Fender faces a massive PR disaster and potential boycotted as top guitar YouTubers Rhett Shull and Tim Pierce cut ties over “draconian” cease-and-desist letters.
Project is finished!
Aquatone Blue Player 2 Strat -> Player 2 Strat with Nitrocellulose Lake Placid Blue finish + reliced
I am at a loss when it comes to this fender lawsuit thing. Setting aside whether fender properly protected the strat shape or not, they have every right to defend it. And the response from the builders seems to be we build a better strat and customers want it. Great, still doesn't allow for it. It would be like if GM came out with the camero and it was an exact copy of the mustang. And then they said yeah, but we built it better and materials are nicer. What did GM do, they built the Camero which shared a metric f*** ton with the mustang but wasn't a copy. There are so many companies out there building S type guitars that are their own take on it. PRS most recently and perhaps famously, but also so many others. Even a freaking Sire is different.
These companies that are complaining are not guitar builders in my mind. They didn't design anything. They make really nice partscasters. And if they want to do that, the car industry again provides a model. Plenty of companies but cars and fix em up and make em perform and then sell them on. The guys could buy the parts from Fender and make em real nice. But to think they owe them nothing? I just can't get my head around it.
“1987 Fender Telecaster a rare gem, Telecaster” I am not familiar with the made in Korea models but they did sometime have fender watermarks with upgraded hardware. Tuners look suspicious though. They’re asking 440 USD
My current favorite guitars. I got these both b stock this year. The experience with the JM was much better. It’s my dream guitar and aside from the vintage truss rod adjustment I have no complaints. I put a decoboom pickguard on and new strings but haven’t changed anything else. I kinda want to put a mustang bridge on but haven’t figured out which one would be best. The stock bridge is fine. I just prefer the mustang style. The pickups are amazing. Very articulate and you can get so much variance in sound between the rhythm circuit and cranking the tone super low or at 10. I usually either use both pickups or the rhythm circuit rn. Jazzmasters are the most comfortable guitars in my opinion and I wish I had bought one a very long time ago.
A tele was my first “legit” electric 20+ years ago. But the MiM one I ended up with had very bad QC issues and I just always had assumed I didn’t know how to play electric. So for many many years I played acoustic only.
Anyways, I saw these player II chambered I really wanted to replace my old one. I found one that looked good for a good price b stock. I checked on the weight and it was supposedly 6 pounds which was awesome. When I got it it definitely didn’t seem like 6 pounds (it was over 7). The seller ghosted me completely and I was pretty mad but honestly it has the nicest neck of any guitar I’ve ever played and I couldn’t put it down. I ended up keeping it. Hell of an upgrade over my old tele.
I never thought I would own a Fender, I always gravitated to "metal" guitars, as someone who shops mostly based on looks. Strats and Tele's always seemed to be just too common and plain to me.
....and then this beauty stepped into my life, and I really don't think I will be looking for anything else for awhile.
Specs and stuff - https://www.fuzzfaced.net/walnut-strat.html
I'm coming from a BC Rich KKV with Khaler, so the Khaler mod is metal to me lol. Good idea or bad? Is it legit? Yes or pass?
My favorite new guitars this year are the fender vintera iii and fender vinetera II roadworns. I understand boutique builders make amazing guitars and I have a Suhr classic S but for around 1k fender has a great MIM lineup and even the fender pro classics for MIA. I don’t want company politics or decisions to influence my buying behavior if there is a good guitar at a good price I support it and I think fender still provides good value
Edit: lots of reactions here - we all enjoy guitar and as guitar consumers we certainly want options etc
Edit: the insights are interesting - over a 50% upvote ratio this is divided down the middle
It’s another double trouble post, Stratocaster edition this time.
American Professional Classic in Faded Firemist Gold and Vintera III Late 50s in Aztec Gold. Who wore it better?
First picture has a filter, the rest do not.
