Flights Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 I really like that mustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Fucking fortune though. Even second hand you're looking at £1,200.xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR!ΔNGL€ T€€TH Posted May 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Fender facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/FenderGBII also like the Strat, though I'd worried the bridge might be a nightmare.The tremolo is fine really, you just need to make sure it's set up properly, which takes minutes. It looks like it has an adjust-o-matic bridge too, which will stop the strings from jumping about, like what can happen with a Jazzmaster and Jaguar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 I might see how much I get for my Ibanez when I try to trade it in to II then maybe buy a black squire fender jazz. Or a hardcase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 http://www.andertons.co.uk/News/aid1369/new-pawn-shop-20-models-unveiled-by-fender.aspMore details on those new fenders on andertons website. They make that strat in sunburst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Looks like Fender are trying to cash in some more on the kitsch-y retro guitar trend:That reverse Jaguar bass is all kinds of wrong. Worse dusty end access than a Thunderbird, less coil switching options than an HH Stingray (whose pickup arrangement Fender seem to have aped), and while I understand the predicament of the left handed player when it comes to choice of instrument sometimes leads them to use a right handed instrument upside down, there's no need to ruin a perfectly good left handed instrument by putting the controls at the top of the body 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girl anachronism Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 That reverse Jaguar bass is all kinds of wrong. Worse dusty end access than a Thunderbird, less coil switching options than an HH Stingray (whose pickup arrangement Fender seem to have aped), and while I understand the predicament of the left handed player when it comes to choice of instrument sometimes leads them to use a right handed instrument upside down, there's no need to ruin a perfectly good left handed instrument by putting the controls at the top of the body I concur!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 It doesn't really look like a Fender at all. They should be making music masters and duo sonic era reissues rather than these 'pawn shop' guitars. My dream guitar is probably a fender cyclone.Phwoar!Why make that odd looking humbucking Jaguar when they could make Cyclones? They already make like 5 versions of jags with humbuckers. Naebody cares. Get that shite oot and old school treats back in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 Right on.'Buckers are for suckers, afterall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfer_Rosa Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 It doesn't really look like a Fender at all. They should be making music masters and duo sonic era reissues rather than these 'pawn shop' guitars. !Agreed, Fender have plenty of old cool designs that could be re-issued instead of Frankenstein-ing new ones:Also agree on that bass being ugly as sin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam 45 Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 The lass from St Vincent was using a pretty funny looking guitar on Jools Holland tonight that looked awfully like all of the ones above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 That bass in that spoiler is fucking horrible. Is it right handed? If so, it's horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 At the risk of a bunch of people giving me a Will Smith style 'aw hell naw', the bass is easily the best of the bunch there for me. Love the colour, love the maple neck. I can even see past the head stock. Fuck the top end of the fret-board. Bassists have no business there.Plus, the rest are all lazy and ugly constructions chucked together from a variety of perfectly nice guitars. Want a Strat? Buy a Strat. Want a humbucker on a Fender? Kill yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted May 1, 2012 Report Share Posted May 1, 2012 At the risk of a bunch of people giving me a Will Smith style 'aw hell naw', the bass is easily the best of the bunch there for me. Love the colour, love the maple neck. I can even see past the head stock. Fuck the top end of the fret-board. Bassists have no business there.Plus, the rest are all lazy and ugly constructions chucked together from a variety of perfectly nice guitars. Want a Strat? Buy a Strat. Want a humbucker on a Fender? Kill yourself.Aw hell naw!No need to thank me, you earned it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 At the risk of a bunch of people giving me a Will Smith style 'aw hell naw', the bass is easily the best of the bunch there for me. Love the colour, love the maple neck. I can even see past the head stock. Fuck the top end of the fret-board. Bassists have no business there.Plus, the rest are all lazy and ugly constructions chucked together from a variety of perfectly nice guitars. Want a Strat? Buy a Strat. Want a humbucker on a Fender? Kill yourself.Pretty sure that jag bass has a humbucker! :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 You know what's just the worst guitar? Jim Root strat and tele. Defeats the purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 You know what's just the worst guitar? Jim Root strat and tele. Defeats the purpose. Don't get me started on them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Agreed, Fender have plenty of old cool designs that could be re-issued instead of Frankenstein-ing new ones:Also agree on that bass being ugly as sin. I remember rushing round to my mates after he texted me saying he just bought a Fender Bullet for 100 pounds. Only to see a very cheaply made squier strat. Argos also sell Fender Starcasters these days. They are just Strats but shite.Fender have made some mental guitars over the years though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Pretty sure that jag bass has a humbucker! :-PI'm not a total gear fascist when it comes to basses. So long as whoever plays it knows their place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 That Jag bass looks like Fender trying to make a Thunderbird copy. It looks pretty baws around the top wing, or where the top wing should be, but otherwise I don't mind it.xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 I kinda like the bass. It looks really nice in the sunburst finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girl anachronism Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 I hate the bass on principle. It's cut left handed but the bass isn't available lefty, neither are the current crop of Jag and Mustang basses. Cheers Fender, you suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Pretty disgusting considering one of the most famous Mustang and Jag players was left handed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 I've always liked the look of a Hofner Galaxie after seeing the bloke in Slowdive playing one. Hofner have made reissues of it now but they are remarkably cheap. Selling at around £250. Surely this can't be a good thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 I hate the bass on principle. It's cut left handed but the bass isn't available lefty, neither are the current crop of Jag and Mustang basses. Cheers Fender, you suck.Availability of lefty basses generally is pretty shitty.xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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