A Fire Fender Splatter - perfect for Jimi Hendrix!

Quoting Jimi Hendrix: Let me stand next to your fire!

This beautiful is on fire with orange, yellow, red and black.


Splattercasters are definitely psychedelic enough in their concept (spinning colors to create unique random patterns) and their looks that I think Jimi would have loved to set one on fire.

Friends, it's on my wishlist for my upcoming birthday! It's a $400 buy-it-now guitar with good potential collectible value that will look unique and good on your guitar wall.

Find current listing for guitars like this 2003 Fender Stratocaster Splatter below:

Fender Splatter Strat, part II

Since I first discovered and blogged about the Fender Splatter, I have been on the look out for new ones on eBay.

Because the design of each "Splattercaster" is guaranteed to be unique given the spin process used for the finish, I find it entertaining to see more Splatter Stratocasters - some are ugly, some are gorgeous, like those listed below.

If you like crazy designs on a Strat, I'll soon post again about the Crashocaster...

Meanwhile, enjoy those Splattercasters!





UPDATE: look at this "fire" Splatter Strat'!

Fender Splatter - like a Crashocaster, but cheaper & cooler?

Back in 2003, Fender introduced the Splatter Stratocaster, a very cool model where each design was unique.


These guitars, which are sometimes also referred as the Splattercaster, were introduced as "Fender Standard Series Stratocaster models with Spin Art Finishes. Each one of these new Stratocaster guitars are made just like the name implies - by putting finish on the guitar body and spinning it while still wet, each one virtually guaranteed to be unique" according to Harmony Central.

The Splattercasters were Made in Mexico (aka. MIM) and were available for a limited time only.

There are a few to be found on eBay at any time in the $500-800 range which is kind of a cool price for Strats with a unique finish. This clearly evokes the Fender Crashocasters - basically Fender Custom Shop strats painted by famous Graffiti artist Crash (Eric Clapton has 5). I think the Splatters are definitely as cool as the Crashocasters, if not more because I really like the surrealist approach and the random factor. And they come at a fraction of the price!

Here are a few examples. Features are below, with an eBay search widget to help you locate your future one-of-a-kind guitar.





Features:

• Alder body
• Maple Neck with Rosewood fingerboard
• 21 Vintage Style Frets
• 3 Standard Single-Coil Strat Pickups
• 5-way switching
• Fender/Ping Standard Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
• Vintage Style Synchronized Tremolo
• Satin Finish: Splatter Red, Splatter Blue, Splatter Yellow, Splatter White, Splatter Black