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Post subject: Clapton strat color change
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 3:34 am
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Does anyone know what year fender changed the green color from 7up to candy?


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Does anyone know what year fender changed the green color from 7up to candy?


Only the name has been changed.

The finish has been dropped from the colour chart in 2010 after EC's own request.


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Post subject: Re: Clapton strat color change
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 5:09 pm
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Ok so when did the name change occur?
Although there definitely is a difference.


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Post subject: Re: Clapton strat color change
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:39 pm
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It's too bad you can't get the Clapton strat in green anymore...I'm also suprised sunburst isn't an option.. :mrgreen:


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Post subject: Re: Clapton strat color change
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:51 pm
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The Candy Creen color is veru nice. I own a 2000 Candy Green Clapton Strat. To the best of my knowledge, the color was never changed. Fender might have changed the name to avoid being sued by the people who make 7UP.

I will say that in about 2007, I saw a Candy Green Clapton Strat that looked like it had silver in the finish instead of gold flake, like mine. The gold color warmed up the color a bit. The silver made it look a bit cold.

I had to order mine, and I have loved it since the moment I opened the box.

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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:55 pm
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cookieman15061 wrote:
Ok so when did the name change occur?
Although there definitely is a difference.


1988, first year of production.

The first official Candy Green model (Lot #78) had a mode switch and was set up for slide. Eric got another Strat in the same colour in December 1989; this guitar can be seen on the Night Music sessions with David Sanborn, Hiram Bullock and Robert Cray.

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I'm also suprised sunburst isn't an option.. :mrgreen:


Unauthorized color for the "modern" EC signature series but a standard colour option on the Custom Artist Brownie Tribute model.

Just hold your breath for a modernized version of Brownie; it will never happen as Clapton is gonna definitely hang up his guitars for good. Only then the EC series will be dropped from the Fender pricelist after many long years of production.


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Post subject: Re: Clapton strat color change
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:30 am
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If a person wants a 2-color-sunburst EC Strat, they need only to find a 2-color-sunburst from a few years back. It's a discontinued model, but if you look at the specs, it's the same guitar as a EC Strat.


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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:06 am
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True, except the 2-tone burst USA Buddy Guy comes with a 4-ply white pearloid pickguard and an ash body while "Brownie" is made from alder and uses a 1-ply white scratchplate.


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Post subject: Re: Clapton strat color change
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:37 am
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The Candy Creen color is veru nice. I own a 2000 Candy Green Clapton Strat. To the best of my knowledge, the color was never changed. Fender might have changed the name to avoid being sued by the people who make 7UP.

I will say that in about 2007, I saw a Candy Green Clapton Strat that looked like it had silver in the finish instead of gold flake, like mine. The gold color warmed up the color a bit. The silver made it look a bit cold.


That's the difference I'm talking about. The earlier versions seem to have a gold flake vs a silver in the later ones. This to my eyes did effect the color hue of course. Did it take place at the same time as the name change?


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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 2:07 pm
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cookieman15061 wrote:
paris wrote:
The Candy Creen color is veru nice. I own a 2000 Candy Green Clapton Strat. To the best of my knowledge, the color was never changed. Fender might have changed the name to avoid being sued by the people who make 7UP.

I will say that in about 2007, I saw a Candy Green Clapton Strat that looked like it had silver in the finish instead of gold flake, like mine. The gold color warmed up the color a bit. The silver made it look a bit cold.


That's the difference I'm talking about. The earlier versions seem to have a gold flake vs a silver in the later ones. This to my eyes did effect the color hue of course. Did it take place at the same time as the name change?



I didn't know this, and had to run downstairs to look at the paint on my '98 - the flake appears silver. Now I'd like to see a gold flake to see the difference!


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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:46 pm
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cookieman15061 wrote:
paris wrote:
The Candy Creen color is veru nice. I own a 2000 Candy Green Clapton Strat. To the best of my knowledge, the color was never changed. Fender might have changed the name to avoid being sued by the people who make 7UP.

I will say that in about 2007, I saw a Candy Green Clapton Strat that looked like it had silver in the finish instead of gold flake, like mine. The gold color warmed up the color a bit. The silver made it look a bit cold.


That's the difference I'm talking about. The earlier versions seem to have a gold flake vs a silver in the later ones. This to my eyes did effect the color hue of course. Did it take place at the same time as the name change?



I didn't know this, and had to run downstairs to look at the paint on my '98 - the flake appears silver. Now I'd like to see a gold flake to see the difference!


Look at the photo I posted. Okey, so the photo doesn't do the guitar justice.


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Post subject: Re: Clapton strat color change
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:04 pm
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:lol: This is a great example of Fender inconsistency. Candy colors, such as 7-Up Green, are hard enough to have be the exact same color each time due to the actual candy painting process. But then, add to this Fender doing different base color coats by using the Silver or Gold metal-flake. :shock: It is interesting, and I do not mean to bore anyone with the details, but Candy colors are a three step process. They start out with a fine metallic base coat, such as silver or gold. Sometimes they even use a solid color such as vintage white on the Lipstick Red Strats. In any case, the base color can affect the final outcome of the finish color.

To give you an example, a gold base coat will cause the guitar to have a slightly darker finished look. The "candy" name and look comes from the fact that the next coat is a transparent color coat over the base coat. With CAR, the color coat is red of course or with 7-up Green, the color coat is green. Here's the thing, if 4-coats of transparent color are put on compared too 6-coats, the final color will be lighter. The color gets darker with each additional color coat applied. Then after the color coat comes several coats of clear.

This too can cause variations in color because as it ages it can yellow by being exposed too light (UV). So 7-Up Green (aka Candy Apple Green) can vary a lot from guitar to guitar. :shock: I think the Tanqueray Green was a candy color too, if I am not mistaken.

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