FENDER... WTF HAPPENED HERE??

Guitar of the Day! Taking a quick look at one of the most sought-after reissues in the 70th Anniversary Stratocaster collection: the 1979 spec Antigua Stratocaster. It's so ugly. So what happened here, and why is this particular reissue so special??

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[agufish]

So ugly… that it’s kind of cool? Or have I just spent too much time looking at it in editing 🤔 Either way, full demo on the channel!

[marquee]

Antigua looks like a pirate map....awesome!

[SheepHairOG]

To be honest, I kind of like the colour even though I feel like I normally wouldn't. Like there is something about it that makes it really cool

[hawktalon]

I just copped this last month when my Les Paul prophecy’s headstock broke for the second time in 8 months and I frigging love it this thing it sings to me in all the exact ways I want it to I honest to god don’t think I’ve ever been more in love with how a guitar sounds, it just stood out next to all the other strats in the store at the time

[alococuccoyo]

I kind of dig the burnt edges. I wish that was a legit option over burst finishes.

[cube_cup]

I hope I can get a Bass VI in that colour

[joelspaulding]

I kind of like it. Actually, more so than many standard Fender hues.

[Releasethebats]

They used to look good back in the day but the reissues aren’t even close to the same colors

[AlmostLakai]

I wouldn't mind one of these with a maple fretboard tbh. But if I go with a Strat imma just go with a 73 Reissue (if I can afford one before they're discontinued 😭)

[dannork]

A hardtail Antigua Strat, but new? YES PLEASE

[John-cwno]

I dig it! ..Adam Sandler was seen playing an original one

[Crunch]

I actually really like the colour. I was thinking about getting an antigua burst Squier. I cant understand the hate.

[betulajaq]

Antigua burst is cool, a real classic!! And it ups the value of the vintage fenders, I bought a 1978 brown burst for £2, 200 a few years ago, there was an ant burst the same age for sale, but it was £3, 000!!

[dw]

Saw one of these in person the other day.
I like it

[thehighpriestess]

Why are we hating on it? Its so beautiful..😭

[c_kennmusic]

Does the 3 bolt neck come with a book of matches?

[teemoleague]

I have a feeling that one will be a collectors item and will go up in price.

[zidane]

I like this strat the more I see it.
Legit great aesthetic.

[howmood]

What fender custom is that the sunburts one pls someone???

[short]

I remember the first time I ever saw an Antigua Fender was back in the early 2000's when a used Mustang in Antigua showed up at my local Guitar Center. My friends and I who saw it, not actually knowing the name of the finish, resorted to calling it "puke burst". To this day, anytime I see an Antigua Fender the first thing I think is "puke burst, haha"