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THEBEERHAMMER wrote:

colin wrote:Well if $7000 is too much, you could always save a bit and get this beauty for only $6500:

That fucking strat trem man.....god i fucking hate strat trems...

Me too. I hate pretty much everything about Strats.

If you're not wanting divebomb capabilities and you prefer low maintainence, the standard Jazzy term is impossible to beat.

Eugh.

colin wrote:Well if $7000 is too much, you could always save a bit and get this beauty for only $6500:

KILL IT WITH FIRE

They could even have spaced those knobs evenly?

Holy Schnikes wrote:

yeah, i know about yours and that's the bomb and of course there was a few CS strats I absolutely loved - and even though they were relic and i don't like relic, they were just spectacular guitars AND aesthetically pleasing

thing is, i'd take relic over fancy woods any day... because fancy woods are VERY controversial I'd say and they just don't work on every guitar. I, for one, can appreciate them on PRS or Gibson guitars... but it sort of defies what fender is about for me

especially when it comes to bookmatching a maple top on an OFFSET guitar... do you see the irony as well?

colin wrote:Well if $7000 is too much, you could always save a bit and get this beauty for only $6500:

I would Play it. Like it! Not the Price though...

DarkAxel wrote:thing is, i'd take relic over fancy woods any day... because fancy woods are VERY controversial I'd say and they just don't work on every guitar. I, for one, can appreciate them on PRS or Gibson guitars... but it sort of defies what fender is about for me

especially when it comes to bookmatching a maple top on an OFFSET guitar... do you see the irony as well?

Yeah, I totally agree with your point and the irony is truly hilarious!

Bottom line tho, some blues lawyer probably decided to add to his PRS collection and hit up Fender to get the fancy wood finish. If they can sell it, you know they'll build it. I'm not saying they should build it tho haha.

for a lot of people flamed/quilted maple MEANS "high quality" in the same way burled wood trim and a leather steering wheel cover used to say "luxury car." "well, flamed maple means Old Les Paul, and Old Les Paul is good, ergo flamed top on a Tele = posh." i actually LIKE quilt maple in a tasteful application, but at this point it seems so common that it's defeating the effect. when you can get a PRS SE with a (veneered) quilted top, it's lost all meaning and become a 10-year-old white kid wearing a Public Enemy shirt.

Well said

Guys, I... I like it...

dubkitty wrote:for a lot of people flamed/quilted maple MEANS "high quality" in the same way burled wood trim and a leather steering wheel cover used to say "luxury car." "well, flamed maple means Old Les Paul, and Old Les Paul is good, ergo flamed top on a Tele = posh." i actually LIKE quilt maple in a tasteful application, but at this point it seems so common that it's defeating the effect. when you can get a PRS SE with a (veneered) quilted top, it's lost all meaning and become a 10-year-old white kid wearing a Public Enemy shirt.

I agree with you in general though, I think fancy flamed/quilted stuff looks crap 90% of the time, just on this guitar with that pickguard is deliciously wrong and it's awesome.

For the doctor/lawyer that wants an offset.

it looks much better in the shot that appears at the top of the product page, where you get more of a sense of shape and depth. my big question: WTF is Okoume, the wood that makes up the back of the body?

edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aucoumea_klaineana

looks like another poor man's mahogany.