Fender is About to Start Making Some Nice Cuts
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I'm also in favor of this, but I wonder if they'd ever ditch the back plate. My Charvel Guthrie Govan guitar has a perfectly sculpted heel with no plate and it's very comfortable to play up high. Same with my EQ FT7. I guess this cut + plate is a compromise to keep some of the original aesthetics.
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Surveyor 777
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OK - I'm interested.
Zado
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When I'll get old(er) and my nephews (if any) will ask me "when did rock start being meh" , I'll reply "when traditional bolt on heels, 22 frets and only 6 strings became a problem".
Maybe I'm old already tho.
Maybe I'm old already tho.
Kaura
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Looks really promising. Hell, as long as they have matching headstocks I'm gonna snatch one no matter what the specs are or what they cost. The one in the last shot even seemed to have a finish similar to the Squier in my avatar which I love. 
gunshow86de
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I'm digging that metallic blue in the video.
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I love that Fender often leaves headstocks plain on strats. But if I can buy a “real” fender strat with 21-22 frets a good bridge and a heel carve then guess whose going to dress up as Yngwie? This guy.
Give me a strat with a reversed headstock and floyd in that blue and I'm in 
mnemonic
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As far as the FMIC portfolio goes, I always figured Fender was for the largely traditional stuff, Charvel for the 80’s metal (but vintage at this point) stuff, and Jackson for the modern stuff.
That being said I do like strats with some modern appointments now and then. Squier has been doing it for ages with their ‘contemporary’ models, I’d love to see more Fenders that edge into that Charvel kind of territory.
That being said I do like strats with some modern appointments now and then. Squier has been doing it for ages with their ‘contemporary’ models, I’d love to see more Fenders that edge into that Charvel kind of territory.
A good idea, but one that looks to be very poorly executed if the image is anything to go by given the very angular join under the top horn. As mastapimp said, they already have what are surely better neck joints on some guitars under their other name brands so these seem like a bit of a mistake to me. Not a ‘Gibson social media” size mistake, but a mistake nonetheless.
Promit
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You're literally on seven string dot org ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
jephjacques
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Neat! The American Elite line has contoured heels, nice to see them taking it a step further.
KnightBrolaire
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they're like 40 yrs too late. Washburn, kramer, ibanez, all the shredder brands were doing this shit ages ago
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feraledge
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I'm glad Angel proved this could look so good, but I still think the strat head might be the one time I'm a proponent of regular original headstock orientation.Give me a strat with a reversed headstock and floyd in that blue and I'm in
I like the idea of Fender being like, "goddamnit, KRAMER beat us to it!!" No matter how many San Dimas Charvel and Jackson might sell, Fender will blow them out of the water and any allegiance to one brand over another is decades too late. I welcome it.
AltecGreen
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Give me a strat with a reversed headstock and floyd in that blue and I'm in
Fender already makes that. It the Michiya Harauhata Signature Strat.
https://shop.fender.com/ja-JP/elect...michiya-haruhata-stratocaster/5258300388.html
gunch
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They finally tired of literally every other boutique "modern fender" makers eating their lunch?