My dad gifted me this guitar and says it’s a fender Strat. I am so happy to have it my only question is that it has no fender logo at all on the top. He got it gifted to him years ago and never played it and it has a sticker on the body that says “maestro” if that means anything. Even if it’s not really a fender I don’t really care I’m just happy to finally be learning to play :)
Hello folks, just wondering people‘s thoughts on this Strat. I’m lined up with an older lady on Marketplace selling this guitar. it doesn’t have obvious serial numbers to look up, but I submitted it to Fender who said that it would be very hard to fake a guitar with this type of wood. However, they couldn’t verify it either. It doesn’t have a COA or case so it’s definitely suspicious. just curious what you experts think.
... if I intend to play space rock? I currently have a mexican standard 2020, but the sustain is not sufficing. The colour and the finish don't matter much to me, but I'd prefer a black-black one.
Are there any other brands like Greco I could check out? Does a neck humbucker make any sense? (Bridge needs to be the twangy single coil, but more attack would be nice also). What type of wood would give me the highest sustain?
Ordered this guitar about 3 weeks ago when they were doing the free upgrade sale. It needed a some tweaking set up wise but it's dialed in now :)
I’ve long been a Dinosaur Jr fanatic and have wanted one of these MIJ J Mascis signature guitars since I first played one at a Sam Ash in high school (2008). Sadly I didn’t have the $700 or so at the time and have just been sitting here watching them climb in price ever since.
There are 2 near me for sale that are ~$3500 so I was starting to give up faith that I’d ever actually own one until I saw this pop up on Reverb for welllll under that price and knew I had to finally do it.
I’ve read mixed things about playability on these and was thinking I might have to swap the pickups and bridge on it but once I started playing it I honestly had no qualms with either. This thing was setup by the shop I purchased from (The Guitar Rescue!) and plays and sounds like an absolute dream.
Thanks for reading my little diatribe, I’m just so stoked to finally have one of these after so many years! Happy to add it to my offset collection of 4 other Jazzmasters and 1 Jaguar :).
Hi, I’m looking into one of these 2 amps to buy to play around the house, as they are the same price, which one do you recommend? Any feedback or experience is appreciated.
Edit: I already have a solid state positive grid and a fender hot rod deluxe, this is something I’m looking for to play in the living room couch or just fool around when I don’t feel like setting everything up
Edit 2: I welcome suggestions of other small portable amps that can be used with batteries
Edit 3: thank you all for the input, based on the opinions I found a blackstar fly 3 with the extra cabinet for almost the same price as the mini fenders, so I bought it. Let’s see how that goes!
Saw this online and I’m curious about this headstock and decal. I’m not really into strats and I don’t know that much about them, but I always remember seeing “original contour body” on a headstock which this doesn’t have. For context: it’s a black headstock but maple neck and fretboard on a partscaster.
Au bout de presque 15 années à avoir repris la guitare…
Je les adore !
En high gain avec la Gibson ou la Charvel, overdrive et fuzz sur le Super Reverb ou le Rivera !
- Charvel 1987 (EMG81 même époque)
- Gibson Les Paul Studio (Mojotone PAF)
- Gretsch Spécial Jet (De Armond)
- Fender Telecaster maui blue MIJ (Texas Spécial)
-Ibanez Art Core 90´s
- Fender Stratocaster 1998 (Lollar dirty blonde)
This ‘56 Strat is pretty much my dream guitar. I absolutely love how it plays and sounds, but I’m a little confused trying to figure out exactly what this guitar is/spec-wise.
I got it from Carter Vintage Guitars and the listing described it as a 2021 Custom Shop Strat with certain specs, but when I registered the serial with Fender, the info coming back points to 2006 and some of the specs don’t really line up with the listing.
From what I can tell, it seems like some kind of Time Machine/’56 reissue, but I’m still trying to understand exactly what it is and whether parts/specs may have changed over time.
Can anybody here provide some insight on it? I’ll attach pics, serial info, and the spec sheet/listing screenshots. Thanks!