What colour strat should i get

If you are undecided whether to go with a white pick guard or a mint green pick guard which seems to be two of the options vintage enthusiasts usually travel between, go with parchment!

The parchment will never let you down if you like white for your pick guard but are bit tired of the plain Jane pure white. Sometimes the term is used interchangeably, But Cream will generally Be lighter in color than Aged White.

Ultimately these names will get you in the ballpark when you are searching for something in this color that you are looking for,. But generally speaking, What you see is what you get so if you like the way it looks without the guitar under it, Chances are good you will like it even better once mounted. Similar to the gloss white black white pick guard, this is just in the reverse order. It has two black plies, with one white ply sandwiched in the middle to create a white pinstripe around the perimeter.

Probably my personal favorite pick guard as I like that similar luck that Stevie Ray Vaughn had on his guitars but the matte finish has a nice satin finish which has the benefit of being virtually fingerprint and smudge free. Especially for players who may sweat a lot in high humidity environments, the matte black pick guard will not look sloppy and haggard after the first two songs at a summer gig. You can also get these cut out of the thin sheet to single ply vintage spec, but most of the guards I see available generally are a single ply that have the thickness of the three ply pick guard and a beveled edge.

I will mention that a three ply thickness does stay put on the guard a lot nicer , especially if it has 11 holes instead of 8.

These items can be listed in the description for a pick guard as Black tortoise, Pearloid or Shell that looks like this. Sherwood and Candy Tangerine are two of my favorite oddball fender colors. I'd also like to give an honorary mention to Coral. I'm always surprised how many people's favorites are the whites. Seems very 'vanilla' to me, but to each his own. Lake placid blue and Olympic white do it for me. This isn't a great shot, but I love violin burst as well.

I like white, but Olympic white or Fender's other whites aren't really white. I hate it when they yellow or turn to a cream.

I wish Fender made a really real white, maybe like Gibson's alpine white? After that it's purely subjective. Blizzard Pearl reflects the light in a cool way. Ah come on, that would be like being bored by the beauty of a sunset. For vintage, I was a sucker for daphne blue but surf green has since grown on me. Messages: 2, Cant beat a white strat Dreamdancer , Jun 8, Viking inLA , Jun 8, Blackmore Fan , Jun 8, DeeLite , Jun 8, Rockape , Jun 8, You must log in or sign up to reply here.

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