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Rob DiStefano · October 27th, 2003, 12:31 PM

... absolutely YUK! - what WAS Fender thinking? Oh, wait, I know, how could I forget their prime directive...

Big Tony · October 27th, 2003, 01:22 PM

But maybe I'm just too old... Do the kids like it?

Maggot · October 27th, 2003, 02:10 PM

Granted they don't look too good, but they have a sort of messy charm. I'd play one.

Blues Hurler · October 27th, 2003, 03:24 PM

Can't beat a nice 'burst! I like to see some grain.

Captainobvious · October 27th, 2003, 06:27 PM

Looks like jello puke, nitro'd over. No thanks.

The Snowman · October 27th, 2003, 06:55 PM

man, I get flashbacks just looking at those things....and at 54, I don't need any flashbacks......

Kevin · October 27th, 2003, 10:05 PM

I like 'em...

I wish they came with maple boards, a bucker in the bridge, and a Floyd, though...

Adam Waldron · October 27th, 2003, 11:18 PM

Yep.

The Splatter Strats are gonna go down with Antigua, Wildwood, International colours and bowling ball as crook Fender finishes.

Make my Strat black or burst please.

Cheers,

Adam (he always was a pretty conservative guy...)

Ringo · October 27th, 2003, 11:38 PM

Quote:

The Splatter Strats are gonna go down with Antigua, Wildwood, International colours and bowling ball as crook Fender finishes.

FWIW I think the Splatter is UGLY too but I kind of like some of the others that you mentioned.
The Wildwood series were pretty cool at least the greenish ones, though to my knowlede they never made a Wildwood Strat .
Now granted the Antigua is "different".
Some of the International colors like the bright yellow and orange are super cool to me.

But it's all a matter of personal taste - or lack of! 8)

Adam Waldron · October 27th, 2003, 11:43 PM

Ringo - well, they *can* please everyone 'eh?

Yep, Wildwood was for things like Coronados IIRC!

Antigua?

Someone posted a piccie of a wall covered in all the Antiguas....Strats, Teles, basses etc.

I felt quite unwell!

Cheers,

Adam

tweeddeluxe · October 27th, 2003, 11:50 PM

I love em. Wish they came with maple boards, too. As a kid I used to love the spinart on the boardwalk as well.

Just think, you could wear one with anything--just like your favorite tie-dye shirt.

I'm 46 btw.

Tom

Nothing is uglier than antigua

rickyralph · October 28th, 2003, 12:14 AM

it reminds me of being a kid in the early 70s at astroworld where you could make your own picture

davg · October 28th, 2003, 01:09 AM

but I was in a music store last week checking out some small practice amps. I was trying them with various humbucker guitars that were nearby (SG, PRS Santana). When I found an amp I liked (Roland Cube 30), I wanted to see how single coils sounded. So I grabbed the nearest Strat and it was, lo and behold, a Splattercaster! It was one of the white with gold, silver and black splats. I admitted that it looked better than the blue/yellow ones I saw in ads. Anyhow, I know it's a MIM standard, but it sure played great and sounded good. And the fit and finish were perfect. It grew on me real quick. My wife mentioned that she liked it ALOT. So if my wife likes it alot, that means I can get it. And if I can get it, that's a good thing. So VIVA LA SPLAT!

da dougster · October 28th, 2003, 02:57 AM

They had three or four at the local shop and I grabbed the one with the thickest neck ( and yeah one of them was noticeably "chunkier" than the rest) and wailed away. Played great and ya know I didn't look at the paint job once while I was playing it ( it was surf green with the large mammal vomit scheme

).

I didn't buy it, don't need another strat at the mo and besides I would probably look at it when I WASN'T playing it LOL. They ought to be pretty cheap next year when everyone's sick of them....

hippietim · October 28th, 2003, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam Waldron

Yep.

The Splatter Strats are gonna go down with Antigua, Wildwood, International colours and bowling ball as crook Fender finishes.

Make my Strat black or burst please.

Cheers,

Adam (he always was a pretty conservative guy...)

