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Post subject: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:19 pm
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Trying to revamp my '86 MIJ Strat (1962 reissue). It currently is all parchment. Want to use a new Fender mint guard, but I am having trouble finding a match I like with the covers and knobs. The Fender aged white is too dark, parchment too white. Any suggestions? Should I try dyeing some white parts in coffee maybe? Just want the parts with more of an aged look and to match the guard better.

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Post subject: Re: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 2:10 am
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Hi wt24. I have a Strat with a mint pickguard on a sonic blue body. All the other plastic parts are mint too, and to my eye that looks nice. Why not just have everything matching? Keep things simple.

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Post subject: Re: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 2:41 am
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I think the Classic Players Strat looks cool with its various coloured bits.
According to the spec they all have mint scratchplate and aged white covers, knobs and switch tip.

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Post subject: Re: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 6:56 am
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[quote="Ceri"]Hi wt24. I have a Strat with a mint pickguard on a sonic blue body. All the other plastic parts are mint too, and to my eye that looks nice. Why not just have everything matching? Keep things simple.

Cheers - C[/quote

Considering that possibility with Fender's new 60's vintage parts set. Thanks.


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Post subject: Re: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 6:58 am
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Stratmangler2 wrote:
I think the Classic Players Strat looks cool with its various coloured bits.
According to the spec they all have mint scratchplate and aged white covers, knobs and switch tip.

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Thanks. In person the aged white I tried that Fender sells are way too dark for my tastes, but they look pretty light here. They must use different parts on their production guitars.


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Post subject: Re: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:08 am
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wt24 wrote:
Ceri wrote:
Hi wt24. I have a Strat with a mint pickguard on a sonic blue body. All the other plastic parts are mint too, and to my eye that looks nice. Why not just have everything matching? Keep things simple.

Cheers - C


Considering that possibility with Fender's new 60's vintage parts set. Thanks.

Hee-hee - well, since we seem to be posting pix, here's a couple of that blue Strat with all-mint plastic parts, just for your better enjoyment:

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Matching cuffs and collars. A possibility.

Cheers - C

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Post subject: Re: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:59 am
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Ceri wrote:
wt24 wrote:
Ceri wrote:
Hi wt24. I have a Strat with a mint pickguard on a sonic blue body. All the other plastic parts are mint too, and to my eye that looks nice. Why not just have everything matching? Keep things simple.

Cheers - C


Considering that possibility with Fender's new 60's vintage parts set. Thanks.

Hee-hee - well, since we seem to be posting pix, here's a couple of that blue Strat with all-mint plastic parts, just for your better enjoyment:

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Matching cuffs and collars. A possibility.

Cheers - C


So you have a mint guard on that Strat? Looks really light compared to one I have. Also, which mint parts did you get, the Fender OEM or aftermarket ones?


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Post subject: Re: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 10:03 am
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wt24 wrote:
So you have a mint guard on that Strat? Looks really light compared to one I have. Also, which mint parts did you get, the Fender OEM or aftermarket ones?

Probably the camera makes it look lighter than it is. In real life it is slightly darker than Parchment, but not much.

I bought it as a pre-loaded BareKnuckles pickguard: from markings underneath it seems they use AllParts plastic parts. The pickup covers and knobs match the pickguard fairly closely (better than it looks in the photos below), which doesn't always happen with aftermarket parts.

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Post subject: Re: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 2:51 pm
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I just sold an 04 Fender Am Dlx Strat that came with a stock mint green Pguard and aged white Knobs/tip. I thought it was a classic look. The mint isn't very green.

IMHO, I'll use that or all White.

That's my $.02.


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Post subject: Re: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:08 pm
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My personal rule of thumb is that minty green pickguards are only used with rosewood fingerboards.

I don't see a whole lotta green on Ceri's blue guitar.

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Post subject: Re: parts for sunburst strat with mint guard
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 3:15 am
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orvilleowner wrote:
I don't see a whole lotta green on Ceri's blue guitar.

I think it's the photo. Do you think it looks a bit more green in the other photo, of the pickguard off the guitar? Different photo, same pickguard.

Mind you, it's not the greenest mint green I've ever seen. Which, personally, I like.

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