lol Fender

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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.

http://shop.fender.com/en-US/st-dupont-collection/

http://www.fmicassets.com/Damroot/ZoomJpg/10001/9107000300_merch_frt_001_nr.jpg

Combining classic Fender Stratocaster-inspired style with the simple, timeless elegance of S.T. Dupont's Old-World craftsmanship, the limited-edition Line D rollerball pen is sure to delight and inspire. The curved harmonious form of the cap, combined with the smooth lines of the barrel, echo the sleek Stratocaster design where form follows function. It features a 3-Color Sunburst natural lacquer and gold finish, along with a guitar neck clip sporting the iconic Strat® headstock shape.

$1,072.00

Those cuff links, though!

That stuff is just stupid.

Thought this thread revival might have to do with this article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/the-slow-secret-death-of-the-electric-guitar/

And really I feel like it kind of does, or at least has something to do with it.

I spend a lot of time in high-end custom builder online world, and they're giggling about that article. "It's cos they suck! We're paying our rent these days. Try making good guitars, corporate weenies!"

You know, there was recently an article on Pitchfork on how to set up your own on-the-cheap home recording studio and the bare essentials of what you will need to create and record your own music. There was maybe a single, very brief, passing mention of a guitar in the whole article and it kind of bummed me out. But, you know what? I eventually arrived at the thought that, anymore, (good quality) guitars are not in the price range of the DIY-minded. I would love to see a lot more beginning musicians gravitate naturally towards picking up a guitar instead of a synthesizer, but most guitar builders at this point have dug their own graves.

That, and the elitism that seems to run rampant in the whole scene anymore. Somebody linked an article over on ILM a while back where a guitar magazine had was lamenting the decline in popularity of the guitar with young musicians, but on the same cover of the same magazine was an article titled "Hack Pentatonic Shapes." So, I mean, yeah. Nobody wants to hang out with assholes that act like that.

Huh. You can still get a good Mexican Fender for not that much, I thought.

My Mexican Telecaster was $800.

Hell, I recently got a Made in Indonesia Squier Jaguar and it was $400.

Wow. My Mexican Tele was $400, and I spent the saved cash on new pick-ups.

that WaPo piece is sad but I can't really bring myself to GAF about guys like Gruhn, or the industry in general. pretty much the same as I'll feel whenever people stop being all into collectable sneakers imho. NB: I do not own a guitar.

That WaPo article is one of the dumbest things I've ever read.

Three terrible companies are failing, must mean no one is buying electric guitars. Kind of like how no one goes on hikes as proven by REI failing.

There were always be good guitars available under $500, and the best of them won't be new.

Very true - these days the best deals are the Japanese solidbodies from the 70s and 80s. Greco, Tokai, Ibanez, Yamaha, JooDee, Orville, Burny et al. - all made killer instruments to immaculate standards and eventually ended up manufacturing for Fender and Gibson anyway. I bought my 1977 Greco Strat (sorry, Super Sounds) for $250 and it kills any other I have tried - and was only their midrange model.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/16450649541_c44d6e4f28_o.jpg
L-R Greco 1976; Greco 1977; Squier Japan 1983; Ibanez 1984; Fender Japan 1985 - these all came from the same Fuji-gen Gakki factory.

jjj do you still have that red early 80s Yamaha I took a shine to last time I was in town? I'm gonna be back in August and if you still have it I wanna buy it (we're riding the train back to NYC this time so it's a chance for me to bring unwieldy stuff home muhaha)

I don't, but as always, I've got plenty of fun. Stop in when you're in town!

fender is one those brands where you just know it's quality, every time!

Xpost I will!!!

https://reverb.com/news/fender-builds-telecasters-with-original-bench-boards-from-the-hollywood-bowl

https://reverb-res.cloudinary.com/image/upload/v1500320167/Fender-1_emnjjx.jpg

perfect if you want a guitar that you can be sure thousands of asses have sat upon

think I spilled some orzo salad on that seat

massively corroded bridge vs pristine neck is partic upsetting to me

just imagining someone leaving it out in a rain storm

Yep, that's dumb.

Fender get in on the 'slap your logo on a Bluetooth speaker' business that Marshall have been doing lately.
https://www.fender.com/pages/audio-bluetooth-speakers/
£300 and £190 respectively.

They screwed up, if it had looked like a Princeton Reverb I would have loved it. Instead it looks like a cheap intercom with the wrong era logo on the wrong era cloth.
(oh shit did I just out myself as a Fender nerd?)

http://www.guitarworld.com/gear-news/fender-announces-supreme-white-strat/31582

http://www.guitarworld.com/sites/default/files/public/2017/08/supreme-instory.jpg

do not want

what the hell is that fretboard made from

ewww

I don't know, I kind of dig it other than the label. Reminds me of Prince's cloud:

https://www.premierguitar.com/ext/resources/images/content/2016_06/FEAT/Cloud-Guitar/PRINCE--MARCH-18-1985-PHOTO--DEBRA-TREBITZ--FRANK-WHITE-PHOTO-AGENCY--NASSAU-VETERANS-MEMORIAL-COLISEUM-UNIONDALE-NEW-YORK_WEB.jpg

Uhhhhh, "white" and "supreme" together?

https://i.imgflip.com/18ikl3.jpg

hitlercaster

at taco bell, supreme = sour cream. so this suits the taco bell of guitar luthiers.