Not strictly a new guitar, but my first Japanese Stratocaster and my 6th Stratocaster to date.

Following the disappointments I've had recently, it's been nice to get a pleasant surprise.

She's a 1987 Japanese Contemporary Standard Strat, an E-series. Texas Specials at the neck and middle position, DiMarzio Super Distortion at the bridge. Callaghan bridge & saddles. Recently fitted the brushed silver Sperzel TrimLoks and the brushed straplocks myself.

I have no idea what the colour is- looks WAY bluer in the photos than in real life, in real life I'd say it's a petrol blue. Any thoughts here would be appreciated!

Anyhoo... enough rambling... here she is. as well as the other members of the family! Bought her to go with Ol' Red as a nice contrasting set. Tex, the gold Lone Star, is on his way to a new home soon.

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'01 American Deluxe HSS Strat.
'87 Japan HSS Strat.
'11 Custom Shop FMT HSS Strat.

"Without music, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines and dates by which bills must be paid."

Nice family there!

¨I´ll take the red¨

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FIGHT!

Nice collection there, the blue with the black pickguard looks awesome!

T2

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What time is it? It's Fender Time.

Beautiful guitar. Thanks for sharing.

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

What a gross colour....what were you thinking??

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"I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so f*ckin' heroic!"

Haha! Thanks Mike.

Jackass.

Thanks to the rest of you... mike07502, Ol' Red is my nearest and dearest- you can fight for him if you want!

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'01 American Deluxe HSS Strat.
'87 Japan HSS Strat.
'11 Custom Shop FMT HSS Strat.

"Without music, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines and dates by which bills must be paid."

what is that red strat? :O

it looks amazing....

dang vlad!!!! i've been out for a month but dude you've been busy i like that blue give me a heads up if you get the name for that color

I have always wanted a nice blue Strat. Yours is one of the nicest I've ever seen and I like Japanese made Fender guitars! I've got ringers for both your red and blizzard pearl Strats, guess I'll have to go hunting for the Blue!

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Dennis in CR
Rockin' since 1963

That's a Shoreline Gold Lone Star close though! There's an identical twin to mine that's a Squier on eBay currently, a friend on here gave me a link in fact. If you want it let me know.



Ralf- I think it's Lake Placid Blue to be honest! Or Ocean Turquoise, something like that. It's really way greener than it looks, no idea how!



The red one is my evil creation started life as a 2001 American Deluxe HSS. Ten years later, he's now loaded with all DiMarzio pickups (D-Sonic at the bridge, Super Distortion middle and Cruiser neck), master tone circuit, GraphTech saddles and ten years of play wear. He's badass. Extremely loud and scary!

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'01 American Deluxe HSS Strat.
'87 Japan HSS Strat.
'11 Custom Shop FMT HSS Strat.

"Without music, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines and dates by which bills must be paid."

Ralf- I think it's Lake Placid Blue to be honest! Or Ocean Turquoise, something like that. It's really way greener than it looks, no idea how!
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the body could have yellowed in time or it could in fact be ocean turquoise but to me it looks like lpb too

Ralf- I've definitely come to the conclusion that it's Lake Placid Blue. This is the most accurate photo of the colour yet!



On a sadder note, my gold Lone Star is now up for sale. unemployment's hit hard!

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'01 American Deluxe HSS Strat.
'87 Japan HSS Strat.
'11 Custom Shop FMT HSS Strat.

"Without music, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines and dates by which bills must be paid."

good to know lpb and black is a good mix... i gotta give that a shot i feel a new diy GAS a comin and i already got a guitar on the way

dude that sucks unemployment could really kick you at the worst times i'm going through it... the guy from the custom shop is already shaking cause i'm talking about late pay i dunno if my guitar is gonna make it to my hands luckily they didn't start it yet... all they have are the unfinished woods and hardware

Name the blue one Leslie

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

Heh, go for it Ralf it's one of my favourite colour blends at the moment! Blue and black always works well, I think.

Buxom- why Leslie?

Still don't have a name for it but it's the most female Strat I've owned, whereas the other two are definitely boys. This one is more... hmmm... a Neela.

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'01 American Deluxe HSS Strat.
'87 Japan HSS Strat.
'11 Custom Shop FMT HSS Strat.

"Without music, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines and dates by which bills must be paid."