Fender "Rustic Ash" series

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:00 am

New for 2013: American Rustic Ash Strat and Teles (link)

blane · Post by **blane** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:16 am

i have an ash strat. it's solid though not rustic... i like it well enough.. though i can't really tell a difference in sound over any other strat.

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:28 am

shame they don't have the tele in white

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:42 am

blane wrote:i have an ash strat. it's solid though not rustic... i like it well enough.. though i can't really tell a difference in sound over any other strat.

Yeah, I think I mostly like it for the aesthetic bits. Nothing wrong with that

StevePirates · Post by **StevePirates** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:48 am

Just get some whitewash and turn that stuff into shabby chic.

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:58 am

Was thinking a crackle glaze or perhaps a touch of the rag roller

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:01 pm

Body wood quite literally means nothing on a Strat apart from having visible grain or not.
I don't like ash Fenders much, they're heavier than a '70s Les Paul on a bad day.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 2:55 am

Chris Fleming wrote:shame they don't have the tele in white

fuck yes.
that 50's tele with a bigsby was trans white and looked amazing.

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 5:38 pm

paul_ wrote:Body wood quite literally means nothing on a Strat apart from having visible grain or not.
I don't like ash Fenders much, they're heavier than a '70s Les Paul on a bad day.

Agreed...thanks, Paul. For all our obsessing about wood, it can't be over-empahsized. Wood is a minor variable (virtually undetectable by the human ear) in electric guitar tone.

BTW, Sloan, I used to spend lotsa time in Cleveland. I was an Ocoee guide and kayaker.

Cheers,

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:53 pm

Doug wrote:BTW, Sloan, I used to spend lotsa time in Cleveland. I was an Ocoee guide and kayaker.

Wow!
We've got a pretty new Amazon fulfillment center and Wacker is building a plant here (solar tech from germany), so there's been a lot of bullshit being built up. Chain restaurants and hotels etc...

George · Post by **George** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:33 pm

for some reason I was expecting the fungal infected wood like this, which can look quite cool

but then I realised that's spalted maple, not ash

These ash models look pony. with squier doing what they're doing at the moment it makes fenders moves like this look pathetic. Okay not pathetic, but uninspired maybe

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:27 pm

Sloan wrote:
Doug wrote:BTW, Sloan, I used to spend lotsa time in Cleveland. I was an Ocoee guide and kayaker.
Wow!
We've got a pretty new Amazon fulfillment center and Wacker is building a plant here (solar tech from germany), so there's been a lot of bullshit being built up. Chain restaurants and hotels etc...

I always liked Cleveland. Some of the other guides were from there and I always stayed nearby at Hiwassee Outfitters. Small world!

Yeah, development's good in some ways, not so good in others. At least ya got a better tax base and more jobs. That's good for everyone who can tolerate the new metro-busy culture...and the ma & pa shops that get squeezed out of business

Cheers,

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:41 pm

For some reason, I read the thread title as Fender "Rustic Ass" Series

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:34 pm

71Smallbox wrote:For some reason, I read the thread title as Fender "Rustic Ass" Series

You don't always get what ya want...

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:42 pm

Oh man I'd take back all the shit I've thrown in fenders face if they released a Rustic Ass line.

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:54 am

Dave wrote:Oh man I'd take back all the shit I've thrown in fenders face if they released a Rustic Ass line.

Fender marketing copy writers go wild:

"Fender's new Rustic Ass line...bodies an' necks carved from 100% Georgia mule bone. For ass-kickin bone tone."

tomin8r · Post by **tomin8r** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 7:48 pm

RUSTED ASS

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:16 am

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:20 am

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:06 am

Thanks, WTR.

Fender "Rustic Ash" series

Fender "Rustic Ash" series

Wood, tone, and Hey, Sloan

Re: Wood, tone, and Hey, Sloan

Cleveland, Tenn. growin

Rustic Ass line, true bone tone

Rustic Ash