New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

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Re: New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

Post by Beyer160 » Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:55 am

I've got a great idea to get sales numbers for books up again- we'll take several classic novels, chop chapters out of them and reassemble them randomly! Here's the 2018 lineup:

All Quiet On The Wuthering Heights
War and Peace and Pride and Prejudice
Lord Of The Great Gatsby Flies
Jane Eyre 1984

See you at the bookstore!

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Post by Embenny » Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:20 am

Beyer160 wrote:
Sun Jan 14, 2018 6:55 am
I've got a great idea to get sales numbers for books up again- we'll take several classic novels, chop chapters out of them and reassemble them randomly! Here's the 2018 lineup:

All Quiet On The Wuthering Heights
War and Peace and Pride and Prejudice
Lord Of The Great Gatsby Flies
Jane Eyre 1984

See you at the bookstore!
A Portrait of Huckleberry Finn as a Young Man
Anna Karenina in Wonderland
Moby Dick's Web
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Re: New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

Post by rank » Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:48 am

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rank wrote:
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Re: New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

Post by 46346 » Mon Jan 15, 2018 4:33 pm

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Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:07 pm
Wow, those idiots at Fender can't even do a Telemaster right.
they built an excellent batch of telemasters already, called Offset Telecaster. i bought one a year ago, and you still can find some now.
it really is a great quality build for a big company, perhaps due to the simplicity. the guitar sold itself when i demo'd it. i put it away for a few months to focus on a certain gig, and just brought it out again recently - still really impressed!

BUT i hear ya - i think the question is: why Telecaster pickups/sound for such an experimental look?

hopefully they are keeping the build quality up on these strange new offerings... while there's nothing for me among these, it may just be a matter of time before their 'random-style generator' spits out the right combo of parts again to reach me.
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Re: New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

Post by rkharper » Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:24 pm

aaaand, here's my take on the Meteora. forget the standard Strat headstock, IT DOES NOT WORK, wether upside down or not. this headstock is from the John 5 Tele, which is IMO a perfect fit, and a stab against Gibson :)

Fender, where's my paycheck?

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Post by Tree's » Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:07 am

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You're right , and it would be easy to have a 12 string version.

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Re: New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

Post by kimson » Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:23 am

rkharper wrote:
Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:24 pm
aaaand, here's my take on the Meteora. forget the standard Strat headstock, IT DOES NOT WORK, wether upside down or not. this headstock is from the John 5 Tele, which is IMO a perfect fit, and a stab against Gibson :)

Fender, where's my paycheck?

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I concur. That looks fantastic. Still too much Teleness, though.

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Re: New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

Post by RandyRandom » Wed Jan 17, 2018 2:22 am

anybody already know how much they are going to ask for? and where they make it? US? Korea? China?
:D Gotta love them Offsets :D

Any other austrians around here?

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Post by tealsixtysix » Wed Jan 17, 2018 3:03 am

RandyRandom wrote:
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anybody already know how much they are going to ask for? and where they make it? US? Korea? China?
Made in US, nitro finish, and I think US pricing on all of these is either $1799 or $1899.

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Post by Pacafeliz » Sat Jan 20, 2018 12:08 am

:fp: Holy shit these things are ugly.

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Post by jpuva » Sat Jan 20, 2018 6:02 am

I can't say I like the looks of it. But I can say that I REALLY dislike black inlays on a maple neck. It's just wrong.

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Re: New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

Post by Embenny » Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:41 pm

rkharper wrote:
Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:24 pm
aaaand, here's my take on the Meteora. forget the standard Strat headstock, IT DOES NOT WORK, wether upside down or not. this headstock is from the John 5 Tele, which is IMO a perfect fit, and a stab against Gibson :)

Fender, where's my paycheck?

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Whoah, I opened this thread for the first time since I first saw it, and I thought "man, this thing isn't nearly as bad as I remembered."

Then I realized you fixed it up.

Looks way better!
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Re: New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

Post by kimson » Sun Jan 21, 2018 1:28 am

jpuva wrote:
Sat Jan 20, 2018 6:02 am
I can't say I like the looks of it. But I can say that I REALLY dislike black inlays on a maple neck. It's just wrong.
No no no, you got it all wrong... black blocks on maple are THE SHIT.

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Re: New Fender Meteora offset at NAMM?

Post by thatfenderguy » Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:21 am

kimson wrote:
Sun Jan 21, 2018 1:28 am
jpuva wrote:
Sat Jan 20, 2018 6:02 am
I can't say I like the looks of it. But I can say that I REALLY dislike black inlays on a maple neck. It's just wrong.
No no no, you got it all wrong... black blocks on maple are THE SHIT.
I’m with jpuva. I don’t like black blocks on maple either. While I’m at it, I’ll dog pile it. I dislike any blocks, binding, matching headstocks, and tort.

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