NGD - Surf's up!

I've never owned a Strat, and I have been GAS-ing for one for the last couple of years. So yesterday I walked into Best Buy, and their music department had a surf green '50s Classic Strat marked "clearance" for $529.99 brand new. I plugged it in, played all 5 PU settings, played all over the neck, and immediately felt at home.

I went home and slept on it, and today I went back and bought it. The surf green and tinted neck are gorgeous together. I tried to get the guy to upgrade me from a gig bag to a HSC, but no go. So I bought it anyway. With online prices at $750, I figured that $530 was a great price even with the gig bag. With CA sales tax, it was about $580 out the door.

Can't wait to get home tonight, plug into the Vibro Champ, and play!

I know that this thread is worthless without photos, so as soon as I can take some photos and figure out how to host them I will do so.

Surf's up!

And the pictures are coming when...?

Congrats! I have one and it is great! Love the soft-V profile........mine was bought used but the previous owner modded it to the nines.....Callaham bridge assembly and pickguard, bone nut, Fralin Vintage Hots pups.......

Next: Fender BF Dual Showman and a Fender 6G15 Reverb Unit!

nice....looks like this ?....no
http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/50s-fender-strat.jpg

Congrats!

Surf Green is one of my favorite colors- A guitar like that just SCREAMS "Walk Don't Run" or "Pipeline"...

Love to see more photos; the only problem with that is you'd have to put the guitar down long enough to take a photo- I understand if its a few days before we see yours :mrgreen:

~Randy

Host and post pics of Califiddler's Surf Green Fender Classic 50s Strat...couch surfer!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/MikR90S/IMG_2292.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/MikR90S/IMG_2294.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/MikR90S/IMG_2295.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/MikR90S/IMG_2296.jpg

Sounds as great as it looks...Califiddler told me about this
Strat before he bought it so I auditioned it, through a sweet PRRI. I should have bought them both when I had the chance!

GAS...

Congratulations Califiddler! That's a sweet looking Strat for not that much money.

Enjoy! :smile:

ohhhh, I'm so jealous. I really wanna do a relic in surf green with a rosewood board after looking at that.

I'd like to see a rwfb/surf green Strat, but that maple fb is a perfect match for surf green, just flowwwwwwsss, I can hear the surf crash, smell the salt air...

looks great

i love the color

get yourself a mint green pickguard and youre guitar is gonna look sweeeeeeeet!

i myself hate bright white anything on a guitar...makes it look sterile in my opinion...

looks great

i love the color

get yourself a mint green pickguard and youre guitar is gonna look sweeeeeeeet!

i myself hate bright white anything on a guitar...makes it look sterile in my opinion...

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