Nick wrote:Yeah those Squiers and Dearmonds are the same thing. I think Fender may have started branding them as Squiers after the run of Dearmonds or something.
early 2000's when squier had the chambered 3x3 stuff. and lp copies n what not, kinda cool stuff and in reality, fucking great for the price. they were all still under 300 brand new.
These came up in the Squier Mascis thread. Someone (jcyphe?) told me there were cheaper chinese (vs Korean) versions of the DeArmonds which are what he reckons all the Squier branded ones are.
Same thing happened to other DeArmond models:
paul_ wrote:The Starfire was a DeArmond-branded guitar (based on the Guild Starfire) introduced by Fender after they acquired both brands, so I always figured the Squier ones were just them getting rid of all the bits they could after they killed the Dearmond guitars. The DeArmonds were awesome, they were MIK but wired/set-up in the Corona factory with great pickups, and priced like Epiphones.
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Aug wrote:which one of you bastards sent me an ebay question asking if you can get teh kurdtz with that 64 mustang?
robertOG wrote:fran & paul are some of the original gangstas of the JS days when you'd have to say "phuck"
yeah, they had quite a few dearmond models, like that wonky sg etc... early 2000's when mars music was still around. about the time fender put out the TORONADO
Fender purchased DeArmond in 1997, but the line was not a success. In 2001, the DeArmond line was shifted to the Squier brand, then reduced from fifteen models down to seven in 2002.
"M-77 (13) 2002-2005 Three tuners per side headstock, glued-in neck, block markers, single-cutaway bound body, two black humbuckers.
Similar to the M-50 except:
*Mahogany glued in neck, bound rosewood fingerboard, block markers, diamond motif on black-face headstock.
*Solid single-cutaway bound body with figured front; sunburst, black or red.
*Two black converless humbuckers.
*Black laminate plastic guard.
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