Yuck, Fender.

[Mark Wein]

http://www.fender.com/guitars/strat...atocaster-with-ash-body-/product-0170173.html

LIMITED EDITION SANDBLASTED STRATOCASTER® WITH ASH BODY
MODEL #: 0170173338





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• COLOR
  CRIMSON RED TRANSPARENT
• FINGERBOARD MATERIAL
  MAPLE

$999.99

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A BEAUTY THAT’S A BLAST
The Limited Edition Sandblasted Ash Stratocaster features one of the most alluringly unusual finish treatments yet seen on a Fender instrument. After the transparent finish (in beautiful Sapphire Blue or Crimson Red) is applied, the ash body is literally sandblasted, leaving the surface grain pattern wonderfully textured with parallel ruts and grooves in which the black grain-filler coat shows beneath the color finish coat. It’s a truly beautiful look complemented by a black pickguard, and the “topography” of no two instruments is identical. The guitar is also finely appointed with American Standard single-coil Stratocaster pickups, a “no-load” tone control for the middle and bridge pickups (bypasses tone control circuitry when turned all the way up), and much more.
FEATURES

• Ash body with special sandblasted finish treatment
• 9.5”-radius maple fingerboard with 22 jumbo frets
• Three American Standard single-coil Stratocaster pickups with five-way switching
• “No-load” tone control for middle and bridge pickups (bypasses all tone control circuitry when turned all the way up)
• Black pickguard, control knobs and pickup switch tip
• Vintage-style synchronized tremolo bridge

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

 

[Virtual Pariah]

In blue, I like it.
Red, not so much.

 

[Tiltsta]

Wow, that is awful.

 

[PunkKitty]

I like them.

 

[jelloman]

I like it, aside from the giant CBS headstock...

 

[BrammyH]

I like the blue.

 

[Grant Gross]

I get the same feeling when I look at a super flamey PRS.

 

[Chicken Man]

I've seen worse ideas. From Fender, even.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

I like it, aside from the giant CBS headstock...

all headstocks are beautiful.

 

[GreatDane]

that could have been a cool idea, but was poorly executed (IMO).

 

[OGG]

Aside from possibly being a little weird feeling because of its non-smooooooveness, I actually think it's quite gorgeous. If it didn't have that stupid six screw bridge, I'd hit it.

 

[Deep Eddy]

Could be worse. Could be Antigua.

 

[bsman]

Kind of reminds me of some of the rather crude examples I saw of Gibson faded series guitars back in the late 90s. This is not praise...

 

[Virtual Pariah]

What I'm finding funny is that these are higher priced MIM models.

I think Carvin will do an ash body in this finish without much of an up charge. With more colors too.

 

[Elias Graves]

I like that technique. I've done it with wire brushes to similar result. Instant aged wood lol. It's real easy to make it look like a weathered barn board, though I like the technique they used, too.
Not sure I'd buy it but I'd look it over closely.

 

[smurfco]

I think we can agree this is a serious improvement over the anus blasted series from a few years ago.

 

[reverend1]

It's not my cup of tea. There are a lot uglier finishes.


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[Alex W]

I wouldn't buy it but the blue one looks pretty good

 

[IamSeaDevil]

It's not my cup of tea. There are a lot uglier finishes.


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[CBHScott]

I have actually touched a couple of these, and believe me, they feel worse than they look like they would. While I do like the coloration, I really loathe deep-rudded non-finishes on guitars, and these feel like you're running your hand across tree bark.