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NGD: 62 NOS Custom Shop Stratocaster

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KylefKylef Frets: 1088
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Some of you will have read the thread a few days ago where I was looking to invest in a Custom Shop Stratocaster, as I could never find one with my preferred specs (particularly a 7.25” radius neck). 

I got a shock when I found out how much Fender were looking for for a Custom Shop order nowadays, but then a guardian angel in the form of @barnstorm sent me a link to a CS Strat for sale at a shop in Glasgow - a mere hour away from me. 

What he didn't realise was my preferred colour combination was the guitar in the link he sent me, Mint Green guard on Olympic White. 

I took a drive through the next day, and couldn’t be more pleased. The guitar was listed as used but it’s mint, no signs of being touched never mind used. Plastic still on the guard, case candy unopened etc. Must have sat untouched since 2010. 

Had a bit more time with it today. Changed the strings to 10’s, sorted the action and intonation to suit, some lemon oil and nut sauce and job done. Stunning guitar, very resonant, but happily the best strat I’ve played. If I had one gripe, it has been specced to have bigger frets than I’m used to (all my Fenders have vintage frets). Not a downer by any means, but as I say just not something I’m used to. 

Not the best of days for pics but I’ve took a few. 

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My trader feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/61485/kylef
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  • jacksparrowjacksparrow Frets: 673
    Sweet will age well that one.
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  • CloudNineCloudNine Frets: 4298
    Lovely mate, congrats. Classic look. Used to have an identical one actually. Might be worth thinking about a refret if it otherwise perfect guitar for you. The proper vintage skinny frets would always bother me personally. Would never get used to it.
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  • pmgpmg Frets: 301
    Lovely HNGD 
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  • teradaterada Frets: 5114
    Lovely, great colour combo. Note that the finish will yellow loads if its just left out. Mine was the same colour as yours when new  :o




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  • merciful-evansmerciful-evans Frets: 419
    Tidy!
    Looks great.
    I sometimes think, therefore I am intermittent
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  • BellycasterBellycaster Frets: 5879
    My favourite Strat colour combo too, fantastic score there!
    Only a Fool Would Say That.
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 23508
    Wow, it's got a really dark rosewood board.  What's the neck profile, '60s Oval C?
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  • thermionicthermionic Frets: 9731
    Nice to see a Custom Shop Strat that doesn't have half its paint missing!
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  • tone1tone1 Frets: 5199
    I love that colour on the Strat....I’m having my Strat refinished in relic Olympic White and either Tortoiseshell or mint guard.... Yours looks ace!  :)
    http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/59137/tone1#latest
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  • wesker123wesker123 Frets: 497
    Stunner! 
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  • LodiousLodious Frets: 1949
    Delicious!
    My Feedback Thread here: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/63317/ 
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  • teradaterada Frets: 5114
    thermionic said:
    Nice to see a Custom Shop Strat that doesn't have half its paint missing!
    Wiz'd
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  • WazmeisterWazmeister Frets: 9663
    Kyle, looks cracking mate !

    Glad you got the Spec you wanted...
    Feedback here - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57555/
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  • hairmetalhairmetal Frets: 319
    Very nice!
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  • robertyroberty Frets: 10912
    Bloody hell that is clean. Congrats dude
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6813
    Exactly. Olympic White (particularly aged, like mine...) with tort or mint is such a great combo. 
    feedback here
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  • thebreezethebreeze Frets: 2816
    terada said:
    Lovely, great colour combo. Note that the finish will yellow loads if its just left out. Mine was the same colour as yours when new  :o




    Is that because it’s nitro?  How long did it take to get to that shade of yellowing and is it the same on the back?  (I also have to ask, what’s the black stuff by the pickups!?)
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  • teradaterada Frets: 5114
    thebreeze said:
    terada said:
    Lovely, great colour combo. Note that the finish will yellow loads if its just left out. Mine was the same colour as yours when new  :o

    Is that because it’s nitro?  How long did it take to get to that shade of yellowing and is it the same on the back?  (I also have to ask, what’s the black stuff by the pickups!?)
    It's a nitro guitar and does chip and wear like nitro, I'd always assumed the yellowing was due to that too, but perhaps that would happen with poly too?

    That particular guitar was just out in the living room, the front is much more yellow than the back, which looks more like the colour of @Kylef 's gorgeous one above. It has taken maybe 5 or 6 years to go that colour. Like I say it wasn't in direct sunlight, just around the house. Also the left horn is the yellowest part of the top, while I've worn back through the yellow where my arm rests, so its a bit of a chameleon.

    The guitar has been gigged pretty hard and the pic was taken after an especially energetic gig, the stuff around the pickups is blood splatter. I cleaned it all off after the pic  :)


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  • HattigolHattigol Frets: 8216
    edited January 2019
    That's a beautiful acquisition. Mint - and I'm not just talking about the scratchplate. If you don't bond with it, message me!

    Oh and @terada .... blood splatter? Eeeeuuuuwww.
    "Anybody can play. The note is only 20%. The attitude of the motherf*cker who plays it is  80%" - Miles Davis
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  • fretfinderfretfinder Frets: 5092
    Looks a beaut, great find! What’s the weight?
    260+ positive trading feedbacks: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57830/
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