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Post subject: Re: It arrived this afternoon!!! happy NGD
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:05 pm
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I love new guitar pics. I wonder what our wives think of us as we open a new guitar. My wife was napping when my 2012 American Standard was delivered. I woke her up and had her video tape the unboxing, the second unboxing (the Fender box was in a slightly larger ZZ Sounds box0 and the opening of the guitar case itself and inventorying the case candy and doing a once over of the guitar itself. All the while I was taking pictures.

She said I didn't make as much fuss when our kids were born.

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Post subject: Re: It arrived this afternoon!!! happy NGD
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:13 pm
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markara wrote:
I love new guitar pics. I wonder what our wives think of us as we open a new guitar. My wife was napping when my 2012 American Standard was delivered. I woke her up and had her video tape the unboxing, the second unboxing (the Fender box was in a slightly larger ZZ Sounds box0 and the opening of the guitar case itself and inventorying the case candy and doing a once over of the guitar itself. All the while I was taking pictures.

She said I didn't make as much fuss when our kids were born.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Well, where are the pictures?

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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:53 pm
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Nice bit of fluff you got there. Congrats........ :D


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Post subject: Re: It arrived this afternoon!!! happy NGD
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:35 pm
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Looks like a very nicely flamed neck. Lets see a pic of the back of the neck. Congrats



+1...Congrats...seems quite a few of the MIM Classic Series guitars have some flame on their necks...BONUS!

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Post subject: Re: It arrived this afternoon!!! happy NGD
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:06 am
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Very nice guitar!


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Post subject: Re: It arrived this afternoon!!! happy NGD
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:08 pm
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Art1 wrote:
markara wrote:
I love new guitar pics. I wonder what our wives think of us as we open a new guitar. My wife was napping when my 2012 American Standard was delivered. I woke her up and had her video tape the unboxing, the second unboxing (the Fender box was in a slightly larger ZZ Sounds box0 and the opening of the guitar case itself and inventorying the case candy and doing a once over of the guitar itself. All the while I was taking pictures.

She said I didn't make as much fuss when our kids were born.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Well, where are the pictures?

Art

Posted before on the day of arrival.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:02 pm
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markara wrote:
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markara wrote:
I love new guitar pics. I wonder what our wives think of us as we open a new guitar. My wife was napping when my 2012 American Standard was delivered. I woke her up and had her video tape the unboxing, the second unboxing (the Fender box was in a slightly larger ZZ Sounds box0 and the opening of the guitar case itself and inventorying the case candy and doing a once over of the guitar itself. All the while I was taking pictures.

She said I didn't make as much fuss when our kids were born.


:lol: :lol: :lol:

Well, where are the pictures?

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Posted before on the day of arrival.
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=72269



Ya! I realised that after I posted. But we got a chance to see them again anyhow. :)

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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:12 pm
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Art....I wonder how close that charcoal frost is to Clapton's EC Gray [ Ferrari's grigio silverstone] :shock: The other thing that catches my eye is the bleached maple neck which is usually lightly tinted on the American Standards if I have my facts correct. [It has been pointed out elswhere, by Alain, that light will cause the bleached maple necks to yellow over time]
All things being equal, that beautiful guitar is what Mike Eldred would call a snapshot version of the of the look of the LTD Clapton, as far as this old man is concerned. :?

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Post subject: Re: It arrived this afternoon!!! happy NGD
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:22 pm
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Art....I wonder how close that charcoal frost is to Clapton's EC Gray [ Ferrari's grigio silverstone] :shock: The other thing that catches my eye is the bleached maple neck which is usually lightly tinted on the American Standards if I have my facts correct. [It has been pointed out elswhere, by Alain, that light will cause the bleached maple necks to yellow over time]
All things being equal, that beautiful guitar is what Mike Eldred would call a snapshot version of the of the look of the LTD Clapton, as far as this old man is concerned. :?


Well, if it helps. all of these are the same guitar, just different light and cameras.

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this is a FCS Pewter 62 NOS Jag. Basically, I wanted a colour that the 62 AVRI was not offered in. So I not only got a cool colour but the CS treatment as well.

Depending on the light, and who is looking, this looks like pewter or Charcoal Frost, or....

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Post subject: Re: It arrived this afternoon!!! happy NGD
Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:32 pm
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.....lighting nothwithstanding, I think the Charcoal Frost looks a bit 'bluer'...not as 'steely' as the Pewter. Yours should have had a matching headstock, black pup covers and trem handle tip to coordinate with the pot knobs. :idea:

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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:44 pm
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ZZDoc wrote:
.....lighting nothwithstanding, I think the Charcoal Frost looks a bit 'bluer'...not as 'steely' as the Pewter. Yours should have had a matching headstock, black pup covers and trem handle tip to coordinate with the pot knobs. :idea:


I thought about the matching headstock (added $$), didn't even think about black pup covers. Hmmmmm. Oh M I K E!!!!! :lol:

Yes, charcoal frost always seemed a bit bluish to me. You might even get to see this one but I don't take her out too often.

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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:51 pm
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Art1 wrote:
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.....lighting nothwithstanding, I think the Charcoal Frost looks a bit 'bluer'...not as 'steely' as the Pewter. Yours should have had a matching headstock, black pup covers and trem handle tip to coordinate with the pot knobs. :idea:


I thought about the matching headstock (added $$), didn't even think about black pup covers. Hmmmmm. Oh M I K E!!!!! :lol:

Yes, charcoal frost always seemed a bit bluish to me. You might even get to see this one but I don't take her out too often.

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Likely won't have to haul a guitar with you first time out.

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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:03 pm
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ZZDoc wrote:
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ZZDoc wrote:
.....lighting nothwithstanding, I think the Charcoal Frost looks a bit 'bluer'...not as 'steely' as the Pewter. Yours should have had a matching headstock, black pup covers and trem handle tip to coordinate with the pot knobs. :idea:


I thought about the matching headstock (added $$), didn't even think about black pup covers. Hmmmmm. Oh M I K E!!!!! :lol:

Yes, charcoal frost always seemed a bit bluish to me. You might even get to see this one but I don't take her out too often.

Art

Likely won't have to haul a guitar with you first time out.


LOL, have to find the place first. And I need to pick up a guitar every evening (time permitting) or I get rusty. (better me than the guitar I guess.)


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Post subject: Re: It arrived this afternoon!!! happy NGD
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:17 am
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I was actually surprised how "blue" the charcoal frost is on my American Standard.
The Fender.com pic seems to me to be a bit more on the gunmetal blue side. That being said, I love the color.

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:07 pm
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I was actually surprised how "blue" the charcoal frost is on my American Standard.
The Fender.com pic seems to me to be a bit more on the gunmetal blue side. That being said, I love the color.


Love the looks? Love the sound? sounds like a keeper to me.


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