Fender - NAMM 2012 Preview

[fattone77]

It costs a lot to match a headstock.

[DarkAxel]

Blacktop Jaguar 90 in 2TSB and Candy Apple Red
$549.99 MAP

now we're talking... i might like it with 90s

[Gone Fission]

P90s are well and good, but what Fender really needs is moar Jags with humbuckers.

[univalve]

Any Info on the Machete Amp? Will Run for about 1800 EUR

Thats what i found specs wise:
50Watt Tube
12''Celestion Vintage30 Speaker
6L6 Tubes
2 Channels
Effects Loop
casters
incl. footswitch and dust cover
Weight: 32.00 kg

[coldbrightsunlight]

P90s are well and good, but what Fender really needs is moar Jags with humbuckers.

I fucking hope you're joking.

It costs a lot to match a headstock.

Really? Even if it does, for a lake placid blue jag with matching headstock, I would pay whatever (assuming I had the cash for an AVRI in the first place).

[rfurtkamp]

I'm used to Gibson's scale and it still took awhile adjusting to my Mustang Special. If you have huge hands, I'd avoid a 24" scale....

Wouldn't agree, I have huge monstrous hands - I'm 6'8" and have to make any stringed instrument scale short of 30" work for me vs the other way around.

24" works better for some things than 25.5 or 24.75 because of how the fingers fall - sometimes it's about relative position and not just 'too big'.

For precision work, I end up on my Jaguar.

[Holy Schnikes]

I stand corrected.

[DarkAxel]

It costs a lot to match a headstock.

really?

[julius_deane]

It costs a lot to match a headstock.

really?

I assume he was kidding. Until Blacktops, Fender's cheapest Jag (HH Special) had a matching headstock. Granted they were all black, but still.

[Gone Fission]

P90s are well and good, but what Fender really needs is moar Jags with humbuckers.

I fucking hope you're joking.

Yep. I really hope they finally broke their streak of
A: "We need something new for NAMM. Ideas?"
B: "How about a Jaguar but with humbuckers and maybe a less cool bridge setup?"
A: "Excellent outside-the-box thinking! Make it happen!"

[rfurtkamp]

I'm starting to wonder if Fender over-ordered Jaguar bodies in the 60s like control pots and just recently found them in a warehouse.

[Fuzzy Fred]

neck pickup on a tele is the best sound in the world. why anyone would deprive themselves of that needs to be shot

Take your aim.
Cause you know what sounds better [than a cheap Tele bridge pu]?
The neck pickup on any Jazzy.


[fixed]

english, motherfucker, can you read it? I said tele neck pickup, not bridge, so your argument is invalid

[julius_deane]

oh, I meant neck. lul
I need to stop doing 5 things at once

[julius_deane]

I'm starting to wonder if Fender over-ordered Jaguar bodies in the 60s like control pots and just recently found them in a warehouse.

[DarkAxel]

neck pickup on a tele is the best sound in the world. why anyone would deprive themselves of that needs to be shot

yes, this, thank you