bigdguitars Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Anyone play this new guitar from Fender, I was a guitar center today, and picked up three of them, they all had major problems with them, althought the finish was nice... The neck joint was patched up with something on two of the guitars, and on the third guitar the fretboard had all this white powder all over it. I plugged one in and it had no feeling at all, a dry dry sound guitar... What is fender trying to do with these guitars? Go after the cheap les paul copies? I have had a couple of those and at least those are somewhat ok... any thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 well you get what you pay for.......$250, I kinda suspected that they sucked.... plus it's not like fender is a cheap company or anything.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 well you get what you pay for.......$250, I kinda suspected that they sucked.... plus it's not like fender is a cheap company or anything.. aren't they like, $600? EDIT: i remember now, i have played one. on the one i played there was probably 3-4mm of glue in between the neck and the body that was visible. it looked gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted June 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 yea 559 at CG, I hear Leo spinning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 ohhh, i was thinking of like the blue ones at musicians friend. they're fender showmaster's too. my bad yeah those are like 600, what a rip man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted June 18, 2004 Report Share Posted June 18, 2004 The tuning sucks on them, too. I did a slight vibrato with the tremolo bar and all the string were out of tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
projectgongshow Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 What can you expect! Most of the strats are the same way, bad tuners, pickups, bridges, necks, etc. you think that clapton and jimi are using stock ones? take any piece of wood and add 1g worth of parts and you got a guitar. Just what you start with depends on your final outcome of your tone and playability. That all my opinoin, if you love fender great. I just dont and never will! Death rock dont ever come with pickguards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 ^^ if you think that you'll never find a guitar worth playing for under a thousand dollars, i believe that you're not only missing out on a lot, but pretty closed-minded also. take any piece of wood and add 1g worth of parts and you got a guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stalefish Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Hmm.. That's a shame to hear, really.. The Fenders (American ones) that I've tried have all been excellent all round.. Pricey though, but I guess you do pay in part for the name too.. I'm just wondering if the ones that Fender exports (ie out of America) are of better quality?? Is that possible?? Just a thought 'cause the American made Fenders I've tried here in Singapore have all been of very high quality and, in my experience, some of the best playing guitars I've tried.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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