pawn shop 2.0

mixtape · Post by **mixtape** » Tue May 01, 2012 5:31 pm

robroe wrote:JUST REISSUE THE FUCKING SUPERSONIC.

This.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue May 01, 2012 5:33 pm

Here's a real picture for you:

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue May 01, 2012 5:39 pm

Even Better, they now have a page with videos:

http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshop

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othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue May 01, 2012 5:52 pm

I reckon these are Japanese, only they polish their frets to that extreme.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Tue May 01, 2012 5:58 pm

robroe wrote:JUST REISSUE THE FUCKING SUPERSONIC.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:00 pm

I feel like that offset custom is just a slap in the face to those who want the starcaster reissued.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:04 pm

othomas2 wrote:Here's a real picture for you:

Hmm....

Okay, it looks pretty good in that picture. Like, "I would totally play that" nice.

However, can't help feeling it needs a scratchplate. An anodised gold scratchplate. And filtertrons instead of P90s.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:11 pm

ekwatts wrote: However, can't help feeling it needs a scratchplate. An anodised gold scratchplate. And filtertrons instead of P90s.

Yes indeed !!

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:20 pm

Meh, the Jaguar thing seems like a pretty cool idea by my book. The mustang is nothing new and the rest just seem like stupid guitars nobody was asking for, in the first place.

JM pickups look heinous without a pickguard.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:23 pm

I think others have already said so in this thread but the Jaguarillo is one of those "why didn't Squier do this at some point?" guitars. It's an odd situation where Fender are releasing bizarre mashup Jaguars that wouldn't have been out of place in the old Vista range while Squier are soon to be releasing genuine Jaguars and Jazzmasters.

Also, what's the scale length on the hollowbody stratguar thing? It looks short, but I can never tell.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:26 pm

@ Watts

25.5"

http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshop/comparison.php

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:28 pm

ekwatts wrote:It's an odd situation where Fender are releasing bizarre mashup Jaguars that wouldn't have been out of place in the old Vista range while Squier are soon to be releasing genuine Jaguars and Jazzmasters.

Fender is becoming 90's Squier and Squier is becoming 90's Fender Japan.

i wonder if these pawnshop dealies will be be as unappreciated during their production run and prized after the fact as the Vistas, though...

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:31 pm

ekwatts wrote:stratMASTER

Fixed.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:33 pm

SGJarrod wrote:@ Watts

25.5"

http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshop/comparison.php

Ah, okay. Although it lists those Jazzy pickups as being "JZHB Humbucking". Have we seen these before or are these going to be some sort of stacked humbuckers under Jazzmaster covers?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Tue May 01, 2012 6:41 pm

othomas2 wrote:Here's a real picture for you:

Changed my mind, having seen it from that angle:

Also:

► Show Spoiler

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:10 pm

ultratwin wrote:
andersunz wrote:The Fender Pawnshop Offset Special is like the love child of a Strat and a 69 Thinline Telecaster, but because a Thinline Strat would be a little bit too easy Fender also chucked in a Jaguar style tremolo and p90s! This one is going to bite just as hard as its bark and that is definitely a good thing!

That guitar is gorgeous. If I had free money I'd totally rock one, alas money isn't free

singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:26 pm

robroe wrote:WHY THE FUCK DID THEY DROP THIS ON US WHEN ALL WE WANT ARE 300 SQUIER'S ????

DROP THE SQUIERS.

NOW.

Agreed. For fuck's sake, all these mashups are giving me a headache.

Mom, I want a stratotelejagsonicstangmaster for Christmas!

Behold. The only conceivable guitar Fender has yet to peoduce.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:32 pm

singlepickup24 wrote:peoduce.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:36 pm

ekwatts wrote:
singlepickup24 wrote:peoduce.

peo is PR Spanish for a fart.... which kinda made me giggle in the context of the fucked up inbred guitar hybrids Fender is producing.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue May 01, 2012 7:40 pm

I like the Mustang Special in the Sunburst finish. Were the first round off Mustang Specials made out of Alder?

I actually thought I liked the look of the Jaguarillo until I realized that the front and middle pickups were strat pickups and not Jaguar pickups. The Sonic Blue and angled humbucker reminds me of a Jag-stang
with a middle pickup added. Drop in some new pickups (Lace Sensors?) and it might be okay.

I noticed that both the Offset and Jaguar-whatever have locking tremolos.

The offset is just ugly. They chopped the butt like they did on the Mustang special, added the Marauder upper horn and made the body to big and bulky. I just hate that this guitar could have been really good, but they just through a bunch of random features together and hoped for the best. If they had stuck with the standard JM body it could have been so much better.

Overall, no home runs but at least Fender is attempting to stretch the box a little. Can't expect for gold every time, but I am not sure how anyone thinks that Offset Special is attractive.