"...a HUGE Fender announcement..." (guitarguitar newsletter)

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"...a HUGE Fender announcement..." (guitarguitar newsletter)

Post by matbard » Wed May 01, 2024 5:41 am

Does anyone have a glimpse?

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Re: "...a HUGE Fender announcement..." (guitarguitar newsletter)

Post by Ceylon » Wed May 01, 2024 8:32 am

Every single Telecaster will have a bridge humbucker starting early June and all licensed Fender dealers will have to retrofit any Telecasters they might have in stock with one, or lose their license, thus finally bringing Fender into the late 20th century.
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Post by manwithtitties » Thu May 02, 2024 2:23 am

What if they’re just going to anounce 1 huge fender guitar? Like twice as large as a regular guitar?

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Post by crazyzeke » Thu May 02, 2024 2:29 am

I'm going to guess one or more new Signature guitars, hopefully an offset especially if it's a Jag, but more likely another couple of Sig Teles and Sig Strats for the pile 😂
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Post by F15hface » Thu May 02, 2024 2:50 am

All Jazzmasters to receive original AVII headstock, all jaguars to use AmPro switching, all mustangs to be hard tailed and use a three way toggle switch. All offsets to use cheap ceramic strat pickups. Colours limited to sunburst, CAR, and OLY on all models. It’s what the customers want.

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Post by Downsman » Thu May 02, 2024 4:08 am

If it really is a huge announcement, then clearly they're going to be releasing an AVII Bass VI in custom colours. I can't think of anything else that would create that level of excitement throughout the guitar world.

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Post by GreenKnee » Thu May 02, 2024 5:30 am

"To celebrate 70 years of the Stratocaster we are releasing a Stratocaster"

That'll be about it.

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Post by JSett » Thu May 02, 2024 7:05 am

GreenKnee wrote:
Thu May 02, 2024 5:30 am
"To celebrate 70 years of the Stratocaster we are releasing a Stratocaster"

That'll be about it.
Yep, they aren't going to let a 70th anniversary slip past. All those boomers are crying out for a '54 repro so they can cosplay Jeff Beck or some other deity of their making.

It is the 60th of the Mustang though. And the BF Princeton Reverb & BF Vibrochamp. Oh and the 40th of the "master series".
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Post by BoringPostcards » Thu May 02, 2024 8:01 am

60th Anniversary Mustang would be cool, but I bet they won’t even acknowledge it.
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Re: "...a HUGE Fender announcement..." (guitarguitar newsletter)

Post by s_mcsleazy » Thu May 02, 2024 10:19 am

BoringPostcards wrote:
Thu May 02, 2024 8:01 am
60th Anniversary Mustang would be cool, but I bet they won’t even acknowledge it.
i feel like if they did, it would just be them saying the words "kurt cobain" for 20 mins.
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Post by sal paradise » Thu May 02, 2024 10:55 am

You guys are so cynical.

I’m holding it for an FSR HSS Player Strat in the Am pro 2 colours.
I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion?

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Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Thu May 02, 2024 11:36 am

Guys, this is a guitar shop, right… they‘re celebrating their birthday… not Fender‘s…
So the maximum I‘m expecting is a FSR - limited color like CME got. Which could be great…Maybe even less. And surely some „great“ deals.

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Post by F15hface » Thu May 02, 2024 12:32 pm

BoringPostcards wrote:
Thu May 02, 2024 8:01 am
60th Anniversary Mustang would be cool, but I bet they won’t even acknowledge it.
AVII mustangs would be great.

It'll never happen, and they would probably be more than a 70s mustang, but it would be cool.

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Post by crazyzeke » Thu May 02, 2024 2:07 pm

JSett wrote:
Thu May 02, 2024 7:05 am
Yep, they aren't going to let a 70th anniversary slip past. All those boomers are crying out for a '54 repro so they can cosplay Jeff Beck or some other deity of their making.
Mwahaha. Everyone cosplays as Jeff Beck if they're trying to emulate him, because he's highly difficult to emulate. You might be able to get a couple of his techniques in a guitar solo of your own, but you won't get his whole palette because he's got a lot of colours on it.

sal paradise wrote:
Thu May 02, 2024 10:55 am
You guys are so cynical.

I think it's wry humour as it's been cracking me up. I hope it is, anyway...
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Re: "...a HUGE Fender announcement..." (guitarguitar newsletter)

Post by TagoMago » Fri May 03, 2024 3:22 am

I'd love it if Guitar Guitar were announcing that Squier are releasing a Bass V reissue :?

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