Don't make fun of Antigua :(

hippietim · October 28th, 2003, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob DiStefano

... absolutely YUK! - what WAS Fender thinking? Oh, wait, I know, how could I forget their prime directive...

I think they look cool! I played a couple - typical MIM Fenders - nothing special but decent. BTW, here is the do it yourself kit: http://www.spinartusa.com/machines.htm

rebelern · October 28th, 2003, 05:39 AM

NO------------------------WAY.

Ernie.

Adam Waldron · October 28th, 2003, 03:58 PM

[quote="hippietim
Don't make fun of Antigua :([/quote]

Hehe!

Sorry hippietim! :)

I just knew you'd enter the conversation right about then!

Antiguas got a hard time for too long....thank you Splatter Strat!

Cheers,

Adam

frogger · November 10th, 2003, 08:04 PM

RAN INTO MY LOCAL FENDER REP AND HE HAD SOME WITH HIM. MY HEAD STARTED GETTING HEAVY, NOSE RAN AND ALMOST PEE'D MY PANTS. TOLD HIM SOMEONE IN THERE R&D DEPARTMENT WAS ON DRUGS. HEY EVERYONE IT'S THE 492ND VERSION OF THE VENERABLE STRATOCASTER IN VIVID BARFOBURST.

iluvblackfrancis · November 11th, 2003, 01:01 AM

I have an Antigua tele. I call it puke, my mom calls it avocado. I like it, so does she, and my mom is hard to please. The splatters are nice.

Fender Fan · November 21st, 2003, 11:48 AM

That way OK in 68, when it would match your T-shirt.

RickC · November 21st, 2003, 12:06 PM

did anyone notice a paint smell on the Splattercasters? Maybe it was power of suggestion, but I could swear I got a paint fumes buzz from the ones I tried at GC

/rick

buglecorps · November 22nd, 2003, 02:35 PM

In a few years these should be dirt cheep..Grab on for a few bucks and sand that puppy down!!

Pedalworld · November 23rd, 2003, 07:26 PM

Could they get anymore 1985 Mad Max looking?

I could understand IF these actually came out in 1985 but come on... these are laughable and dated the instant I saw one.

frogger · November 23rd, 2003, 08:29 PM

For all you antigua lovers I read that Fender is making a limited run of these for awhile. It used to be cool seen playing a Fender but now I wonder "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?"

Adam Waldron · November 23rd, 2003, 08:59 PM

Hmm, yes, they will be going cheap soon.

Might grab one. I have some paint stripper and a couple of spare pickguards lying about :D

Cheers,

Adam

Scotland · November 24th, 2003, 10:21 AM

I can see the attraction for younger guys and girls but for me....no thankyou sir !

Strativarius · November 24th, 2003, 12:30 PM

Horrible....just horrible.

And the point is?......... :?

