NGD on the way

[Pine Apple Slim]

A 2018 American Professional Strat. I've always had a love/hate thing going on with Strats. I started out on Gibson style guitars. I took to Gretsch guitars immediately. I've learned to love Teles, but have never been able to totally bond with a Strat. But... I've never owned a nice USA one, only Mex, Squier, or partscaster.
Hopefully this time will be the charm!

 

[Mr Swisher]

Looks fantastic!

 

[musicman100]

A 2018 American Professional Strat. I've always had a love/hate thing going on with Strats. I started out on Gibson style guitars. I took to Gretsch guitars immediately. I've learned to love Teles, but have never been able to totally bond with a Strat. But... I've never owned a nice USA one, only Mex, Squier, or partscaster.
Hopefully this time will be the charm!
View attachment 172116

Looks nice, congratulations,
I’ve got a fender coming in tomorrow

 

[Stefan87]

Really love the colour, what is it actually called? hope you bond well with it, happy playing.

 

[JC higgy]

Congrats Slim!

 

[scrimmer]

Cool color!
Good luck with the bonding process.
Being mainly a Tele guy, I too have a love/hate relationship with them.
Haven't owned a strat in years and every time I get the hankerin' for one again
and pick one up I cannot seem to adjust my right hand style to keep from hitting the volume knob to save my life.

 

[freddyfingers]

Nice! Regardless of all the other guitars i go through, my strat is still the easiest to play.

 

[thunder58]

Love the color Congratulations

 

[audept]

Great color for a Strat, congrats!

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

Really love the colour, what is it actually called? hope you bond well with it, happy playing.

Not sure the seller just called it olive.
I found a Fender color chart online and from the photo at least it appears to me to be Antique Olive, Fender's regular Olive appears to be a darker shade.

 

[Pine Apple Slim]

Cool color!
Good luck with the bonding process.
Being mainly a Tele guy, I too have a love/hate relationship with them.
Haven't owned a strat in years and every time I get the hankerin' for one again
and pick one up I cannot seem to adjust my right hand style to keep from hitting the volume knob to save my life.

I know what you mean but I eventually adjust to the vol knob situation if I play it regularly (or I'm careful).
IMO ergonomically speaking, (body shape and neck feel) Strats are the most comfortable guitar of all.
No tone control on the rear pickup always bugged me but I'm gonna fix that right off.
I can never seem to get the trem working to my satisfaction either, but then I'm not really whammy bar guy. I like a non-roller bar Bigsby like on my Falcon best but I rarely use it. I think if I just keep the trem decked and the arm in the case we'll get along much better.

 

[new6659]

Congratulations - I like that colour, as well!

 

[Dana Rudd]

Congrats, hope you bond with this one. Enjoy and HNGD.