Originally Posted by
Hobbiano
Umm, i had to research that. Apparently, the "7up green was more of a candy green (than Sherwood green metallic) used on some Eric Clapton strats in the late 80's and early 90's like the pictures I found online below:
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On the American Vintage reissues Fender used a thin lacquer finish in colors that were offered at the time. Many were colors used on American automobiles. The Sherwood green metallic was a 1957 Ford color and was a custom color offered by Fender from the late 50's to the early 60's.
I'm not a research librarian though, so this may not be completely accurate. And actually, this is the first time I heard of 7up green. Not the same color though.
Another 7-up green.
Memory plays tricks on you...
A friend (damn if I can remember who now- I sent a FB message to the guy I thought it was) had one of those Clapton Strats- I thought those were pretty swanky at the time- I'm not a Strat guy, but I still do- also really dig your Sherwood Green. FWIW- Gibson would paint any of the mid 60s guitars in any of the Dupont car colors- you usually see Firebirds in the one off custom colors.