Oly white ?

Strataholic · **Joined:** Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:28 pm **Posts:** 1956

Has anyone noticed that the Olympic white American strat is a different, whiter white than the Olympic white Jimmy Vaughn strat? The JV strat is definitely a darker white. I dunno?

StratTone · **Joined:** Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:51 pm **Posts:** 185

Fender acutally has quite a few different white finishes. If you are close to a dealer they should have a catalog with all the colors in it.

JPD · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:26 am

I think a JV strat is off white, check out their color chart.

EdMardell · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:15 am

Strataholic wrote:

Has anyone noticed that the Olympic white American strat is a different, whiter white than the Olympic white Jimmy Vaughn strat? The JV strat is definitely a darker white. I dunno?

It's a Japanese vintage guitar, so I think it's supposed to be more of what olympic white would look like when it's vintage.. I think.

Strataholic · **Joined:** Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:28 pm **Posts:** 1956

EdMardell wrote:

Strataholic wrote:

Has anyone noticed that the Olympic white American strat is a different, whiter white than the Olympic white Jimmy Vaughn strat? The JV strat is definitely a darker white. I dunno?

It's a Japanese vintage guitar, so I think it's supposed to be more of what olympic white would look like when it's vintage.. I think.

The JV is MIM... but that's kinda' what I was thinking... like an Olympic white that was aged... I should think that Fender would give that a different name to lessen the confusion!

While I'm at it, I could swear that I saw a photo of a 3-color sunburst JV strat on line but only two-color is indicated in the online product specs?????

EdMardell · **Posted:** Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:38 am

Strataholic wrote:

EdMardell wrote:

Strataholic wrote:

Has anyone noticed that the Olympic white American strat is a different, whiter white than the Olympic white Jimmy Vaughn strat? The JV strat is definitely a darker white. I dunno?

It's a Japanese vintage guitar, so I think it's supposed to be more of what olympic white would look like when it's vintage.. I think.

The JV is MIM... but that's kinda' what I was thinking... like an Olympic white that was aged... I should think that Fender would give that a different name to lessen the confusion!

While I'm at it, I could swear that I saw a photo of a 3-color sunburst JV strat on line but only two-color is indicated in the online product specs?????

Oh yeah crap I mean Mexican! The JV must have made me thought Japanese Vintage!

lafromla1 · **Joined:** Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:52 am **Posts:** 72

My JV strat is pretty damn white...you mean there is a brighter white out there?

EdMardell · **Posted:** Thu Mar 27, 2008 6:04 am

lafromla1 wrote:

My JV strat is pretty damn white...you mean there is a brighter white out there?

Yes that what he means.

Strataholic · **Joined:** Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:28 pm **Posts:** 1956

Right - that's what I mean. If you compare the American standard with the JV under "Products" on this very site, and compare the color of both guitars in Olympic white, you'll see that these are not the same color! Check it out!

I wouldn't attribute this anomaly to some photographic issue either.

FirstMeasure · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:13 pm

I have an '88 Oly White Strat. It was as white as the pickguard when I bought it, now it's very aged. How old of a Jimmy Vaughan Strat were you looking at?

FirstMeasure · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:21 pm

FirstMeasure wrote:

I have an '88 Oly White Strat. It was as white as the pickguard when I bought it, now it's very aged. How old of a Jimmy Vaughan Strat were you looking at?

I just went looking at the pictures of th JV strat, The Jeff Beck Strat, and the Yngwie strat, and it seem that the JV is right between the two colors.

SMark · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:35 pm

The Yngwie Strat though is not Olympic White, it's Vintage White which is a more creamy banana color.

I have also seen Olympic White vary quite a bit, new as well as aged

softflight · **Joined:** Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:02 pm **Posts:** 1

Just striped down my jimmy vaughn stratocaster to paint it a better color and wow, there was a 3 tone sunburst under the olympic white!!!! Anyone seen that?

Guitar squirrel · **Joined:** Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:16 pm **Posts:** 134

Over the years colors and color charts can change, what were the age diffrences in age between the two guitars?

Pippers · **Joined:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:17 pm **Posts:** 47

Whites have changed a lot over the years. Olympic White used to be what is known as Arctic White for a few years. Arctic White used to be todays Olympic White. The off-color white has changed shades. I think at some point Fender messed up what color was supposed to be what, and the correct color mix and just went with it.

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