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Califiddler · November 6th, 2009, 05:16 PM

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!

jkingma · November 6th, 2009, 05:24 PM

And the pictures are coming when...?

thaus · November 6th, 2009, 09:48 PM

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.......

Mik · November 6th, 2009, 11:15 PM

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

ROADMAN · November 7th, 2009, 01:26 AM

nice....looks like this ?....no

Guinness · November 7th, 2009, 08:40 AM

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

~Randy

Mik · November 8th, 2009, 05:44 PM

Host and post pics of Califiddler's Surf Green Fender Classic 50s Strat...couch surfer!

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...

fenderix · November 9th, 2009, 09:22 AM

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

Enjoy!

jrich99 · November 9th, 2009, 11:14 PM

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

Mik · November 10th, 2009, 12:20 PM

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...

mr newhaven · November 10th, 2009, 12:25 PM

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...

jrich99 · November 12th, 2009, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr newhaven

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...

+1

November 6th, 2009, 05:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Califiddler Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 1,193	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! __________________ "In the fiddler's house, all are dancers."

November 6th, 2009, 05:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
jkingma Friend of Leo's Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: N43° 11.943 ~ W079° 35.285 Posts: 3,091 18 Photos	And the pictures are coming when...? __________________ Creator of Fine Sawdust and Expensive Kindling.

November 6th, 2009, 11:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mik Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,809	Next: Fender BF Dual Showman and a Fender 6G15 Reverb Unit! __________________ a "motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocations, to excess."-T.E. Lawrence

November 7th, 2009, 01:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
ROADMAN Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: delta b.c. canada Age: 54 Posts: 2,206	nice....looks like this ?....no __________________ the blues had a baby and they called it Rock and Roll

November 8th, 2009, 05:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mik Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,809	Pics are up! Host and post pics of Califiddler's Surf Green Fender Classic 50s Strat...couch surfer! 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... __________________ a "motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocations, to excess."-T.E. Lawrence

November 6th, 2009, 09:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
thaus Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 532	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.......

November 7th, 2009, 08:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
Guinness Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Dover, DE Age: 40 Posts: 208	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 ~Randy

November 9th, 2009, 09:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
fenderix Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Europe Posts: 3,781	Congratulations Califiddler! That's a sweet looking Strat for not that much money. Enjoy!

November 9th, 2009, 11:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
jrich99 TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: AZ Posts: 96	ohhhh, I'm so jealous. I really wanna do a relic in surf green with a rosewood board after looking at that.

November 10th, 2009, 12:20 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mik Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,809	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... __________________ a "motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, and the hint, the provocations, to excess."-T.E. Lawrence

November 10th, 2009, 12:25 PM	#11 (permalink)
mr newhaven Tele-Meister Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New Haven, CT Age: 27 Posts: 184	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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