NGD! Anyone have a "White Chrome Pearl" Fender?

[Mike]

Hey,

Does anyone here have a Fender guitar/bass in the White Chrome Pearl color? I'm thinking about buying one online. All of the pictures I have seen of White Chrome Pearl make it look like it is gray, and not really white.

I want a white guitar. I've wanted one for a while. I think I've just about convinced my better half that she should let me spend $400 - $500 on a brand new guitar.

If anyone has one of these, and could take a couple of pictures, I would really appreciate it. Also, if you have any of guitars with a standard Fender color that you could put next to it in the photo, it would really help.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

Mike

[Muff Wiggler]

OLYMPIC WHITE OR DIE

the only guitar color that matters

[Holy Schnikes]

I don't own but I've seen one in person and it really depends on light/viewing angle with that finish. While not bright like Fender's Arctic or Olympic White, it appears white in some light but more grey/silver in others due to all the metallic flake in it. A white pickguard will makes it look silver(ish) more often than not.

Reminds me a lot of their Blizzard Pearl finish which is also deceiving in pics.

[Noise...]

I don't own but I've seen one in person and it really depends on light/viewing angle with that finish. While not bright like Fender's Arctic or Olympic White, it appears white in some light but more grey/silver in others due to all the metallic flake in it. A white pickguard will makes it look silver(ish) more often than not.

Reminds me a lot of their Blizzard Pearl finish which is also deceiving in pics.

This. If you want a white guitar, go for Olympic White.

[Mike]

Thanks guys, particularly for this:

I don't own but I've seen one in person and it really depends on light/viewing angle with that finish. While not bright like Fender's Arctic or Olympic White, it appears white in some light but more grey/silver in others due to all the metallic flake in it. A white pickguard will makes it look silver(ish) more often than not.

Reminds me a lot of their Blizzard Pearl finish which is also deceiving in pics.

That pretty much rules out the White Chrome Pearl. I definitely don't want a guitar that appears gray. Well, I do-- lots of them. But for this guitar, I want white.

I think I found a deal that puts a new MIM Standard Strat in my price range, with minimum sleep-on-couch requirements (I kid).

I've been on a white guitar / maple fretboard kick lately. I've been checking Ebay and posting WTB on Craigslist for months. Ebay used prices are within $75 of the price I can find new, and nobody on Craigslist seems to understand what "maple fretboard" means.

I like Olympic White, and Olympic Pearl, but the place I would order from only has Arctic White and White Chrome Pearl. If White Chrome Pearl looks gray, then Arctic White would have to be it.

Decisions, decisions...

[Fuzzy Fred]

OLY WHITE OR GTFO

[ifeellikeatourist]

Maple fretboard is the ONLY WAY TO GO when considering a Strat or Tele. In other news TELECASTER is also the only way to go when considering a Strat or Tele...unless you already have a Tele or two, then a Strat could be cool, but not with any of that rosewood fretboard shizz.

[Fuzzy Fred]

Maple fretboard is the ONLY WAY TO GO when considering a Strat or Tele. In other news TELECASTER is also the only way to go when considering a Strat or Tele...unless you already have a Tele or two, then a Strat could be cool, but not with any of that rosewood fretboard shizz.

whoa whoa whoa. i agree on the tele thing because strats are meh, but don't hate rosewood boards

[Mike]

I don't discriminate. I like rosewood and maple boards, and I like Strats and Teles, and pretty much anything with strings. I've got a long list of guitars I want.

There's a Tele-shaped hole in my collection that I've filled with a knock-off, vintage white with a maple fretboard. It's holding me over pretty well. When I get a real Tele, I want an American one, and there's just no way I can spend that kind of money right now.

I'm just looking for something a little different. I've played the same Am. Std. Strat for the better part of the last 18 years. I figure that a maple fretboard, different trem, different neck profile, and different frets should fit the bill nicely.

This isn't the last guitar I'm going to buy. I bought 2 guitars and 2 basses last year. This will be the only one for this year. I do plan on owning it forever, though.

[theavondon]

Nope. Maple or GTFO.

[madmax1012]

i've got a rosewood neck on my strat and a maple neck on my tele. do i win?

[Holy Schnikes]

A tele MUST have maple, no other option, only maple.

I go rosewood or ebony on everything else.

[ifeellikeatourist]

A tele MUST have maple, no other option, only maple.

I go rosewood or ebony on everything else.

Agreed. And yes, preferrably ebony on non-teles

[Mike]

Ok, my new Fender Standard Strat, Arctic White, maple fretboard is ON THE WAY!

$400.99 delivered.

Here's the deal. Worldmusicsupply.com has these things for $499.99 - 18% ($90) = $409.99.

Music123.com will beat that by 10% of the price difference, so another $9 brings it to $400.99.

I think that's a pretty good deal.

Pics when it arrives! Sorry to those who are disappointed in my choice. :P

[Mike]

It's here!

Unfortunately, I am not going to be able to plug it in and play it until tomorrow...stupid state of the union screwing up my Tuesday.

Here are my electric Fenders:



And here is the new one, a bit closer:



I'll post a couple of daytime shots tomorrow if I can.