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Who thinks Surf Green guitars are cool?
Joined: May 22, 2006 Posts: 500 Hamilton, Ontario 
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Posted on Jun 19 2007 03:53 PM
I've got a surf green strat 50s classic strat that I'm thinking of taking out of retirement and upgrading with new PUPs and a steel block... I'm not totally decided about the colour (so why did I get it? not a bad question, really, can't say I mind the colour, just not crazy about it) Is anybody crazy about surf green guitars? Just curious... —http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/rockinrio.delrosa |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19357 Des Moines, Iowa, USA 
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Posted on Jun 19 2007 03:58 PM
I like Sea Foam Green over Surf Green, but it is still a cool color. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 2056
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Posted on Jun 19 2007 04:18 PM
I am... Last edited: Jun 19, 2007 16:18:51 |
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Joined: May 22, 2006 Posts: 500 Hamilton, Ontario
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Posted on Jun 19 2007 04:18 PM
Nice Jag... What I like about surf green is that it's kind of a 50s diner colour... good summer colour... but not a colour I see myself playing in dark smoky bars late at night... and, well, is it manly enough? —http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/rockinrio.delrosa |
Joined: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 1342 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
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Posted on Jun 19 2007 06:29 PM
FABULOUUUUUS! |
Joined: Feb 01, 2007 Posts: 308 Ellicott City, Maryland |
Posted on Jun 19 2007 08:37 PM
it all depends on the context. for surf music the color is very appropriate and manly. But if you were playing blues or classic rock it would look wimpy. it also depends on the look of the band. |
Joined: Jul 05, 2006 Posts: 290 Shwa City |
Posted on Jun 19 2007 09:44 PM
is this the strat we were discussing at the caddy last saturday? I'm the same with you, not crazy about surf green, but not opposed. —www.myspace.com/vondrats |
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Joined: May 22, 2006 Posts: 500 Hamilton, Ontario
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Posted on Jun 19 2007 10:18 PM
Bots, That is the one. It will be my summer road guitar. I will take it to the beach. Tenderfoot, you speak wise words. Regards, Rio —http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/rockinrio.delrosa |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25724 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jun 19 2007 10:24 PM
I would never buy a surf green guitar or bass. but if I won one, or someone gave me one, I wouldn't get rid of it. Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Joined: May 22, 2006 Posts: 500 Hamilton, Ontario
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Posted on Jun 19 2007 10:36 PM
Under stage lights, it'd be hard to tell the colour anyway —http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/rockinrio.delrosa |
Joined: May 14, 2007 Posts: 1753
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Posted on Jun 19 2007 11:09 PM
I look at that wall o' Jazzmasters wallpaper lineup and have "option anxiety". So many colors, so little money. I love 'em all and that's what makes choosing and dreaming so much fun. I do think surf green is cool. As for the "manly" question, well . . . I love shell pink, so I guess that sort of disqualifies me from giving an opinion on that. |
Joined: Jun 10, 2007 Posts: 161 CA |
Posted on Jun 19 2007 11:23 PM
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Joined: Jun 14, 2006 Posts: 203
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Posted on Jun 20 2007 07:55 AM
I have an old strat (actually just a neck and a hacked-up body - needs a lot of work!) that I'm going to paint either Surf Green or Seafoam Green when it's done. Ocean Turquoise is cool too. |
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Joined: Aug 18, 2006 Posts: 1732 |
Posted on Jun 20 2007 09:11 AM
Ya know, I keep telling myself that my favorite custom colors in order of preference are fiesta red, then surf green, then daphne/sonic blue, then olympic white. But when the it came time to pull the trigger, I went Olympic white for my jag However on someone elses guitar, surf green is da bomb! I mean c'mon. Have you ever seen a better promo shot than that green jag in front of the Greverb amp on DGG's website. Crimminy! What a freakin gorgeous pic! |
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Joined: Jun 05, 2006 Posts: 12 Toronto, Canada |
Posted on Jun 21 2007 09:50 PM
I always felt that way too... BUt the more I play surf the more I'm liking the "surf" colours... Hey, I even don't mind Rickenbackers' Blue Boy (baby blue) colour now. Hey Rio, maybe my next bass should be a "surf" colour different than yours... We could either do the complimentary colour thing - or a complete clash! smirk —78 Rickenbacker 4002 |
Joined: Jun 20, 2007 Posts: 351 Toronto, ON 
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Posted on Jun 22 2007 09:47 PM
I love surf green and if you have a guitar with that color you are very lucky. Augusto Vite |
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Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Posts: 143 |
Posted on Jun 23 2007 10:51 AM
I have to agree- surf green is NICE. Although, I am partial to Daphne Blue myself...
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Joined: Jan 14, 2007 Posts: 68 australia |
Posted on Jun 24 2007 03:38 AM
seafoam green |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3832 netherlands
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Posted on Jun 24 2007 04:51 AM
on my computer screen that looks completely like sonic blue => my computer is f'ed up I suppose. I like those kinda colors on strats, esp with the rosewood fingerboard. Rules to live by #314: |
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Joined: Apr 20, 2006 Posts: 2056
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Posted on Jun 24 2007 12:11 PM
Yup, I have a Sky Blue pair of Strats (one in RW and the other in Maple). When Fender issued that color back in 2002 I bought the RW new and then a year later bought the Maple off eBay from a private seller here in LA. Those Strats are now super rare to find IMO. I dig pastels. — |
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