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Talk about visually offputting, you can do it vintage style as well. Get your orders in folks, gonna be a big seller:
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04-17-2020 08:18 AM
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I think that looks nice.
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For some reason I think it's kinda cool.
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Can’t argue with the color.
If it was on a ‘56 BelAir, it’s good enough for me.
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I'm in the I like it camp as well!
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I like it and would like it more without the stripey pickguard, or the painted headstock. Not a painted headstock guy. There's also this, from Fender. Smurf and surf!
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Definately worth $2000.
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Count me in as another like. If it was Lake Placid Blue, I would be fighting GAS....
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There are things about it I absolutely love from an aesthetic standpoint, but the huge jazzmaster trem and bridge aren't doing it for me on this.
On the plus side, I love the pin striped pick guard. That's genius. Color is lovely, too.
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No, no, no and no.
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No, but with a yessy aftertaste.
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Two grande, yikes.
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I want one. I'm only $1973.48 short....
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What Lawson said. I like it but there are some other choices at the head of the line for me right now...mainly a 335 based humbucker guitar. Perhaps an Epi Sheraton II Pro in vintage SB. I'd really like a Gibson 335 in iced tea sunburst but I'm a bit short of money for either right now. Can't work my p/t job due to the pandemic and that's my "toy fund".
Maybe when I get back to work? But, yeah, I like the new Fender in the pic. Probably not enough to buy one.
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Not alternate. Parallel!
Originally Posted by wengr
I like it...but would probably rather just get a Jazzmaster.
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I think Fender's newish Acoustsonic Teles and Strats are the ugliest by far--I get the concept, but jeez...such bad execution. Ugly in various colors.
I am unfazed by the Jazz Strat, but couldn't cope with tailpiece, or the colored headstock, or ugly fret markers that don't belong--OK, so maybe I'm fazed. No thanks.
And I'm a Tele and Strat guy.
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I won't offer an opinion on the Acoustasonic Tele's aesthetics, but I will say this... Every time I picked one up to give it a try, it both felt and sounded miserable. Originally Posted by Onlyserious
I assumed the idea of a (slightly) acoustic body was to be able to play unplugged, perhaps for unwired quieter practice time. But I can't imagine having to torture myself listening to one of these. I'd much prefer playing my real, no-foolin' hard body ash Tele unplugged for practice (which I often do). Just my $0.02 on the "Acoustasonic"... sadly, while the idea was intriguing, I found the reality of it to be a swing-and-a-miss.
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Trying to be as objective as I can, I have always been disinterested in what Fender ends up offering. Some if it is one size-fits-all and other parts of it are stuff that we see here. Far out and fashionable, but also priced near boutique levels. Over the years I have been much more interested in the Fender-type kits of parts available from third party suppliers. I assembled my own interpretation of my favorite Fender models with the specs that I like. I guess that I have never been attached to the Fender logo on the headstock, and I have gotten a lot of satisfaction out of the hands on experience of the assembly process. It did take me a few tries to understand exactly what it takes to make a good partscaster, but that was part of the fun in doing it.
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Well if you want a great Tele, you don't go to Fender, do you?
OTOH my Fender Tele is a good guitar. I like it very much. But I did try literally every one in the shop until I found that one.
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There is that, of course. One time about 15 years ago or so, I was in a shop and picked up a Fender Strat. I never had an actual Fender Strat in my hands that felt as good as that one. There are always intangible factors with this stuff. That is for sure. Originally Posted by christianm77
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Perhaps in the parallel universe men are still wearing leisure suits. Originally Posted by morroben
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I think they will lead a long lonely life on the warehouse racks, awaiting a date with that bulldozer dude.
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Yes. But I would reserve the right to tell everyone the block inlays look dumb on a Fender guitar.
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Block inlays are mandatory on a jazzmaster. Jazz bass, too. As such, that's one of the stronger elements of this guitar's looks.
I don't mind fender goofing around like this. They are obviously just for funsies. Should one or two stick, so much the better for them. Can't understand why people are so upset and sacrosanct about modular guitars that were designed to be stuck together as cheaply and easily as possible with the cheapest possible materials. Let them have some fun for once. There are plenty of sunburst strats and black guard teles out there already. These are the epitome of "if you don't like it, don't look at it".
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Looks fine to me. Then again, I'm not buying one. The body style doesn't sit well in my. hands and lap.
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