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O-Larn with his new Daphne Blue and Fiesta Red signature Stratocaster models. Photos by Vipusana Thakthan

Thai rocker O-Larn is delighted that his signature Squier Stratocaster® guitar model will become available this November in a limited run of his two favorite vintage Fender® finishes, Daphne Blue and Fiesta Red.

You never know—sometimes these things just hinge on a conversation. When U.S. Squier boss Chris Gill visited O-Larn in Bangkok, Thailand, in June 2008, wouldn’t you just know that the conversation soon turned to both gentlemen’s appreciation of vintage Fender guitar colors.

O-Larn was interested in new colors for his signature model, and mentioned that Fiesta Red and Daphne Blue in particular were two vintage hues that inspire fond memories and really take him back to the early days when he first started playing. He also noted that it’d be great for Thai guitarists to be able to own affordable Squier guitars in authentic vintage Fender colors.

That was that. A few weeks later, he happily received two samples of his signature Stratocaster model in Fiesta Red and Daphne Blue. A limited run of models in both vintage colors will become available in Thailand starting in November 2008.

O-Larn said he is excited to see his guitar model in the two new finishes and noted that both colors were “really right.”

One of Thailand’s most popular and influential rock musicians, O-Larn launched his career in the early 1980s. With his band, the O-Larn Project, he grew in skill and popularity in the nation’s music scene, earning more widespread regional success in Southeast Asia as Thailand gradually opened more to Western culture. He endorsed Squier in Southeast Asia for several years, and Squier introduced the O-Larn Stratocaster model in 2006 as its first “regional” signature model.

The guitar, co-designed by O-Larn, features a Squier Standard Stratocaster design with high-output single-coil pickups, a soft V-shaped neck and no onboard tone control. Before the November 2008 introduction of the Daphne Blue and Fiesta Red models, the guitar was available in Sunburst, Black, White and Natural finishes.

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