Yeah. Having the butterscotch/black pickguard look on something so weird is just jarring, as that combo is so associated with a classic, 50's-era Telecaster/Broadcaster. Some sort of solid metallic would be an improvement. I'm not sure I'd like a Tele headstock (my favorite of all Fender designs) on this. I think it needs a headstock as "unique" as the body, otherwise it just looks like they ran out of ideas and bolted on whatever they had lying around.loveinathens wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:44 pmTbh, dot inlays and a Telecaster headstock would've worked better for this model. I would've preferred to see more futuristic colors on it as well. A metallic finish might've been great. Or like, a gold guard.
Idk, I still dig it as is, but would likely have it refinished.
The more I look at it, I think the thing I most dislike is related to the above...having such classic Telecaster styling (the finish, pickups, etc.) on this shape is just goofy. If you're going to have a design this "out there", then go all out...don't saddle it with traditional, expected Fender electronics or familiar layouts.
This guitar, in a funky metallic finish, an equally WTF?! headstock and some sort of novel pickup/electronics arrangement would be enough to push it from the "ugly" to "cool/quirky" territory I talk about in my previous post. It's why I much prefer the black prototype(?) in the photos above. At least it's not trying to ape a traditional Fender-y look, with the translucent butterscotch, etc.
I would at least be able to have some respect for it if they made the headstock at least fit in with this body.
