lol Fender

What next, a Paul Simonon P Bass with 'London Calling' engraved on the neck plate?

Noel Redding Jazz Bass?

opening up an email titled "Introducing All New Stratocasters" is a guaranteed treat.

http://www.fender.com/guitars/stratocaster/special-edition-david-lozeau-art-stratocaster/product-014100.html?utm_source=Newsletter-April-16-2015&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=Email-Products&utm_campaign=David-Lozeau-Strat-Main-Feature

all the fine Standard features
players everywhere love
VOLUME/TONE/TONE
it almost rhymes

yikes what hideous guitars, that artist should be arrested

They should make a green one with marijuana leaves airbrushed all over and just be done with it.

lol

http://www.hrgiger.com/images/ibanez.jpg

I never see it brought up much but I think Fender and Gibson's biggest rival is used guitars. There has been just so freaking many guitars made in the last 25 years, I don't see why anyone really needs to buy a new one unless it is something kinda unique.

Eh fender and gibsons biggest rival is all the other smaller companies beating them at their game imo.

A million starving geniuses in dusty ateliers all over the world are the rivals for players; new golf clubs are the rival for collectors.

A million starving geniuses in dusty ateliers all over the world are the rivals for players; new golf clubs are the rival for collectors.

^^^^^ THIS

Pretty sure Fender Japan >> Fender everywhere else right now.

i just bought a 50th anniversary squier strat off of craigslist....pretty damn good little guitar from the mid 90s (apparently this particular squier is popular among modders because it used the full sized, dimensions standard strat body not the slightly slimmed down/lighter squier body type and is all alder)

The first and to date only vintage Fender I've played that has ever really filled me with desire was an early 80s Japanese Squire Jazz Bass. What a fantastic instrument. They're still cheaper than a new Custom Shop Jazz.

i've had a mexican mid-90s jazz bass for years and it's great....esp good because i did a affordable swap-out from the cheaper stock bridge to a leo quan badass bridge, which helps a lot and is super easy to do

Fender Japan is no more, apparently

Yep. The continuing saga of that company sucking more every passing day.

sigh...

okay, fuck fender all the way, but am I wrong for liking this doublecut tele?

http://www.guitarplayer.com/Portals/0/tele-double-cut-620-80.jpg

"But she has a new hat!!!"

I dunno, without a built-in USB port, or NFL branding, it just doesn't seem true to the Fender aesthetic.

So I recently sold some gear, including 1 gently used Mexican Telecaster and an Epiphone 339 (I still like them fine, but I have many more guitars than I need).

It would seem that Fenders in general hold value remarkably well - paid three hundred something for it, and got two hundred something for it. The Epiphone, not so much.

FENDER IS MAKING AMPS OUT OF WHISKEY BARRELS

I think the correct title for that link would be FENDER IS MAKING $1,900 BLUES JUNIORS. Jesus wept.

whiskey barrels aged in bigger whiskey barrels

They actually almost look cool. If they cost normal blues jr price and didn't have the corny "aged" dial panel I would like them.

fender should make an amp out of Marc Maron's cats

They should just stuff all their bad ideas into one amp: a Cyber-Twin made out of the helicopter Stevie Ray Vaughan died in. With multi-tap delay.

That's gonna look bitching playing "Pride and Joy" Friday nights on the patio at Joe's Crab Shack.

Made entirely out of reclaimed crab traps...

If somebody wants to spend $300 on a Tele-style guitar, where should she be looking, any notion?

For that price you can only get a brand new looking one made out of normal guitar materials, sorry.

No problem, there's another $700 earmarked to have it professionally weathered by an aftermarket weatherer with a roofing torch.

I will always rep for G&L ASAT tribute model. They usually retail closer to 400, but you can find them used closer to 300.

Closer to closer to

https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/v1453421154/6111_yw3rdg.jpg

suggested caption: What are we doing? What are we doing?

https://static.bax-shop.nl/image/product/222087/487580/744bbf9b/1447933825Fender_David_Lozeau_Bar_Stool_barkruk_Fender_Logo_zwart_24_inch_kunstleer.jpg

Really missed an opportunity to not give this thing a built-in bottle opener.

lol @ jazzcaster

I guess people have been doing jazzcaster builds for a while(this one looks nice), but coming from Fender it's just like "we have no new, good, or original ideas."

There is also no rhyme or reason to their policy towards the 22nd fret on guitars or basses.

I don't mind the offset Tele but I think it's because it reminds me of the Ibanez Talman I coveted as a teenager.

Good news NA, the Talman is back in production.

they don't have the lipstick pickups anymore though :(

Well not yet. I'm pushing them hard on that.

I won't be buying one unless they get Noodles from The Offspring to promote them again.

lol his signature Talman had a "wrapped duct tape finish which is unique for each guitar"

http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/NDM1

I sold several of those!

So, its the regular model but with sticktape stuck on?

How are the Mustang 90s? I've seen some pretty good reviews.