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westtexasred
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 Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:37 pm Post subject: Custom Shop '51 Nocaster |
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Just when I thought I'm done buying guitars I see this (link)
2006 Fender Custom Shop '51 Nocaster
Body Color: Coral Pink
Body Material: 2 PC ASH
Body Finish: Lacquer
Tuners: Vintage
Bridge Assembly: ’51 Nocaster
Control Assembly: ’51 Nocaster
Knob: ’51 Nocaster
Neck Pickup: ’51 Nocaster Neck Pickup
Bridge Pickup: ’51 Nocaster Bridge Pickup
Custom ‘60s Tele Neck
Shape: Mid ‘60s style Oval “C”
Fingerboard Radius: 7.25”
Neck Thickness at 1st fret: .790”
Neck Thickness at 12th fret: .930”
Neck Blank Guitar: Maple Plain Grain
Side Dot: Micarta White 3/32”
Face Dot: Micarta White .250
Fret Wire: Vintage Gutiar
Truss Rod: ‘60s
Nut: STD FB Blank
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Fingerboard: Rosewood Indian 6MM
Standard ’51 Nocaster pickguard
Super Relic
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westtexasred
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:23 am Post subject: |
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Haha,I really tried.Ah well fuck it. You know what Ekhardt Tolle says..."Resist nothing". That's The Power of Now.
Anyway,I think my compulsion to buy this guitar is is linked this photo of an original Tahitian Coral Stratocaster which I first saw a couple of years ago.
It's a color you don't see often and I think it looks even better the way it has amber-ed on this Blackguard.
The rosewood fretboard with clay dots is the icing on the cake. That is why I couldn't resist bidding.
Seriously,that has to be one of the coolest CS teles I have seen.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Custom Shop '51 Nocaster |
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| Nick wrote: |
| westtexasred wrote: |
| Just when I thought I'm done buying guitars |
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Yeah, I thought you were just into buying cheapies now.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| westtexasred wrote: |
| Ah well fuck it. |
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It's very nice and cool as frig but I find the designation "Nocaster" confusing when combined with a 60s neck. What's Nocastery about apart from it not saying Telecaster on the headstock?
Or rather, how is this not a 60s tele with Nocaster pickups?
It is gorgeous though.
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| Please don't ever stop buying guitars. I live vicariously through you. |
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westtexasred
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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Haha,thanks. Here is a photo of the neck
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Will you ever do an demo?
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| Bacchus wrote: |
It's very nice and cool as frig but I find the designation "Nocaster" confusing when combined with a 60s neck. What's Nocastery about apart from it not saying Telecaster on the headstock?
Or rather, how is this not a 60s tele with Nocaster pickups?
It is gorgeous though. |
I resisted posting this EXACTLY for fear of seeming trainspotty but yeah. It actually is like a Nocaster with a '60s Tele neck stuck on it given the bridge hardware (and bakelite/flatheads, to get a little nerdier) but the neck pretty much makes a Fender... especially a Strat/Tele where everything else apart from electrical component tolerances (which accounts for 50s/60s pickups) is almost guaranteed to be the same.
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DO AN DEMO NOW.
THAT THING IS SO FUCKIN 80'S HOLY SHIT.
DEMO LOVE BITES ON IT RIGHT NOW
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| robroe wrote: |
| THAT THING IS SO FUCKIN 80'S |
Personally struck me as '70s looking. And it's spec'd from 50s/60s parts.
THESIS: hodge-podge
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 10:19 am Post subject: |
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| paul_ wrote: |
| Bacchus wrote: |
It's very nice and cool as frig but I find the designation "Nocaster" confusing when combined with a 60s neck. What's Nocastery about apart from it not saying Telecaster on the headstock?
Or rather, how is this not a 60s tele with Nocaster pickups?
It is gorgeous though. |
I resisted posting this EXACTLY for fear of seeming trainspotty but yeah. It actually is like a Nocaster with a '60s Tele neck stuck on it given the bridge hardware (and bakelite/flatheads, to get a little nerdier) but the neck pretty much makes a Fender... especially a Strat/Tele where everything else apart from electrical component tolerances (which accounts for 50s/60s pickups) is almost guaranteed to be the same. |
Yep, but a 60s neck wouldn't be a Nocaster neck and would say Telecaster on it.
I suppose that's the point of the Custom Shop though, that they can do magic like this and build "what if..." guitars.
