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I like how Rickenbacker does it....no new models, just an different extra color choice or two each year.

Fender should have just done a comp orange mustang and mustang bass. That's it. End of Fender Namm 2015.

I don't mind the Longboard Strat so much, it doesn't look TOO bad... certainly better than the Mustang. Made me think of a neck-thru Vantage that a friend had in High School.

Golden_Sonic wrote:They're trying to copy the look of the vintage Aria Pro TS series:

No, clearly going for vintage surfboard style (hence the names longboard and shortboard):

I normally love natural finish guitars but this looks like someone bought an inexpensive Warmoth body and didn't bother to paint/finish. There are countless ideas that spring to mind but I digress, no point in fantasizing.

cur wrote:
But really they should just hire up G&L because Fender is just making a bad copy of G&L's good copy.

Funny, I've been admiring these for a while now. Guess someone at Fender was too.

^ Yes, SC2 and especially SC1 are some of the good looking guitars

Nick wrote:I like how Rickenbacker does it....no new models, just an different extra color choice or two each year.

Fender should have just done a comp orange mustang and mustang bass. That's it. End of Fender Namm 2015.

Two words: Fender Japan.

Ankhanu wrote:I don't mind the Longboard Strat so much, it doesn't look TOO bad... certainly better than the Mustang. Made me think of a neck-thru Vantage that a friend had in High School.

After seeing some NAMM youtubes on the Longboard and Shortboard guitars I will have to recoupe. I thought these guitars by the looks of them had vinyl stripes. They don't. That's planks of walnut . That, gents is pretty awesome. I still dont care for the hardtail bridge on the Stang but the guitar up close is quite pretty.

I've come to kinda agree, actually. The hardtail and no out-of-phase would mean I wouldn't buy it, though. There's only one hardtail Mustang I like, that damn PawnShop Special in LPB. Still no phasing, but the coil splitting options are pretty nice... wouldn't be too hard to add a phase switch too, probably.

I just don't get it.

Please let this thread die

Fender failed the first time with the modern player jag. Making it a mustang is kicking a dead horse.

WayToHip wrote:Fender failed the first time with the modern player jag. Making it a mustang is kicking a dead horse.

I agree. But after they discontinued them I now kinda want one to throw gold foils into.. It could of been a good guitar but they then went corporate with it and fucked it all up.. Just like the Jaguarillo . The Jaguarillo prototype was cool.. THen they somehow made that thing... Sad.

I actually kinda want a Jaguar 90 in red. The other colours offend me wholly, though It would need a lot of work to make it better, though.

Ankhanu wrote:I actually kinda want a Jaguar 90 in red. The other colours offend me wholly, though It would need a lot of work to make it better, though.

I have one. The neck is awesome and it sounds really nice overdriven. It is ugly as fuck though.

Andrewdoeshair from offset built this exact concept years ago

FFS really?

the mustang 50th anniversary american shortboard mustang natural is sold out. let the regret and handwringing for not snatching one up right away begin.

cur wrote:the mustang 50th anniversary american shortboard mustang natural is sold out.

Damn.

finboy wrote:Andrewdoeshair from offset built this exact concept years ago

Fender should hire Andrew for a year and have the most kick ass NAMM showing ever (then continue to pay him to design for future years).