Pedalworld · November 24th, 2003, 12:33 PM

did someone say Antiqua splatter?!!!

~~~do they do Coronados too?????

Billy Claire · November 24th, 2003, 05:33 PM

ugh...

they remind me of the bowling ball strats and teles that Fender made. You don't see anyone knocking down doors to get those...

iriquois · November 26th, 2003, 10:18 PM

It makes me think of Walt Disney with a case of the up chucks....dinner anyone?

hippietim · December 5th, 2003, 06:10 AM

When they first came out I saw two of them and thought they looked cool. Every other one I've seen since then looks terrible. Look for these to be on clearance after the holidays.

Dennis_UK · December 5th, 2003, 07:41 AM

Definitely to be classified with Antigua. And that's classified eeeeuuurrrgh! Sorry Tim!

stantheman · December 5th, 2003, 08:40 AM

for a Formal, what a great way to offset that
Tux you gotta wear!!!! One for the white, and
one for the black. Or any suit for that matter,
just make sure you wear a solid shirt. If the
concensus is correct (I believe it will be) I'll buy
as many of these as I can provided they play
well. Here's a SCARY THOUGHT: we ALL know
Fender....you know there's a couple'la Teles
in Splatter floatin' around....and I want one. At
49 y.o. I gotta keep an open mind (that new
Jack Nicholson movie must be about me and
Muddy Waters and them young wimmens!!!)

Blazer · December 5th, 2003, 12:33 PM

I've attended art school and in my opinion they are cool.

They also remind me of the coolest Ibanez guitars ever made, the multicolor Steve Vai signature. I hate floyd roses and I also hate flat "speed" necks which is why I never bought one.

but the splattercasters have the same vibe.

buglecorps · December 18th, 2003, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Look for these to be on clearance after the holidays.

As of last Friday my local had 4 in stock..the same number they had last month..they are allready reduced...
This was a BAAADDDDD idea..it would have been OK on a Showmaster or a Cyclone..but on a Strat.......I wonder how many each dealer was required to take?

Loco · December 18th, 2003, 09:13 PM

Does this look better?
http://www.bluesman.de/strat-pics/83bowling05.jpg

Nope, thought not.

hippietim · December 18th, 2003, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loco

Does this look better?
http://www.bluesman.de/strat-pics/83bowling05.jpg

Nope, thought not.

I liked those when they came out and I like 'em now.

Loco · December 19th, 2003, 11:05 AM

Sorry hippietim, hope it's not yours?

However if I strare at it for any length of time I get the absurd impression that I've taken an illegal substance.

S0C7 · December 23rd, 2003, 10:37 AM

Hey, they still gotta sell the bodies they messed up. Can't just throw them away.

Besides, Fender needs a foil for all the new age crap Gibson has been putting out lately (platinum, goth, etc).

October 27th, 2003, 12:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rob DiStefano Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Park Ridge, NJ Age: 63 Posts: 5,156	Fender "Splatter" Strats, my opinion on 'em is ... ... absolutely YUK! - what WAS Fender thinking? Oh, wait, I know, how could I forget their prime directive...

October 27th, 2003, 01:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Big Tony Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden, by golly! Age: 54 Posts: 2,752 29 Photos	Not for me But maybe I'm just too old... Do the kids like it?

October 27th, 2003, 02:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
Maggot Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 867 1 Photos	I like em Granted they don't look too good, but they have a sort of messy charm. I'd play one.

October 27th, 2003, 03:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Blues Hurler Tele-Holic Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 728 5 Photos	Can't beat a nice 'burst! I like to see some grain. __________________ The blues ain't about theory, they's about therapy.

October 27th, 2003, 06:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
Captainobvious TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 59	Looks like jello puke, nitro'd over. No thanks. __________________ Once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken. No...wait...I WAS wrong.

October 27th, 2003, 06:55 PM	#6 (permalink)
The Snowman Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Philly Pa Posts: 764	flashbacks.... man, I get flashbacks just looking at those things....and at 54, I don't need any flashbacks...... __________________ Vice President, Friends Of The Forgotten http://www.streetshooter.us

October 27th, 2003, 10:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
Kevin Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 2,967	I like 'em... I wish they came with maple boards, a bucker in the bridge, and a Floyd, though...

October 27th, 2003, 11:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Adam Waldron Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 607	Yep. The Splatter Strats are gonna go down with Antigua, Wildwood, International colours and bowling ball as crook Fender finishes. Make my Strat black or burst please. Cheers, Adam (he always was a pretty conservative guy...)