I should reiterate lest I sound grouchy, the thing is gorgeous and I'm very, very jealous.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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coral pink? more like Aged Fiesta
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| brainfur wrote: |
| coral pink? more like Aged Fiesta |
Although that was the conventional wisdom for many years that all the "Salmon Pink or "Coral Pink" vintage strats were actually "Fiesta Red" that had aged, It now has been confirmed that Fender DID actually make a real Coral Pink Strat. The guitar below was verified by Daves Guitars and featured in an article published in a 2009 issue of "Premier Guitar Magazine"
 
Here is an excerpt from the article:
"This Strat has a penciled neck date of 3-61, and has all the features typical to Strats of that year. These include: a slab Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with clay dots; a small headstock with spaghetti decal, including two patent numbers; and a greenish Nitrate 3-ply pickguard with a metal shielding plate underneath. The neck profile is very flat and comfortable, like most of the early slab board necks.
Besides having all the classic characteristics that make early ‘60s Strats appealing to players and collectors, this one has an ultra-rare color. According to an old piece of masking tape attached under the pickguard, the color is Tahitian Coral (a color of the same name was used by Chrysler in the late ‘50s). This non-standard color was not mentioned in any Fender catalogs (the closest official Fender color at the time was Shell Pink, listed from 1960–1963). An undercoat of Desert Sand can be seen where the top color has worn off. Proof that this color is factory original can be seen after unscrewing the neck. An area of paint from the body has stuck to the neck leaving a bare spot in the neck pocket that is an exact match to the glob stuck to the neck."
I'm pretty sure that it is not the only guitar Fender made in Coral Pink. I posted these pictures on The RickResource Forum back in 2009 when the article was published and Paul Wilczynski, the Luthier who builds all the acoustic model guitars for Rickenbacker, said this:
"I owned an early Jazzmaster in exactly this shade, painted over a sunburst. At the time I owned the guitar, I matched the color to a DuPont chip. It was a '55 Chevrolet color called, simply, "Coral". When I put it up for sale in '97, I got lots of interest. The three guys who came to the house wanted me to pull the neck, but I resisted. It eventually went, sight unseen, to a buyer in Switzerland in 2001. I knew it was original, but did not know how rare this color is." |
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brainfur
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| westtexasred wrote: |
| brainfur wrote: |
| coral pink? more like Aged Fiesta |
Although that was the conventional wisdom for many years that all the "Salmon Pink or "Coral Pink" vintage strats were actually "Fiesta Red" that had aged, It now has been confirmed that Fender DID actually make a real Coral Pink Strat. The guitar below was verified by Daves Guitars and featured in an article published in a 2009 issue of "Premier Guitar Magazine"
Here is an excerpt from the article:
"This Strat has a penciled neck date of 3-61, and has all the features typical to Strats of that year. These include: a slab Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with clay dots; a small headstock with spaghetti decal, including two patent numbers; and a greenish Nitrate 3-ply pickguard with a metal shielding plate underneath. The neck profile is very flat and comfortable, like most of the early slab board necks.
Besides having all the classic characteristics that make early ‘60s Strats appealing to players and collectors, this one has an ultra-rare color. According to an old piece of masking tape attached under the pickguard, the color is Tahitian Coral (a color of the same name was used by Chrysler in the late ‘50s). This non-standard color was not mentioned in any Fender catalogs (the closest official Fender color at the time was Shell Pink, listed from 1960–1963). An undercoat of Desert Sand can be seen where the top color has worn off. Proof that this color is factory original can be seen after unscrewing the neck. An area of paint from the body has stuck to the neck leaving a bare spot in the neck pocket that is an exact match to the glob stuck to the neck."
I'm pretty sure that it is not the only guitar Fender made in Coral Pink. I posted these pictures on The RickResource Forum back in 2009 when the article was published and Paul Wilczynski, the Luthier who builds all the acoustic model guitars for Rickenbacker, said this:
"I owned an early Jazzmaster in exactly this shade, painted over a sunburst. At the time I owned the guitar, I matched the color to a DuPont chip. It was a '55 Chevrolet color called, simply, "Coral". When I put it up for sale in '97, I got lots of interest. The three guys who came to the house wanted me to pull the neck, but I resisted. It eventually went, sight unseen, to a buyer in Switzerland in 2001. I knew it was original, but did not know how rare this color is." |
Hmmmm, looks liek aged fiesta red to me... 
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westtexasred
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:41 am Post subject: |
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| brainfur wrote: |
Hmmmm, looks liek aged fiesta red to me... |
Yes,they do look similar.That'a the 1961 Tahitian Coral on the left and a 1961 Fiesta Red on the right.
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brainfur
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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welp. both are beautiful old colours!
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westtexasred
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Here is a photo of an unrestored 1955 Chevy Bel Air with original Coral and Gray factory paint job (link)
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