New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

[pscates]

Once again, a member here does a better job than Fender in offering up color or other design/style tweaks.

I would’ve received this model much better with ANY of the above color/neck combos. Making such a goofy-looking model try to be “rooted in tradition” with the butterscotch and black pickguard - which really only looks good/right on ONE specific model from Fender - is part of the reason it looks so “off”.

A body design this out there and non-stock screams for some metallic or metal flake in a non-standard color. That Fender themselves don’t seem to grasp that is just weird. Every one of those mockups above looks 10x better than the real thing.

And I don’t think they helped themselves by going with Tele electronics/bridge. Again, this would’ve been the perfect platform/excuse to do something cool or funky with the pickup and electronics, to further play up “this ain’t your grandpa’s Fender!”.

Instead, Fender seemed content to just ugly up a 50’s-era Telecaster. Every one of their “design choices” these past 2-3 weeks has either had me scratching my head or rolling my eyes. “What are you people smoking?!?”.

[Singlebladepickup]

A body design this out there and non-stock screams for some metallic or metal flake in a non-standard color. That Fender themselves don’t seem to grasp that is just weird. Every one of those mockups above looks 10x better than the real thing.

And I don’t think they helped themselves by going with Tele electronics/bridge. Again, this would’ve been the perfect platform/excuse to do something cool or funky with the pickup and electronics, to further play up “this ain’t your grandpa’s Fender!”.

My thoughts exactly. Admittedly, it still probably wouldn't be for me, but it would make more sense than butterscotch with tele bridge.

[46346]

yeah! i played it for a bit, and it totally feels like a Tele, as you might have figured. the neck was reminiscent of some of the chunkier Teles i've played. the body does have a comfier offset thing going on, though.

i agree that WRHB's or something glassy and modern would suit the look and the name - kind of like how the early Explorer had those special pickups. it's like they totally reversed course when they were about to leave Earth's atmosphere

[wooderson]

Growing on me now that videos are out - less garishly yellow than wannabe-blackguards can be.

There's a video Fender put out about the making that has one in blue with a rosewood board and two humbuckers - that's an interesting option.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKzPjOgv8-c

[offkeyericdee]

Growing on me now that videos are out - less garishly yellow than wannabe-blackguards can be.

There's a video Fender put out about the making that has one in blue with a rosewood board and two humbuckers - that's an interesting option.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKzPjOgv8-c

I asked Fender about the daphne blue, dual humbucker Meteora from the video and this is the response I received:

Thanks for reaching out. As of right now, the only Meteora that's available is the Limited Edition natural/Tele configuration. The one you refer to in the video was a prototype. Hopefully, if there is enough interest, the model may become part of the line up sometime in the future, but for now it's limited run as part of our Parallel Universe series.

[leokula]

You know, I hate to be negative but... why shoot a video like this showing a guy making a guitar that is not for sale with occasional sights of the real thing? Gees...

The daphne blue with stripes is so much more interesting than the black guard one...

[marqueemoon]

This shape is growing on me, but the headstock is still a letdown (a scaled down Starcasterish style could be cool here). The Tele configuration is really unimaginative though. How about a new pickup design?

[DrQuasar]

That blue one caught my eye too. I can imagine it with wide ranges and a jazzmaster tremolo and in my head that would look pretty cool. I also imagine a couple Ronin Foilbuckers would look neato.

[Fiddy]

The Chinese make better looking Fender mash ups, than even Fender themselves.

[parry]

I don't think we're allowed to comment on things we don't like anymore, Tribi. Especially, when lamenting The Almighty.

[Larry Mal]

I don't even dislike the looks of it, but just once, for once in my life, I'd like to look at a Fender and get all excited by wondering what it sounds like.

I always know what it sounds like. It's always just packaging.

[Fiddy]

I don't think we're allowed to comment on things we don't like anymore, Tribi. Especially, when lamenting The Almighty.

Oh my Loneliness!

[egosheep]

That JagStrat is just an abomination. It's something you would expect as a photoshop mockup for April Fools day.

[mizbiz]

So I really like the Meteora body shape. Something about it just seems really cool to me. I'm just not down with the telecaster layout. Now, if it could be configured like a Jazzmaster, I'd be all over it!...

Guess what... It can! I hit up Rosser Guitars to see if Michael could make me a custom routed Meteora body, but with Jazzmaster pickup, bridge and trem routes. He agreed. Then I hit up GuitarPaintGuys to see if I could reserve a specific color from their fall sale, and they agreed too! So now I have the body and paint (Ocean Turquoise) all paid for! I already had the Warmoth maple neck with black binding and all the other parts were ordered and received... now it's just a waiting game. I think this is gonna turn out to be amazing!!! Well, at least I hope it will. I did a mock up in butterscotch:



Now all I have to figure out is what case this beast will fit into...

[Embenny]

So I really like the Meteora body shape. Something about it just seems really cool to me. I'm just not down with the telecaster layout. Now, if it could be configured like a Jazzmaster, I'd be all over it!...

Guess what... It can! I hit up Rosser Guitars to see if Michael could make me a custom routed Meteora body, but with Jazzmaster pickup, bridge and trem routes. He agreed. Then I hit up GuitarPaintGuys to see if I could reserve a specific color from their fall sale, and they agreed too! So now I have the body and paint (Ocean Turquoise) all paid for! I already had the Warmoth maple neck with black binding and all the other parts were ordered and received... now it's just a waiting game. I think this is gonna turn out to be amazing!!! Well, at least I hope it will. I did a mock up in butterscotch:



Now all I have to figure out is what case this beast will fit into...

I actually just noticed yesterday that Rosser had a Meteora body shape listed! Was that your doing? Or was it already a shape that was offered?

This build sounds so much cooler than the official release. Can't wait to see it!