the new mij flip flop strats are interesting

George · Post by **George** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:08 pm

the entire body and neck, fingerboard and all, is covered with this chameleon paint stuff that changes colour depending on the viewing angle.

while i'm not entirely set on the chameleon aspect, or initial colour choices (and i don't care what anyone says, HSS looks ugly bugly), a fully blacked/coloured out strat or other fender is a cool idea.

http://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-fsr-japa ... reen/94968

Â£911 is a pisstake though, but these are the sorts of models that will be down to about Â£500 in 2 months (in america at least)

JordanD · Post by **JordanD** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:12 pm

I really like the purple but yes, HSS is horrible.

George · Post by **George** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:17 pm

yeah with a mint guard and SSS config it'd look pretty sweet. but a metallic black, silver, gold, sherwood, otm, or any fat sparkle could look amazing

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:57 pm

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:47 pm

mfw

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:05 pm

It's a cool idea.
why you guys hate HSS? that's the only type of strat i like...

George · Post by **George** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:10 pm

they just look shit

plus i don't like humbuckers so while there is a case for "functionality", it ain't my jam enough to listen to that argument

George · Post by **George** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:12 pm

theshadowofseattle wrote:mfw

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damn thats a really cryptic facial expression to infer lol

James · Post by **James** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:03 pm

They've been making these for a while but without the coloured fretboard.

STB - Silver To Light Blue, BTP - Blue To Purple and BTG - Burgundy To Green

I don't know if those names are accurate but the three letter colour codes are.

STB

BTP

BTG

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:44 pm

These are cool apart from the painted fingerboard, the humbucker and the silly paint.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:49 pm

I like em, which I find funny considering how the new gawdy Gibsons repulse me. It has to be Fender designs, they could paint a Stratocaster Dogshit Brown and it would still look cool.

No problems with HSS either, its certainly a more useful configuration and suits the Strat better than stuff like the Mustang, Telecaster... in my opinion.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:19 pm

I like the blue to green flip flop.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:18 pm

George wrote:they just look shit

plus i don't like humbuckers so while there is a case for "functionality", it ain't my jam enough to listen to that argument

this. not into hss strats. would look awesome sss though. aside from tele deluxes/starcasters and maybe jazzblasters i dont really like humbuckers on fenders.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:05 pm

ITT: in the UK pints are larger, and frequently enjoyed much earlier in the day

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:17 pm

JordanD wrote:I really like the purple but yes, HSS is horrible.

A least it's a quick fix with a pickup and pickguard. I like it.

JordanD · Post by **JordanD** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:16 pm

Rox wrote:
JordanD wrote:I really like the purple but yes, HSS is horrible.
A least it's a quick fix with a pickup and pickguard. I like it.

Very true!

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:16 pm

Will be proper neato to see up close.

James wrote: I don't know if those names are accurate but the three letter colour codes are.

STB

BTP

BTG

My brain was rearranging the acronyms on its own to fit what the classic Fender finish I saw, the first two most definitely being Sice Tlue Betallic and Bake Tacid Plue.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:32 am

It's not terribly innovative as a design, but I like the paint. I wonder how the painted frets feel. What if Fender got really crazy and swapped the necks? Ooh, wacky. I almost painted an entire guitar white like a ghost but chickened out. Wellâ€”it was a vintage XII.

The pointy rectangle pickup hole doesn't blend. There must be a way to make an homburger work, but that isn't it.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:53 am

No problems with HSS, personally. But HSS always looks so much better with robroe type pickup covers...fills that pointy square hole...had a Strat with an EMG HSS setup and loved the look of it, but EMGs aren't my thing.

Dislike the MIM-Standard-ish arm contour on the bodies, but that's about it. Why isn't Fender US doing this kind of thing? Far more interesting than most of what Custom Shop is putting out.

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:33 pm

The ones with the painted fretboards are the ugliest shite I've ever seen. The second group are much less offensive, but I'd still never wish to be seen with one.