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othomas2 wrote:

Fran wrote: Looks great. I hope its not overpriced though.

They're already advertising it...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=s ... a=N&tab=if

Well, that's much more comforting than £417 as someone mentioned. Still, it wants to play and sound good for that money when you consider the quality CVs offer for much less.

i think they should've etched squier into the trem plate. looks silly and cheap with nothing on it.

that pickguard doesn't look anodized at all. it looks like CNC'd sap.

Love this.

The 2nd colour option has been removed from the Squier site. Probably just the white that's available. Nice though.

hotrodperlmutter wrote:i think they should've etched squier into the trem plate. looks silly and cheap with nothing on it

Seriously you moan about the stupidest things.

lulz

pot + black = kettle

yes, what a dire character flaw to express my opinion over an aesthetic observation.

MAN UP, etc.

Wow. Way to overreact.

I said it was a stupid thing to moan about, and it is. The neckplate is touching your body the whole time you're playing it. It's invisible.

Also the MAN UP thing was clearly a (hilarious) joke with a friend of mine (Dave), you fucking mentalcase (see now I'm getting personal, I clearly wasn't before - can you tell the difference now?).

these are part of the signature series Fran so the quality is usually better than the CVs (see the Simon Neil Strat), I was quoted the RRP I think in digital village but there are lot of places out there now offering them for CV money. I can't wait to get to play one.

lorez wrote:these are part of the Fran signature series

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

• - 9s
  - Drop C Master Charger tuning
  - Keyless chuck
  - Socket for your GHDs

Mike wrote:Wow. Way to overreact.

I said it was a stupid thing to moan about, and it is. The neckplate is touching your body the whole time you're playing it. It's invisible.

Also the MAN UP thing was clearly a (hilarious) joke with a friend of mine (Dave), you fucking mentalcase (see now I'm getting personal, I clearly wasn't before - can you tell the difference now?).

In fairness, he did say the tremplate and not the neckplate which you suggested...

....don't shout at me please

The more I think about it, as boring as it is in regard to some hot colors we've seen come out of the CV line in the recent past, Vintage White + anodized gold guard really is the perfect combo for this Squier model in particular. Three reasons:

1. Complements pickup covers nicely like a matched set.
2. Huge visual options from a simple pickguard switch: mint, white, non-ugly red tort, brown tort, black. Pick color and you've got a good chance you've just instantly personalized it while keeping it very classy like a vintage Fennner.
3. Anodized guard on ebay = $ for the early birds

Simon wrote:

Mike wrote:Wow. Way to overreact.

I said it was a stupid thing to moan about, and it is. The neckplate is touching your body the whole time you're playing it. It's invisible.

Also the MAN UP thing was clearly a (hilarious) joke with a friend of mine (Dave), you fucking mentalcase (see now I'm getting personal, I clearly wasn't before - can you tell the difference now?).

In fairness, he did say the tremplate and not the neckplate which you suggested...

....don't shout at me please

Ah. My bad. That's pretty legit

Why would they etch fender onto the trem plate? It's not a Fender. I realise there's crossover here, but I doubt Fender would have nodded approvingly at that. It sort of destroys the £60+ price Fender charges for replacements if you get one mounted on a sub-£400 guitar. They're not even on the Blacktops.

ekwatts wrote:Why would they etch fender onto the trem plate? It's not a Fender. I realise there's crossover here, but I doubt Fender would have nodded approvingly at that. It sort of destroys the £60+ price Fender charges for replacements if you get one mounted on a sub-£400 guitar. They're not even on the Blacktops.

He said Squier... not Fender.

Oh, whoops.

But that's easy: Because it would be more expensive than simply slapping an OEM blank version without tremlock or etching on the thing. Same as the Blacktop.

ITT: everyone bitches at hotrod for something he didn't say, the fucking dickhead.

damnit Carl! no one gives a shit if you think fretboard should be maple instead of rosewood. We know you want the strat jack but you're being to fucking nitpicky you moron.

benecol wrote:

lorez wrote:these are part of the Fran signature series

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

• - 9s
  - Drop A Master Charger tuning
  - Keyless chuck
  - Socket for your GHDs

Yeah! Fuck Neil Simon, who's he anyway?

I noticed the butterscotch model is no longer listed on Squier's site. They could be just taking it off until the photos are ready.

I'd say it's more likely that whoever entered the data copied the listing for the strat jack jazzmaster and forgot to edit that part. I very much doubt this will come in more than one colour.