preservation wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2020 12:58 pm
hrm... i simultaneously love and hate it.
Sums it up pretty well. The guitar itself is pretty sweet.. and nothing against Troy or his choices.
If you're not cool with the colors/pickguards I guess you just have to remember they're his choices, it's his signature guitar. I happen to think the Copper Age one is pretty fantastic. I think black block inlays on a Maple neck can look pretty goofy if the finish on the maple is too light. (E.x. Maple neck G&L Dohenys... too light IMO.) Fender nailed it here by putting a darker finish on the maple neck.
What I don't like that Fender is doing here is they're making it MIM and using the combination of putting Troy's name on it + the rhythm circuit as "hostage" features to charge a MIA price for this guitar. It's really obnoxious marketing IMO.
It better have MIA levels of quality if it has a MIA level of price, cause really it's just a pretty standard Jazzmaster. The parts in the rhythm circuit are nowhere near worth hundreds of dollars. This thing is in no way worth $500+ more than a Player Jazzmaster.
Fender kind of uses 7.25" radius as a justification for guitars costing hundreds of dollars more too.. that's just a weird one. Lots of us don't even like it so hard to be bothered I guess.
I paid less than this for my USA G&L Doheny... different set of features, but in the end it's all about the quality of the build. I have yet to play any Fender that wasn't custom shop that was anywhere close to my Doheny in terms of feel & build quality so I'd never ever pay $1300+ for a MIM Fender.