.. I like it..

I would like one of my guitars to look like that

I read that they did this finish by dipping a primerd body into a tank of water with the oil base color finishes floating on top. Then put a clear poly over top.

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makes sense, that's how ibanez does the swirls on the jems

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