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01/02/2008 11:35 am
Hmmmmm, maybe if I'm a good boy this year..... New Tele for Axemas? That's a long time to be good - sure you can make it that far?! :mrgreen:
01/02/2008 5:04 pm
Ken, nice review on the changes. The beauty of electrics is that you can replace almost anything to get to your sepcification, but I agree that it is nicer to get them directly from Fender!
While I think most of this is marketing, I do believe that with the recent trend toward vintage instruments and classic rock Fender is looking to capitalize people wanting a standard US guitar with vintage appointments that also include modern conveniencing (unlike the re-issues). A nice blend of the two.
-=- Steve
"If the moon were made of ribs, would you eat it?"
01/02/2008 5:52 pm
I want to go on a bender.
a Fender bender.
I read this thread earlier today. I stopped at a guitar store on the way home after work.
I checked one out. the workmanship is really nice. it felt oh so right as soon as I picked it up.
I think I broke its heart when I turned away and walked out the door. :cry:
You are cruel. :twisted:
Bish
"I play live as playing dead is harder than it sounds!"
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01/02/2008 6:06 pm
Hmmmmm, maybe if I'm a good boy this year..... New Tele for Axemas? That's a long time to be good - sure you can make it that far?! :mrgreen:
Well, "good" is such a relative term. :)
Roy
"I wonder if a composer ever intentionally composed a piece that was physically impossible to play and stuck it away to be found years later after his death, knowing it would forever drive perfectionist musicians crazy." - George Carlin
07/02/2008 4:03 pm
I'd love to get a sunburst american strat with a rosewood fretboard but dang...a thousand dollars is a lot of money. I'm trying to save for a new bike. I think I'll stay with my mexi strat for the time being. Maybe next year if I'm a good boy.
"I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard and floor it. Floor it, that's a technical term." - SRV
07/02/2008 5:21 pm
I'd love to get a sunburst american strat with a rosewood fretboard but dang...a thousand dollars is a lot of money. I'm trying to save for a new bike. I think I'll stay with my mexi strat for the time being. Maybe next year if I'm a good boy.
I have never bought a brand new Fender American, but have owned many of them. One great thing about them, is that there are ALWAYS plenty of used Fenders in good condition on the market. The most I ever paid was $650, for a 50th anniversary Strat. So, when you go looking - spend some time checking for used in good condition - there are plenty out there.
07/02/2008 9:29 pm
Ken, nice review on the changes. The beauty of electrics is that you can replace almost anything to get to your sepcification, but I agree that it is nicer to get them directly from Fender!
While I think most of this is marketing, I do believe that with the recent trend toward vintage instruments and classic rock Fender is looking to capitalize people wanting a standard US guitar with vintage appointments that also include modern conveniencing (unlike the re-issues). A nice blend of the two.
Steve - Sorry....
This second page got by completely under my radar!
Hope you don't think I was ignoring you :|
Yes, it is a rather nice blend of vintage/modern.... I agree with that.
I think they took a long hard look at what is suppose to be their flagship guitar, and decided to get it back into shape.
The Fender Strat Am-Standard is really the modern evolution of the original Strat.
Only it's been SO watered down for so long....
I can't really blame all the people on this site that BASH the MIA standard.... It's rather expensive (at $1000.00 plus),
and what do you really get....?
I know I wouldn't buy one!
I bought my 88 MIA back in 88 when I was 18 and knew absolutely nothing about guitars.
While it has been a good guitar to me.... Knowing what I know now, I wouldn't even give that guitar a second look at a music store.
And since I also have one of the last of the 'vintage' era Strats to compare it with.... I have to say that Fender made ALL
the changes that I would've made to it.
You're right - It is the MODERN version of the Strat, so they can't really make it a true Vintage guitar.
So many production methods and materials have been changed from the 50's - they would have to go with those on this guitar.
I'm sure sales were waning heavily with the Am-Standards.... Probably mostly due to Fenders own HUGE line-up!
They have changed little since my 88 - Mine has some really weak SC pups in it.
Fender figured that people were just going to replace them with super hot EMG HB's, so they really didn't put any effort into
the stock pups.
They also got rid of the traditional routing.... replacing it with the "swiming pool' cutout to easily accomodate HB refits.
They changed to those horrible bridge saddles to 'de-twang' the signiture Fender sound.
All of this to try and get metal players to buy a Strat instead of a Jackson or something.
What did they really accomplish....?
They ended up with a guitar that wasn't Metal enough for metal players, and wasn't Fender enough for people like me.
I think they're just trying to make it back into a 'real' Strat again.
And it's about time!
Ken
"The man who has begun to live more seriously within
begins to live more simply without"
-Ernest Hemingway
"A genuine individual is an outright nuisance in a factory"
-Orson Welles
08/02/2008 12:44 am
I want one but I don't see myself spending that kind of money anytime soon. I just put the texas specials in my mexi-strat and I don't think I can swing 1000 dollars any time soon. One day I hope. :(
"I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard and floor it. Floor it, that's a technical term." - SRV
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