Your favourite Strat colour combination...

[The Scarecrow]

[mahtone]

Three tone sunbursts are awesome. I have one and I've had it with all aged white pickguard, knobs, pup covers etc and I've had it with the SRV style tortoiseshell pickguard with white knobs, pup covers etc. Both look awesome.

If it has a maple board I really like the idea of a royal blue kinda colour, maybe a bit darker. Someone around here has an avatar with one in it...looks cool. Also have a similar idea for a mid-green kinda one.

I prefer stains to pain as I like grain

Just my 2c

[ash]

The classic Blackie and Mary Kaye styles are always first to mind, but when I think about it the unusual colours like Surf Green, Shell Pink and Sonic Blue rule quite a lot. Those colours look silly on other guitars, but are classic strat.

[Basket Case]

That one with the transparent white paint and gold hardware is sexay.

[badmotor]

Yep - there's my fav. strat colours config.

[danrawkz]

I'm actually beginning to miss it now..

Olympic White w/White pickguard

[Ironbird13]

charcoal stain with shellac

but soon to have a stained black wooden pickgaurd and 2 HBs

[Bg]

or something similar

[Ironbird13]

or something similar

so... a combination of ALL colours

[Bg]

I can't see no Denche Blue in there

[Ironbird13]

I can't see no Denche Blue in there

on the back?

[Miza]

or something similar

So is that Clapton's Strat?

I've always wanted to know what's the reason behind the crazy paint job.

Is there some mystical back story like it represents all his guitars/albums/wives of the last 40 years?

Or was it painted by Ray Charles?

[Bg]

Yes its one of Claptons 'Crash' Strats (Crash -01) - painted by a new york graffiti artist named 'crash' funnily enough. He did about 50 in the end - all different designs. Full story is here I believe http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003154.html

[Miza]

Yes its one of Claptons 'Crash' Strats (Crash -01) - painted by a new york graffiti artist named 'crash' funnily enough. He did about 50 in the end - all different designs. Full story is here I believe http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/003154.html

And there you have it. Thanks BG, you are a wealth of guitar knowledge.

[rickenbackerkid]

My new strat I'm waiting for is a REVERSE blackie. I've never seen one before, but when I ordered I thought it would be kinda cool. I'm not so sure now, but I'll find out . . .