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RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:41 am
by yngwie308
What do you guys think of this Strat, I was watching it on the Bay and it was relisted, beautiful and not Vintage White but Blond!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RL:US:1123" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Very tasty......
yngwie308
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:59 am
by fillmore nyc
yngwie308 wrote:Very tasty......yngwie308
Very tasty indeed. Now, change it over to gold hardware... YOW!!!
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:21 am
by yngwie308
I was told it didn't sell previously in the $20K range...ouch
yngwie308
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:08 pm
by yngwie308
I like it how the owner states, "I will not take the neck off, I'll leave that for the new owner..
for $20K I don't think so.
yngwie308
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:32 am
by worldoftone
Yeah, those blonde ones are cool! But not worth that to me.
That was one of the "custom" colors Fender used. Off the top of my head I think in the early 70s there was Olympic White, Blonde, Black, Mocha, Fiesta Red and Lake Placid Blue.
That color is more common than you think.
- WOT
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:10 am
by fkh
White versus Blonde
Was this one born as "white" and aged into "yellow" or
was it born in "Blonde" ???
more pics right here :
http://www.fkh.dk/77stratgul/
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:57 pm
by worldoftone
Fender "blonde" is see-thru. You can see the woodgrain through the paint.
- WOT
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:44 pm
by bluze81
The Ebay strat a 4 bolt type neck to body is nice, but these prices are mad! even in that condition. it looks as this seller is fishing.
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:01 pm
by yngwie308
Oh for sure this guy is fishy for sure. Acording to WOT these aren't that rare, although I haven't seen that many.
Wish I would have cared for these era Strats at an earlier date, as the prices are stupid crazy these days.
yngwie308
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:13 pm
by bluze81
I agree with you guys these era Strats are not that rare to fetch money as that, with guys like us that were playing buying guitars when these were new todays prices are hard to take. I hated the later 3 bolt Strats,the quality coming from Fender/CBS then was at a all time low.
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:18 pm
by fkh
aging to yellow ??
I've just tried to clean my 77.
I have never seen a "white" turn into "yellow" this much.
Is this normal ??
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:25 pm
by MacGaden
Some of them yellowed quite a bit: Look at the left ´75 I´m playing in this pic:
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:34 pm
by NY Chief
I like the one that "Jr" is playing as well!
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:46 pm
by fkh
Thanks for the pic MacGaden
Maybe it is the rough danish weather , that turns those Strats into yellow
Re: RARE BLOND STRATOCASTER
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:59 pm
by MacGaden
NY Chief wrote:I like the one that "Jr" is playing as well!
Yep! The kid has taste. The white Strat is the only blonde that has remained faithful to me, my
first wife, we´ve been together since ´79...(I, on the other hand have strayed a few times.. I even had an Ibanez JEM at some point.. No depth, top little bottom. But she was fast!
(My "real" wife is younger than the guitar, and a brunette..!)