NGD: '59 Strat

danishbacon

Ok so it's not a real '59 but it's close. Only 58 years apart. Probably one of the last few ones made by Fender from the American Vintage series of 2012-2017. Been after one of these for a while and the wait paid off.

Roysterdoyster

V nice!

meltedbuzzbox

Thats a beautiful colour

Brize

Awesome. I love Sherwood Green.

proggy

That's a big wow from me.

Boromedic

Very nice!

AlexO

Lovey that! I waited aged to get the Sonic Blue one and didn't gel with the neck at all. Hope you like yours.

thebreeze

Lovely Jubbly

ICBM

danishbacon said:

Ok so it's not a real '59 but it's close. Only 58 years apart.

Ha .

It's quite a surprise these days, and a pleasure, to see a new guitar which is properly *new* and doesn't look like it's been dragged through a hedge backwards .

Beautiful colour, I've always thought the slab-board/3-ply-guard Strat suits the metallic blue and green colours like nothing else.

(On my monitor it looks like Ocean Turquoise, which is my favourite of all, but Sherwood Green is nice as well...)

robgilmo

Whats a slab board? That's one lovely looking Strat.

danishbacon

AlexO said:

Lovey that! I waited aged to get the Sonic Blue one and didn't gel with the neck at all. Hope you like yours.

Thoroughly pleased with the neck

richardhomer

robgilmo said:

Whats a slab board? That's one lovely looking Strat.

It’s where the join between the rosewood and maple is flat. Later ones (mid 62 onwards IIRC) were thin curved boards, where the top of the neck was radiussed as well. Later (63) the boards because thinner still (known as ‘veneer boards’).

Hootsmon

7.25 radius?

Philly_Q

Is it Sherwood?  It looks almost like Gun Metal Blue on my (work) PC.

danishbacon

hootsmon said:

7.25 radius?

Yep

Philly_Q said:

Is it Sherwood?  It looks almost like Gun Metal Blue on my (work) PC.

Sherwood indeed. Colour balance was tough on this one. Watcha doing browsing TFB at work anyway

Philly_Q

danishbacon said: 

Philly_Q said:

Is it Sherwood?  It looks almost like Gun Metal Blue on my (work) PC.

Sherwood indeed. Colour balance was tough on this one. Watcha doing browsing TFB at work anyway

Well it was 6.30 pm.

I had an AVRI in Sherwood quite a few years ago, so pretty much the exact same model I guess, although they called it a '62 reissue.  Certainly one of the best looking Strats I've owned!

stickyfiddle

BEST COLOUR!

Properly brilliant

Alterlifeson

Lovely, that Sherwood and rosewood board looks great. Beautiful thing!

danishbacon

Here's a little sounds sample

danishbacon

Philly_Q said:

danishbacon said: 

Philly_Q said:

Is it Sherwood?  It looks almost like Gun Metal Blue on my (work) PC.

Sherwood indeed. Colour balance was tough on this one. Watcha doing browsing TFB at work anyway

Well it was 6.30 pm.

I had an AVRI in Sherwood quite a few years ago, so pretty much the exact same model I guess, although they called it a '62 reissue.  Certainly one of the best looking Strats I've owned!

The first I came across one was a 62 Avri I think, and I for the longest time thought I was looking for it but then realized that American vintage and Avri are two different lines, not sure of the differences but I know that the 59 has clay dots and likely some different pickups too.

Philly_Q

danishbacon said:

Philly_Q said:

danishbacon said: 

Philly_Q said:

Is it Sherwood?  It looks almost like Gun Metal Blue on my (work) PC.

Sherwood indeed. Colour balance was tough on this one. Watcha doing browsing TFB at work anyway

Well it was 6.30 pm.

I had an AVRI in Sherwood quite a few years ago, so pretty much the exact same model I guess, although they called it a '62 reissue.  Certainly one of the best looking Strats I've owned!

The first I came across one was a 62 Avri I think, and I for the longest time thought I was looking for it but then realized that American vintage and Avri are two different lines, not sure of the differences but I know that the 59 has clay dots and likely some different pickups too.

You're right, mine didn't have clay dots and I noticed yours does.  If I remember correctly the pickups were the '57/'62 set.

I haven't followed the Fender range as closely as I used to but I think the American Vintage series replaced the AVRI series - around the same time they discontinued the '57 and '62 Hot Rod models and replaced them with the '50s and '60s Hot Rod models.  Not confusing at all....