October 27th, 2003, 11:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
Adam Waldron Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 607	Ringo - well, they can please everyone 'eh? Yep, Wildwood was for things like Coronados IIRC! Antigua? Someone posted a piccie of a wall covered in all the Antiguas....Strats, Teles, basses etc. I felt quite unwell! Cheers, Adam

October 27th, 2003, 11:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
tweeddeluxe Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MD Age: 52 Posts: 777	I love em. Wish they came with maple boards, too. As a kid I used to love the spinart on the boardwalk as well. Just think, you could wear one with anything--just like your favorite tie-dye shirt. I'm 46 btw. Tom Nothing is uglier than antigua

October 28th, 2003, 12:14 AM	#12 (permalink)
rickyralph Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: south tx Posts: 129	their kind a cool to me it reminds me of being a kid in the early 70s at astroworld where you could make your own picture __________________ no more small frets please!

October 28th, 2003, 01:09 AM	#13 (permalink)
davg Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Washington, PA Posts: 149	At first I didn't like 'em but I was in a music store last week checking out some small practice amps. I was trying them with various humbucker guitars that were nearby (SG, PRS Santana). When I found an amp I liked (Roland Cube 30), I wanted to see how single coils sounded. So I grabbed the nearest Strat and it was, lo and behold, a Splattercaster! It was one of the white with gold, silver and black splats. I admitted that it looked better than the blue/yellow ones I saw in ads. Anyhow, I know it's a MIM standard, but it sure played great and sounded good. And the fit and finish were perfect. It grew on me real quick. My wife mentioned that she liked it ALOT. So if my wife likes it alot, that means I can get it. And if I can get it, that's a good thing. So VIVA LA SPLAT!

October 28th, 2003, 02:57 AM	#14 (permalink)
da dougster Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Beautiful downtown Ayuh Posts: 300	Antigua's are worser IMHO They had three or four at the local shop and I grabbed the one with the thickest neck ( and yeah one of them was noticeably "chunkier" than the rest) and wailed away. Played great and ya know I didn't look at the paint job once while I was playing it ( it was surf green with the large mammal vomit scheme ). I didn't buy it, don't need another strat at the mo and besides I would probably look at it when I WASN'T playing it LOL. They ought to be pretty cheap next year when everyone's sick of them.... __________________ "Somebody set up us the bomb!!"

October 28th, 2003, 05:39 AM	#17 (permalink)
rebelern Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Swampyville, Australia. Posts: 896	NO------------------------WAY. Ernie.

October 28th, 2003, 03:58 PM	#18 (permalink)
Adam Waldron Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 607	Re: HEY!! [quote="hippietim Don't make fun of Antigua :([/quote] Hehe! Sorry hippietim! :) I just knew you'd enter the conversation right about then! Antiguas got a hard time for too long....thank you Splatter Strat! Cheers, Adam

November 10th, 2003, 08:04 PM	#19 (permalink)
frogger Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lincoln Nebraska Posts: 510	WHEW WHAT'S NEXT RAN INTO MY LOCAL FENDER REP AND HE HAD SOME WITH HIM. MY HEAD STARTED GETTING HEAVY, NOSE RAN AND ALMOST PEE'D MY PANTS. TOLD HIM SOMEONE IN THERE R&D DEPARTMENT WAS ON DRUGS. HEY EVERYONE IT'S THE 492ND VERSION OF THE VENERABLE STRATOCASTER IN VIVID BARFOBURST.

November 11th, 2003, 01:01 AM	#20 (permalink)
iluvblackfrancis Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: california Posts: 208	I have an Antigua tele. I call it puke, my mom calls it avocado. I like it, so does she, and my mom is hard to please. The splatters are nice. __________________ Take my hand, I'm shaking like milk.

November 21st, 2003, 11:48 AM	#21 (permalink)
Fender Fan TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 15	Yikes! That way OK in 68, when it would match your T-shirt.

November 21st, 2003, 12:06 PM	#22 (permalink)
RickC Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 189	I'm feeling light-headed did anyone notice a paint smell on the Splattercasters? Maybe it was power of suggestion, but I could swear I got a paint fumes buzz from the ones I tried at GC /rick __________________ "shot with nitro"

November 22nd, 2003, 02:35 PM	#23 (permalink)
buglecorps Tele-Holic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Suburban Twang Town Posts: 753	I'm looking on the bright side.. In a few years these should be dirt cheep..Grab on for a few bucks and sand that puppy down!! __________________ Loud is Good...

November 23rd, 2003, 07:26 PM	#24 (permalink)
