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[dubkitty]

they should be quite different, but various makers have muddied the waters quite a bit. my green Strat is the closest to actual BRG that i’ve seen; most manufacturers—including Fender!—often go with something much closer to Forest Green with brown added. GFS is a prime offender here. Sherwood Green also varies, but is quite a bit lighter and typically metallic (the metallic quality of the Strat’s BRG isn’t traditional). it doesn’t seem to photograph well, and reacts very differently to varying light levels. sometimes the Esquire looks like the Tedeschi Tele’s “Caribbean Mist,” sometimes like Hunter Green. this photo matches the hues my eyes see pretty well but is a tidge darker. what baffles me is the differences in what Fender calls BRG or Sherwood Green. did they not save any paint chips?

[Kacey Y]

The inconsistency of color names for major instrument brands is definitely all over the place. I just love the look of that Strat. That color on the Esquire with a black guard would be gorgeous.

[dubkitty]

i found a surprisingly good Mad Cat-style speckled tortoise guard for the Tele by D'Andrea on eBay. i'm half tempted to do a Strat with one, but that would require doing another Strat which i might do but not soon. though i do admit to watching a older Lake Placid Blue body that's darkened to a blue-grey on eBay. the thing is that i need some of these other guitars available way more than i need another Strat.

[dubkitty]

the new pickguard and jack plate for the Strat arrived yesterday, and it was reasonably short work to swap them in. i want to wait to post more pictures until the replacement tremolo tip gets here sometime between now and Friday. i really appreciate that this was one of my simpler projects even though i replaced the pickups. but it won’t be totally done until Decoboom has the back plate to match the pickguard at some indeterminate future time. it’s OK though, because it’s seldom that people other than me see the back of the guitar.