Fender Limited Edition Shortboard Mustang

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 3:37 pm

I like how Rickenbacker does it....no new models, just an different extra color choice or two each year.

Fender should have just done a comp orange mustang and mustang bass. That's it. End of Fender Namm 2015.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:38 pm

I don't mind the Longboard Strat so much, it doesn't look TOO bad... certainly better than the Mustang. Made me think of a neck-thru Vantage that a friend had in High School.

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:08 am

Golden_Sonic wrote:They're trying to copy the look of the vintage Aria Pro TS series:

No, clearly going for vintage surfboard style (hence the names longboard and shortboard):

visceral · Post by **visceral** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:43 am

I normally love natural finish guitars but this looks like someone bought an inexpensive Warmoth body and didn't bother to paint/finish. There are countless ideas that spring to mind but I digress, no point in fantasizing.

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:12 pm

cur wrote:
But really they should just hire up G&L because Fender is just making a bad copy of G&L's good copy.

Funny, I've been admiring these for a while now. Guess someone at Fender was too.

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 4:45 pm

^ Yes, SC2 and especially SC1 are some of the good looking guitars

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:14 pm

Nick wrote:I like how Rickenbacker does it....no new models, just an different extra color choice or two each year.

Fender should have just done a comp orange mustang and mustang bass. That's it. End of Fender Namm 2015.

Two words: Fender Japan.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:25 am

Ankhanu wrote:I don't mind the Longboard Strat so much, it doesn't look TOO bad... certainly better than the Mustang. Made me think of a neck-thru Vantage that a friend had in High School.

After seeing some NAMM youtubes on the Longboard and Shortboard guitars I will have to recoupe. I thought these guitars by the looks of them had vinyl stripes. They don't. That's planks of walnut . That, gents is pretty awesome. I still dont care for the hardtail bridge on the Stang but the guitar up close is quite pretty.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:09 am

I've come to kinda agree, actually. The hardtail and no out-of-phase would mean I wouldn't buy it, though. There's only one hardtail Mustang I like, that damn PawnShop Special in LPB. Still no phasing, but the coil splitting options are pretty nice... wouldn't be too hard to add a phase switch too, probably.

71Smallbox · Post by **71Smallbox** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:43 pm

I just don't get it.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:46 pm

Please let this thread die

WayToHip · Post by **WayToHip** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:51 am

Fender failed the first time with the modern player jag. Making it a mustang is kicking a dead horse.

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:06 am

WayToHip wrote:Fender failed the first time with the modern player jag. Making it a mustang is kicking a dead horse.

I agree. But after they discontinued them I now kinda want one to throw gold foils into.. It could of been a good guitar but they then went corporate with it and fucked it all up.. Just like the Jaguarillo . The Jaguarillo prototype was cool.. THen they somehow made that thing... Sad.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:25 am

I actually kinda want a Jaguar 90 in red. The other colours offend me wholly, though

It would need a lot of work to make it better, though.

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:33 am

Ankhanu wrote:I actually kinda want a Jaguar 90 in red. The other colours offend me wholly, though It would need a lot of work to make it better, though.

I have one. The neck is awesome and it sounds really nice overdriven. It is ugly as fuck though.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:32 am

Andrewdoeshair from offset built this exact concept years ago

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:43 am

FFS really?

cur · Post by **cur** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 3:01 pm

the mustang 50th anniversary american shortboard mustang natural is sold out. let the regret and handwringing for not snatching one up right away begin.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 4:27 pm

cur wrote:the mustang 50th anniversary american shortboard mustang natural is sold out.

Damn.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:18 pm

finboy wrote:Andrewdoeshair from offset built this exact concept years ago

Fender should hire Andrew for a year and have the most kick ass NAMM showing ever (then continue to pay him to design for future years).