NGD - LE Rosewood Stratocaster //and Telecaster//
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:39 am
My local shop has had two Limited Edition Fenders in this year that I’ve absolutely fallen in love with; a Rosewood Strat and Telecaster. In terms of the bodies and electronics, they’re nothing particularly special, but they have full rosewood necks with routed logos on the headstocks… the neck on both of them is absolutely fantastic. Apparently they’re Long & McQuade exclusives here in Canada, and I think Guitar Centre exclusives in the States.
I was seriously considering the Strat in the spring, but it was “luckily� sold before I could pull the trigger. At $1700 it was more than I wanted to pay, especially since I’d want to then go and mod it to have a G&L style PTS tone setup.
Last time I popped by I noticed the Telecaster hanging up and had to see how its neck felt compared to my memory of the Strat’s… and it also feels incredible. For reasons I can’t quite figure out, though, it’s $200 more than the Stratocaster… but I wouldn’t need to do any mods to it, as the Tele circuit is fine as is.
(It’s Fender Month at L&M this month… I *could* finance it at 0%…)
Rosewood necks seem to be my kryptonite, or something… I’m almost obsessed with these two guitars. That said, I do have some reservations and curiosity about the long-term stability of a neck made of rosewood… will it hold up as well as, say, maple?? Will it twist and warp in a couple years making it a really expensive wall decoration?? The specs say they have a modern C profile, but it feels a bit different from other modern Cs I've played... or maybe it's just the smoothness of the wood? All I know is it's nice.
I was seriously considering the Strat in the spring, but it was “luckily� sold before I could pull the trigger. At $1700 it was more than I wanted to pay, especially since I’d want to then go and mod it to have a G&L style PTS tone setup.
Last time I popped by I noticed the Telecaster hanging up and had to see how its neck felt compared to my memory of the Strat’s… and it also feels incredible. For reasons I can’t quite figure out, though, it’s $200 more than the Stratocaster… but I wouldn’t need to do any mods to it, as the Tele circuit is fine as is.
(It’s Fender Month at L&M this month… I *could* finance it at 0%…)
Rosewood necks seem to be my kryptonite, or something… I’m almost obsessed with these two guitars. That said, I do have some reservations and curiosity about the long-term stability of a neck made of rosewood… will it hold up as well as, say, maple?? Will it twist and warp in a couple years making it a really expensive wall decoration?? The specs say they have a modern C profile, but it feels a bit different from other modern Cs I've played... or maybe it's just the smoothness of the wood? All I know is it's nice.
