NEW! "Blacktop" Fenders [Strat, Tele, Jazzmaster]

[ohyeahfuzzbear]

I may actually be able to afford a jazzmaster now. EXCITE.

Also benecol is right about the whole sonic youth thing. I couldn't but think that all that fender did with those guitars was just remove almost all the controls and charge you twice as much.

[Rox]

I'd look at one of the Jazzmasters but my Toro kinda already does what that's made for and then some with a Fender Atomic bridge and SD PhatCat.

[Progrockabuse]

this is my recurring nightmare of something like that happening to my blue strat.

walks in to guitar store

have you finished setting up my strat?

no, we've made it play worse than before and we decided to add humfuckers and old hi fi knobs to it for no reason other because you didn't ask us not to fuck with it.

FUCKKK!!!!!!!

[benecol]

I'll set your strat up if you want Rob, I'm great at strats.

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*blows own trumpet*

[Ankhanu]

I was hoping for a classy looking strat, tele and jazzmaster with binding and old Gibson style colours. These look like they should be part of the Squier Standard series.

THIS

Aye. I was expecting something Aerodyney even.

Oooh, something Aerodyney would have been teh sex! A Jag/Jazz with the Aerodyne aesthetic would be hot as hell... little tough with the radiused top, but it could work. Mind you, I own an Aerodyne Jazz Bass and Telecaster, so I might be biased

[matt.dines]

THIS

Aye. I was expecting something Aerodyney even.

Oooh, something Aerodyney would have been teh sex! A Jag/Jazz with the Aerodyne aesthetic would be hot as hell... little tough with the radiused top, but it could work. Mind you, I own an Aerodyne Jazz Bass and Telecaster, so I might be biased

I was kinda expecting the aerodyne vibe too. Am a little disapointed with the lack of trem on the jag. Definatly interested what the route is on the upper horn of the jazzmaster. And what pickguards will fit. I'm guessing the classic player. I'm Definatly looking forward to playing the jazzmaster the most. I think the jazzmasters gunna have so much Potential for mods. Can't wait to see the threads in the project section!

[jcyphe]

The neck and tuners on these look jank.

It says gloss in the specs but they look more satiny.

I would have rather seen an expansion of the Squier CV line with offsets for $350-399 retail.

Fuck these.

[Justyn]

Moar chrome would be nice

Also there is something about pickup rings on a pickguard that just bugs the hell out of me

[laterallateral]

The neck and tuners on these look jank.

It says gloss in the specs but they look more satiny.

I would have rather seen an expansion of the Squier CV line with offsets for $350-399 retail.

Fuck these.

100% true.
Truss rod acceess and Grover-esque tuners on an offset has never looked right to me.
It screams Chinese Jagmaster.

I'm still gonna go try one for that kind of dough, though.

[Mages]

very smart move fender has made here. for once they have made a new guitar that I am actually seriously considering buying.

[taylornutt]

What color is the pickguard on the Jazzmaster? Is it a Mint green pickguard?

[hotrodperlmutter]

judging by the note in the specs, i'd say 3-ply mint.

[taylornutt]

judging by the note in the specs, i'd say 3-ply mint.

Thanks, Hotrod. Apparently I am blind today. Must be all the nitro I have inhaled today

The 3 ply mint on black is really hot. I am going to have to check that out in stores.

[Mages]

oh man, I'll take the black pg + sunburst plz.

[kypdurron]

I find these black pickups awful on a Jazzmaster. The Tele is ridiculous with that bridge and the fat pickups. The Strat looks ok exept the amp knobs. All in all too expensive to mod and too ugly to play stock - don't want.

[Bacchus]

I think they've finally made a Jaguar and a Jazzmaster that I couldn't give a fuck about. I care about and am impressed by these guitars exactly as much as every other boring tele and strat.

[taylornutt]

oh man, I'll take the black pg + sunburst plz.

Mages, where did you get that picture? It doesn't match the Jazzmaster in the flyer. Your picture has the traditional Jazzmaster tremolo spacing while the flyer is more like a CP Jazzmaster. Is yours photoshoped?

[laterallateral]

oh man, I'll take the black pg + sunburst plz.

Mages, where did you get that picture? It doesn't match the Jazzmaster in the flyer. Your picture has the traditional Jazzmaster tremolo spacing while the flyer is more like a CP Jazzmaster. Is yours photoshoped?

fuckoffsetguitars dressing room, I presume.

http://www.offsetguitars.com/dressing_room/index.htm

[izodiak]

Funny how the picks look put together on photoshop.. they dont bother to picture their guitars, they just combine pictures of parts..
The stratocaster looks super 'put together on computer'

Anyways, I really like the jazzmaster, and its in my price range.. I would recolor it thou..and put an mute bridge on it, if it would fit.

[thickarms]

Funny how the picks look put together on photoshop.. they dont bother to picture their guitars, they just combine pictures of parts..
The stratocaster looks super 'put together on computer'

If you're talking about the pictures from the from the first page then I agree with you. The pixelation around the edge of the guitars and not on any other parts of the picture make it look suspicious to me. If this is a scan from a catalogue like someone mentioned earlier then it'll have been a mass printed catalogue and I'm guessing will have used CMYK printing which you'd be able to see in the scan (the colours being made up of dots rather than solid colour)

but I may be and probably am wrong as you guys seemed to jump on the Squier jag bass being fake.

If it is real I don't think I'd be interested in any of the models, they all look a bit tacky to me