Fender Balboa

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:59 am

I was perusing CL and I came across this bizarre Fender acoustic guitar.

Has anyone seen or played these before? What do they typically go for?

Fender Balboa

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:56 am

ive never seen one in my entire life. or even heard of the balboa model

i wonder if they made a skywalker, jaws, or conner model too ?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:57 am

I LOVE THAT FUCKING HEAD STOCK

ITS LIKE A VENUS HEAD STOCK BUT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:03 am

aparently there are a shit load of ones i have never heard of

fender del mar
fender santa cruz

http://www.fendercaliforniaseries.com/c ... ies-models

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:07 am

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 7:09 am

holy shit i just figured out what i want the name of my shortscale build to be.

fender palomar

you got all these fucking so cal towns represented on these acoustics but no palomar mtn.

damienblair17 · Post by **damienblair17** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:36 am

I just read the laguna one as "Fender Lasagna"

DasBeef · Post by **DasBeef** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:14 pm

I have a Fender La Brea. There seems to be two versions of the La Brea, one of which is very similar to the Balboa but without the neck binding. My one is the other version which has a more rounded cut away.
I love my La Brea, and I love neck binding so if this guitar was a sensible kind of price you should consider it. I paid Â£389 (I think) new for the La Brea in 1994-ish. I think the kick around second hand for about the Â£150 +/- Â£50-ish. They are also not that common, so it's hard to get a handle on value. My one is made in *Taiwan I think. (Don't have it to hand to check)
Anyway, hopefully that might help....

*update; It's probably more likely Indonesia or Korea

oldcanuck · Post by **oldcanuck** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:14 pm

That's a first for me too..... interesting.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:28 pm

I keep looking at the picture of the case. Is it bound aluminum?

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:39 pm

robroe wrote:holy shit i just figured out what i want the name of my shortscale build to be.

fender palomar

you got all these fucking so cal towns represented on these acoustics but no palomar mtn.

I'm 100% behind this.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:27 am

I hate that horn on that guitar... looks hideous and completely out of place with an otherwise plain dreadnought style body shape.

Chris Fleming · Post by **Chris Fleming** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:31 am

Was on the look out for one of the Fender acoustics with that type of headstock years ago and turns out there are quite a few different models. Can't remember which models it was that I fancied? Love the look of the Balboa though.