**What Color Is This Telecaster?** - Page 2

serialsteve · May 12th, 2008, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by giginthesky

just checked the SN# on my blue agave strat. it's a 1992 MIM.

Sure looks the same to me!

JDC · October 7th, 2008, 11:24 PM

A few months late to this thread but I was doing a search for that color, also and I came upon your thread. I bought an American Standard Tele, new, in early 1989 which is that color. It is called Gunmetal Blue.

Further than that. I can't help you. FMIC has no more information on that color than I just gave you. I know the color wasn't used for long...a couple of years maybe? In the 20 years I've toured using that guitar I've only run across one other Fender that color (other than a couple of pictures on a forum) and it was a Strat.

There are some pics in my album, here, but the lighting they were taken in was very bad and they don't really show the true color.

braderrick · October 9th, 2008, 07:02 AM

I bought my first fender in 1995 and the MIM standards were my price range. I did a lot of research and I know it does not look like lake placid blue but I am 99% sure that is what they were calling it then.

MatteusNova · October 9th, 2008, 07:15 AM

I don't know why, I don't really like blue Telecasters, but I love some of the blue stratocasters, like LPB and blueburst. Esp LPB with very dark(black) fretboard and maybe knobs, pickups, PGs etc in black.

October 9th, 2008, 07:15 AM	#44 (permalink)
MatteusNova Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sweden, Svipjóð Posts: 233	I don't know why, I don't really like blue Telecasters, but I love some of the blue stratocasters, like LPB and blueburst. Esp LPB with very dark(black) fretboard and maybe knobs, pickups, PGs etc in black. __________________ Telecaster is my thang, cuss it got that twang...

October 7th, 2008, 11:24 PM	#42 (permalink)
JDC Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 287 4 Photos	A few months late to this thread but I was doing a search for that color, also and I came upon your thread. I bought an American Standard Tele, new, in early 1989 which is that color. It is called Gunmetal Blue. Further than that. I can't help you. FMIC has no more information on that color than I just gave you. I know the color wasn't used for long...a couple of years maybe? In the 20 years I've toured using that guitar I've only run across one other Fender that color (other than a couple of pictures on a forum) and it was a Strat. There are some pics in my album, here, but the lighting they were taken in was very bad and they don't really show the true color.

October 9th, 2008, 07:02 AM	#43 (permalink)
braderrick Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kentucky Age: 25 Posts: 448	I bought my first fender in 1995 and the MIM standards were my price range. I did a lot of research and I know it does not look like lake placid blue but I am 99% sure that is what they were calling it then.