mage wrote:ok, I see, they are at sam ash. I was wondering about the specifics of the bridge.
But.. a strat is a strat...
well duh, but I just wanna know how faithful it is to the 50s thing.
James wrote:
mage wrote:dudes need to chill the ef out, that 50s reissue strat is fucking nice.
It would be nice for these to actually be 'new'. The cyclone was a rehash of old ideas but at least it wasnt another strat/tele/p bass/j bass. The toronado too, nothing revolutionary but at least they bothered to come up with a new shape.
I would be very surprised if Fender managed to release anything this year that haven't already done some time before 1970.
I know what your saying, I'm not a fan of the 1,000,000 different models of strats either. recently I've been digging the 50s strats though. and I personally don't have 1,000,000 different strats so a more affordable 50s strat is fine with me.
you think im just gonna post any old stupid bullshit? no.
they also have a new Tele Special that comes in pewter or black with a strat pickup in the neck instead of a chromer. but i didn't post that one cuz its fucking dumb
Chances are it's either a harder variety than the easily unfinished dented white pine people use for cabin furniture, or is the soft stuff dipped in a gob of Fender's finest South East Asian Polycoat. Should be decent.
hmmm, I was under the impression that pine was one of the least approriate woods for making a guitar, given that it's so soft you can dent it with the nails on your finger.
BacchusPaul wrote:hmmm, I was under the impression that pine was one of the least approriate woods for making a guitar, given that it's so soft you can dent it with the nails on your finger.
Coat it in poly and it's pretty much bulletproof I would imagine.
BacchusPaul wrote:hmmm, I was under the impression that pine was one of the least approriate woods for making a guitar, given that it's so soft you can dent it with the nails on your finger.
Coat it in poly and it's pretty much bulletproof I would imagine.
Aye, but the wood'll still be soft. It's not the paint that is the tone wood, like.
It probably isn't a problem, but I'll steer clear, methinks.
The tele is interesting but it's the Duo that has my attention. I honestly have had plywood guitars that sounded as good as tone wood to my ears but I'm a bit tone deaf.
BacchusPaul wrote:hmmm, I was under the impression that pine was one of the least approriate woods for making a guitar, given that it's so soft you can dent it with the nails on your finger.
I think that varies with the species of pine. Although all pines are technically softwoods, some are as hard as maple. Conversely, blasa wood is a hardwood, despite being as soft as polystyrene.
