Road Worn Tele's $599(again) at MF(SB only).

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:16 am

Seems like this this sale changes from day to day but it is on right now if anyone is interested plus alot of other unadvertised specials(free Melody Maker if you spend $1600 on a Gibson purchase) if you ask for the "weekly phone in specials. I ordered a tele.I had been holding out for a blonde but today I went to Guitar Center to check out the 2-tone Sunburst and decided it is worth having for $599.

Oh and they also have the white melody maker for $250

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:20 am

do want but not the burst one, just doesn't look appealing to me
and i was just wondering if anyone on ss has a roadworn, you'll have to tell us how they are

Jazzmasterfan · Post by **Jazzmasterfan** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:34 am

If you can get a Road Worn for US$599 I think that is a steal. I played one the other day and was impressed. The neck felt good, the tone was great and the guitar generally felt worn in (funnily enough!). The only two things I didn't like was that it felt a little heavy and the relic/ worn in bits were exactly the same on every model in the shop. If they were available in the UK at that price I'd snap one up!

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:01 am

for everyone complaining that the relic'd bits are the same....all you gotta do is take a fucking screw driver to the front of the guitar and make it look not the same. problem solved

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:11 am

Yeah, I agree with Jazzmasterfan, I had a go with one of the '60s Strats and it honestly played and sounded like a dream.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:22 am

whatsisname has one and managed to make it look halfway reasonable:

Dice wrote:Yes, the "Roadworn" Strat. They get a bad rap - being half-assed fake aged and all. I pulled it off the wall, plugged it in, and fell in love. It was the first Strat I'd ever considered buying. I've since done a lot of "aging" to it on my own, to make it look a lil' bit different from the cookie cutter roadworn look.

Here it is w/ the Jag:

And, an outdoor shot:

Pretty bland and generic to begin with:

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:27 am

They also still have the AVRI Jazzmaster in sunburst for $999. They've had the deal for awhile you just have to call.

aen · Post by **aen** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:05 pm

jcyphe wrote:They also still have the AVRI Jazzmaster in sunburst for $999.

quiver

Maybe we don't need to save money and buy a house...

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:33 pm

I played the road worn telecaster yesterday. it sounded good and played pretty well even though the neck was really thick. But it was the heaviest telecaster I've ever played. It was easily 10+ pounds.

matocaster · Post by **matocaster** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:48 pm

They are decent, but far from feeling like an original. They feel better than a new one but nothing like an original. If you look at the electronics its just the same thing they are putting in all the other mexican stuff. I had a road worn strat for a week and sold it. I have played the road worn teles and they are also decent. at $599 I say its a good price but anything above that no way. Just like the AVRI jags and jazzys it's a poly finish with a nitro clear coat then they call it nitro paint to try and fool us into thinking it's a nitro guitar, pretty underhanded on fenders part. And get this they do the relic with a CNC machine, what is this world coming to? a $80,000 machine programmed to relic a guitar?!?!?!? Come on

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:43 am

They were selling the Jaguar HH for $299!

Woah totally missed that one.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:52 am

matocaster wrote:If you look at the electronics its just the same thing they are putting in all the other mexican stuff.

ohhhh, you mean they didn't relic the insides too?

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:21 am

I got one at Guitar Center for $599(they price matched my order with MF).I got a nice one,it weighs about 7 lbs,neck is great no sharp fret ends.I like the pickups.Sounds alot nastier than my strat when I turn up the gain.I like the clean jangly sound from the bridge pickup.Frets are a bit weird cause they are thin and tall,but I will get used to them.Matt said there is poly over the finish but I don't see it.just looks like a thin coat of nitro,no undercoat.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:23 am

stewart wrote:
Dice wrote:Yes, the "Roadworn" Strat. They get a bad rap - being half-assed fake aged and all. I pulled it off the wall, plugged it in, and fell in love. It was the first Strat I'd ever considered buying. I've since done a lot of "aging" to it on my own, to make it look a lil' bit different from the cookie cutter roadworn look.

And, an outdoor shot:

That looks awful. Especially the very obvious hand sander mark above the scratchplate.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:33 am

[other than the burst and what what i am about to mention]
i really love the look of these guitars except for this

i don't know about you, but i don't do too much play on the D string on the 21st fret, and frets 9-12 see a bit more than that

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:55 am

Haze wrote:i don't know about you, but i don't do too much play on the D string on the 21st fret, and frets 9-12 see a bit more than that

yea, it looks horrible. real fretboard wear (like this pic) looks nothing like that.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:01 am

BacchusPaul wrote:That looks awful. Especially the very obvious hand sander mark above the scratchplate.

yeah, that was all intentional... miss the last pic of the post (the before pic)?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:07 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:
BacchusPaul wrote:That looks awful. Especially the very obvious hand sander mark above the scratchplate.
yeah, that was all intentional... miss the last pic of the post (the before pic)?

But it makes it look even faker than it did originally. It's sooo obvious that it is fake, especially now that there is a great bloody mark left in it that exactly resembles the sort of power tool that a person might use for removing paint from a guitar.

Bad job.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:03 am

there's them bacchus balls. i didn't have the cajones to say anything.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:33 am

Thanks for the posts.Yeah relics are dumb.but I like this tele anyway.I like the way it feels and how it sounds Oh but I exchanged it for this one which I like even better.This one is a real feather weight (6 1/2 LBs).