It really depends on where you live. Pawn shops around here rarely get American Strats, and when they do, they go for a premium price. They have a 2007 deluxe for sale now and it's 1100 plus tax. It's not even stock. The description they have is pulled from the current Fender website, so they don't even describe it right. When my wife was in France she went into a music shop that sold Fenders and took pictures of the prices for laughs. She said we should be going to France and I bring my Strats...sell them...and we retire off the profits. The prices were crazy for American Strats.
Good idea on the coffee soak.I do that to my teeth every morning for that vintage look....Nice strat! I love the way a maple board sounds,but love the feel of a rosewood board much better.This is my '98 American Standard I bought back in 2005 at a pawnshop for about over a $1,000 (w/ tax and a hard shell Fender case). I've seen this guitar late at night through the window behind the counter hanging on the wall. I thought it was a black guitar and I looked carefully to make sure. The next day I walked into the store for the intent of buying it, but when I saw that it wasn't black, but this very dark wine metallic purple, I thought what the hell, close enough. I just love this colour now. I even went as far to soak the pickup covers, the 5-way switch tip, control knobs, & vibrato arm tip all in a big mug of strong coffee overnight for that vintage creme look and now I just love how it turned out since.
Good idea on the coffee soak.I do that to my teeth every morning for that vintage look....Nice strat! I love the way a maple board sounds,but love the feel of a rosewood board much better.
I like mine..
I also like white with a maple board..
very nice guitar that I also have and I've recently put lime green knobs on it and lime green pickup covers and pickup selector and it looks awesome-I can't stop looking at it
Here's a few of my favourites. Well, actually it's just shameless promotion to get more hits on my video hehe.
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Enjoyed seeing that dark purple Strat that BlackSG91 posted. I was thinking, I need to post my aged nitro "Crown Royale" Strat but 2203Xman beat me to it!