Favortie Strat finish?

[Strat+Marshall]

Sunburst, white, and black are my personal favorites. Maple fingerboards are my favorite, they have a much more even frequency response than Indian rosewood but I do like Brazilian tone-wise. Out of the ones you posted I liked the gold one the most.

 

[cyndicate]

Olympic white and sunburst for me

 

[Phishphood]

Daphne Blue on EJ Strat....

Steve E

It doesn't come in blue

 

[Scott Ians Beard]

Call me boring, but i like the black w/maple board combination. The more battle scars on it, the better!

At a push, I would say Olympic White is second best, followed by Ocean Teal, or whatever they call it!

 

[blackba]

2 tone burst (think EJ Strat) or Vintage White (think YJM Strat). Oh, and strats gotta have maple necks/fretboards.

Why do you say that? Just curious....

I assume you're referring to the maple neck/fretboard comment. It's just because I feel that they provide a "true" strat sound with that amazing snap and bite - a signature tone for the strat. Again, it's just my opinion. I prefer the feel of rosewood the best out of all the fretboard woods, though.

Yea I was referring to the fretboard comment.

Your right there is something about the maple neck and the strat. Same for a Tele or Jazz bass. The rosewood fretboard seems to give it a different flavor, but I still like it too for different reasons....

 

[mysticaxe]

My fav's are sunbursts (either the 3-tone ala SRV or the Siena Burst), then Olympic white. Other than that, I don't mind silver or black, but am not that high on a lot of the other solid color finishes (personal preference). I would take a maple neck pretty much 100% of the time on a strat.

 

[griff10672]

saphire blue ( highway one body )

the finish is real thin though ....

 

[PeteLaramee]

No brainer for me. That transblue is the cat's ass.

 

[Lance-a-not]

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[Shawn Lutz]

Sonic blue, daphane blue, seafoam green and olympic white are my favorit eFender paints

 

[guitarslinger]

Desert Yellow or road flare red

 

[itsme]

Only sunburst, stained, or clear coated. I won't buy it if I can't see the wood. What are they hiding under there? I buy painted cars, not guitars.