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Now when I look at them I get that 80s Rag-rolling feeling
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I refer to them as mushroom sunburst
Maybe part of the issue with the Antigua finish is they are found on so many late 70's Fenders, as that era is not exactly seen as the finest time for the company
Or more commonly known as 'vomit burst'...
Vile, at least on solidbodies. It looks OK on the Coronados it was originally created for - to cover the burn marks left by routing the binding channels because CBS/Fender didn't use the correct feed-to-speed ratio for their tooling, yes really! - but that's because they have a quirky German-semi-acoustic vibe to them anyway. I still probably wouldn't choose one on purpose though.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
way. I used have a CIJ Fender Antigua strat. Was a quality feeling guitar, but sold it on.
Not long ago a shop was advertising a complete set of antigua Fenders ( strat, tele, jazz , precision, maybe a jazz - not quite sure) for some silly price. Not far from me so I thought I'd go have a look but they'd gone. So, someone else likes them ( and has more money than sense).
The colour is much nicer than the Fender version.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I like the look, but I've always wondered how they make the scratchplate - is it just painted and if so does the paint flake off?
I very briefly owned - it was a passing-through deal really - a '79 with what appeared to be an *original* black pickguard, that didn't look like it had been stripped. The serial number stickers on the guard and the body did match, so it was the right one. From what I've read somewhere the very last were shipped like that after they ran out of the painted guards before the bodies, so it may have been genuine. It looked much better than they normally do but weighed about as much as Ailsa Craig, and had the same sort of resonance.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Now I see.
#confused
It took three people to lift it and sounded like a wardrobe.
I'm afraid I can't get rid of that connotation.