GOOD NEWS FOR LEFTIES

louis · Post by **louis** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:50 pm

ekwatts wrote:My first thought when I saw the title of this thread was "Oh good, they've found a way to flip the motor skills of lefties so they can play proper guitars" but this is just as good.

I'm a traitor lefty, learnt to play righty, denying myself the eternal fun of trying to find good guitars left-handed.

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hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 1:33 am

Pens wrote:And.....they made the fucking Tele with a maple fret board. Which means its completely identical to the two Strats and one Tele that I can already fucking get.

Why the fuck can't they just let Fender Japan start importing back into the US so I can get a lefty Tele with a rosewood fretboard?

t'would be lovely.

AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:43 pm

lol i love the ignorant Pens. i forgive u

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:57 pm

What the fuck are you talking about? Where is the link to the lefty rosewood tele, cuz I don't see it in the original post and no real information was posted to this thing.

George · Post by **George** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:08 pm

Lefties don't deserve a Custom Tele because if it's left-handed it's already custom.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:31 pm

Pens wrote:Where is the link to the lefty rosewood tele, cuz I don't see it in the original post and no real information was posted to this thing.

i pulled a fast one. i just reversed the right handed guitar to see what it would look like.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:40 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:
Pens wrote:Where is the link to the lefty rosewood tele, cuz I don't see it in the original post and no real information was posted to this thing.
i pulled a fast one. i just reversed the right handed guitar to see what it would look like.

I figured that was the Fender Japan tele until I looked at the URL and saw it was in your personal photobucket. WAY TO GET MY GODDAMN HOPES UP YOU CHODE.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:50 pm

*CHOAD.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:17 pm

Mansons have the Tele and 60s Strat on order. They are going to ring me as soon as they are in. Yes.

Boab · Post by **Boab** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 8:29 pm

Thom wrote:Mansons have the Tele and 60s Strat on order. They are going to ring me as soon as they are in. Yes.

Nice. I really cannot believe Squier are going to be doing this. I have neither the money to afford these or any way to justify owning any, but I might well get the Tele down the line. If the Mascis Jazz (assuming it's CV) were to come out lefty, I'd have to jump on that. Seems unlikely, but any lefty CVs seemed unlikely.

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:51 am

Boab wrote:
Thom wrote:Mansons have the Tele and 60s Strat on order. They are going to ring me as soon as they are in. Yes.
Nice. I really cannot believe Squier are going to be doing this. I have neither the money to afford these or any way to justify owning any, but I might well get the Tele down the line. If the Mascis Jazz (assuming it's CV) were to come out lefty, I'd have to jump on that. Seems unlikely, but any lefty CVs seemed unlikely.

I think it's deserved though. If a left handed player wanted a Tele but was on a budget, they would have to break the bank a little because the cheapest one's available are the Mex Fenders at around Â£450. I don't think that's value for money, personally. I don't see why lefties aren't able to have a real budget Tele. I've modded the shit out of my Mex Tele so I'd love a Squier standard now....

Up until now, the only left-handed Squier available was some horrible Strat. Don't think I've ever seen a left handed Squier Tele.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:11 am

Boab, I think the Mascis jm will be part of the artists series and not the cv's like the Simon Neil strat was, looking at the RRP it seems to indicate this is the case

Boab · Post by **Boab** » Tue Sep 06, 2011 12:02 pm

Simon wrote:I think it's deserved though. If a left handed player wanted a Tele but was on a budget, they would have to break the bank a little because the cheapest one's available are the Mex Fenders at around Â£450. I don't think that's value for money, personally. I don't see why lefties aren't able to have a real budget Tele. I've modded the shit out of my Mex Tele so I'd love a Squier standard now....

Up until now, the only left-handed Squier available was some horrible Strat. Don't think I've ever seen a left handed Squier Tele.

I agree absolutely. When I wanted a Tele to mess around with I was considering just getting an upside down Squier, but the shape of the body really would not lend itself to this. Obviously. Eventually I found a lefty Tanglewood Tele for cheap locally. It played well enough, and our drummer ended up using it now.

And Lorez, you're probably right. Likely to use the same bodies as the Squier Jags and Jazzs, or is that a shite guess?

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:41 pm

I played the 60s strat at lunchtime today and was very pleased with what I found. Finish was great and the neck felt lovely and glossy like my japanese guitars. Was the first time I have played a Fender with anything other than a 7.25" radius so that was a bit funny, but I play my LP all the time so the flatter fretboard wasn't bad just unusual for a Fender. Rosewood was a bit dry, but easily fixed. Tuners seemed decent too.
Pup covers were aged white which I thought was a nice touch. Pickups themselves were a bit weak for my liking, but then I have got a 21k bridge pup in my Jag...they didn't sound bad in any case. If it was anything other than sunburst I would probably get one.
Looking forward to trying the Tele when it arrives.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:48 pm

Cross posting from the other thread about these.

I figured I'd follow up to show why exactly I'm pissed.

http://www.fender.com/products/index.ph ... PerPage=24

Look at that. That's the only 13 Fender's I can get.

I can get:

1. Strat with rosewood fretboard
2. Strat with maple fretboard
3. Tele with maple fretboard

At varying price points, and that includes the Squier line, and these guys here.

To reiterate, in case anyone missed this part:
Man, fuck you, Fender

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:58 pm

Don't know how this slipped under the radar, but..... Squier Affinity Tele

Saw this in my local guitar shop at lunchtime. Not sure if I'd buy one myself, I'd rather wait til the CV's start coming into stock. For Â£155 you can't grumble though.

I'd still probably mod the shit out of it though

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:23 pm

George wrote:Lefties don't deserve a Custom Tele because if it's left-handed it's already custom.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:22 pm

Simon wrote:Don't know how this slipped under the radar, but..... Squier Affinity Tele

Saw this in my local guitar shop at lunchtime. Not sure if I'd buy one myself, I'd rather wait til the CV's start coming into stock. For Â£155 you can't grumble though.

I'd still probably mod the shit out of it though

I can't grumble? IT IS A MAPLE FRETBOARD TELE JUST LIKE THE ONES THEY HAVE ALWAYS OFFERED US. FUCK FENDER.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:20 pm

I played the Tele today and I have to say it was really really good. Better than the Strat. Am pretty sure I'm going to get one, just need to find something to trade in for it. The bridge pup was a little weak but then I've always wanted to try a BKP Piledriver...

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:46 pm

Pens wrote:
Simon wrote:Don't know how this slipped under the radar, but..... Squier Affinity Tele

Saw this in my local guitar shop at lunchtime. Not sure if I'd buy one myself, I'd rather wait til the CV's start coming into stock. For Â£155 you can't grumble though.

I'd still probably mod the shit out of it though
I can't grumble? IT IS A MAPLE FRETBOARD TELE JUST LIKE THE ONES THEY HAVE ALWAYS OFFERED US. FUCK FENDER.

buy lefty rosewood neck and sell maple neck on eBay?