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Old July 5th, 2012, 10:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Good color combo for a 70s strat?

I just picked up a 70s Reissue strat, White with a maple fretboard. Awesome strat, just what I've been after! It's an 04 so the white has gotten a little yellowy, not yngwie-level yellow but a little bit o' cream.

Right now it's stock with a slightly offwhite pickguard and white pickups/knobs ala Jimi/Curtis/Uli/Robin etc, but I also have black pickups/knobs, a black/w/b pickguard, and a mint pickguard.

I'm thinking of mint with black pickups? Maybe stock is the best look? What say you?

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Old July 5th, 2012, 10:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Did some Google searching.. white or white pearloid also look good
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Old July 5th, 2012, 10:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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not bad, some of those might look funky (or not funky enough) with the 70s styling.

here are some other possibilities



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Old July 6th, 2012, 01:06 PM   #4 (permalink)
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black on black w/ maple neck or aged oly white (banana pudding color) is my vote.
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Old July 6th, 2012, 01:47 PM   #5 (permalink)
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All black plastic would give it a late '70s look. So would a black pickguard with white knobs, pickguard and tremolo tip. I once even saw a mid-'70s Strat with all-black plastic except for white knobs, but that combination looked horrible in my opinion.
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