Pedalworld Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 936	Could they get anymore 1985 Mad Max looking? I could understand IF these actually came out in 1985 but come on... these are laughable and dated the instant I saw one.

November 23rd, 2003, 08:29 PM	#25 (permalink)
frogger Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lincoln Nebraska Posts: 510	Splatter-Antiguas For all you antigua lovers I read that Fender is making a limited run of these for awhile. It used to be cool seen playing a Fender but now I wonder "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?"

November 23rd, 2003, 08:59 PM	#26 (permalink)
Adam Waldron Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 607	Hmm, yes, they will be going cheap soon. Might grab one. I have some paint stripper and a couple of spare pickguards lying about :D Cheers, Adam

November 24th, 2003, 10:21 AM	#27 (permalink)
Scotland Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, Yewrup Age: 55 Posts: 7,428 3 Photos	Hate them I can see the attraction for younger guys and girls but for me....no thankyou sir ! __________________ All those who believe in psycho-kinesis, raise my hand !

November 24th, 2003, 12:30 PM	#28 (permalink)
Strativarius TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 69	Orrible Horrible....just horrible. And the point is?......... :?

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November 24th, 2003, 12:33 PM	#29 (permalink)
Pedalworld Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 936	did someone say Antiqua splatter?!!! ~~~do they do Coronados too?????

November 24th, 2003, 05:33 PM	#30 (permalink)
Billy Claire Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Marlborough MA Posts: 959	ugh... they remind me of the bowling ball strats and teles that Fender made. You don't see anyone knocking down doors to get those... __________________ www.myspace.com/sherylamour www.theallens.theallens.com tear off my arms and beat me to death with them...

November 26th, 2003, 10:18 PM	#31 (permalink)
iriquois TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 51	It makes me think of Walt Disney with a case of the up chucks....dinner anyone? __________________ "Everybody is gonna have the blues, If they haven't already had 'em, They're gonna have 'em." - Johnny Shines

December 5th, 2003, 06:10 AM	#32 (permalink)
hippietim Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Raleigh Posts: 2,193	I would like to change my vote When they first came out I saw two of them and thought they looked cool. Every other one I've seen since then looks terrible. Look for these to be on clearance after the holidays.

December 5th, 2003, 07:41 AM	#33 (permalink)
Dennis_UK Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Calstock, Cornwall, UK Age: 56 Posts: 715	Splats? An utter no-no Definitely to be classified with Antigua. And that's classified eeeeuuurrrgh! Sorry Tim! __________________ Fender MIM Precision, all black, 2004. Fender MIJ Precision, '51 RI, Butterscotch, 1996. Squier VM Precision TB, 3TS, 2007 Markbass CMD121H 1x12 combo plus 1x12 ext cab My band: The Rock'nRoll Outlaws

December 5th, 2003, 08:40 AM	#34 (permalink)
stantheman Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: White Mountains Posts: 5,945	Actually, I think they'd be purrfect.... for a Formal, what a great way to offset that Tux you gotta wear!!!! One for the white, and one for the black. Or any suit for that matter, just make sure you wear a solid shirt. If the concensus is correct (I believe it will be) I'll buy as many of these as I can provided they play well. Here's a SCARY THOUGHT: we ALL know Fender....you know there's a couple'la Teles in Splatter floatin' around....and I want one. At 49 y.o. I gotta keep an open mind (that new Jack Nicholson movie must be about me and Muddy Waters and them young wimmens!!!) __________________ Somebody Loan Me A Dime

December 5th, 2003, 12:33 PM	#35 (permalink)
Blazer Friend of Leo's Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,820	I've attended art school and in my opinion they are cool. They also remind me of the coolest Ibanez guitars ever made, the multicolor Steve Vai signature. I hate floyd roses and I also hate flat "speed" necks which is why I never bought one. but the splattercasters have the same vibe.

December 18th, 2003, 09:13 PM	#37 (permalink)
Loco Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dorset, England Age: 54 Posts: 819	Does this look better? http://www.bluesman.de/strat-pics/83bowling05.jpg Nope, thought not.

December 19th, 2003, 11:05 AM	#39 (permalink)
Loco Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dorset, England Age: 54 Posts: 819	Sorry hippietim, hope it's not yours? However if I strare at it for any length of time I get the absurd impression that I've taken an illegal substance.

December 23rd, 2003, 10:37 AM	#40 (permalink)
S0C7 Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 246	Hey, they still gotta sell the bodies they messed up. Can't just throw them away. Besides, Fender needs a foil for all the new age crap Gibson has been putting out lately (platinum, goth, etc).