It would just mean that they are not making surf green strats for 2009. They could have made them in 2008. Fender doesn't have a database (to my knowledge) that tells you what they made what year unless you manage do download their catalogs every year. i.e they made jeff beck strats, 57 reissues, 62 reissues, and classic series 50s strats in surf green in 2008 according to the 2008 catalog.
Check the catalog for this year
http://admin.fender.com/resources/price ... ctrics.pdf
This year it looks like the same guitars are being made in surf green (color number 57) with the addition of a vintage 62 tele as well.
part of the problem and is something that I have increasingly started to dislike about fender is that they seem to keep increasing the different variations on a theme.
standard, American standard, or classic, classic player, vintage, vintage hot rod, relic, NOS, RW. and the color options are even different depending on if you want a standard S S S or H S S within the American standard category. the Deluxe Strat has 6 sub categories alone. You get what I am driving at.
so if you are looking at the web site and in the fender American standard you are right, no surf green, (and no surf green in 2008) but if you look at the American vintage you will see that the 57 and the 62 both have surf green this year.
Bottom line is that they might be making a Surf green strat this year but could be limited to specific types of starts and there are a shitload of types to choose from these days.
