NAMM 2019 - News from MusicRadar
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Here's one from Fender...The new Acoustasonic Telecaster - from what I see/hear it's fender's take on the Line6 Variax, with a acoustic twist.
Here's a review from Acousticguitar
and a neat video from Reverb (I like the loop demo)
If you want more, check out Anderton's Danish Pete lay down a sick demo
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My 2c...sounds pretty good....but it lacks it's own voice - which is what I associate with Fender- You know a strat/tele/pbass/jazz bass/mustang when you hear it.
So more of a tool for the gigging muso/studio guy than a sound you know you want?
One thing I reckon they missed was adding a 12 string model - having played around with a Line6 variax guitar - the 12 string modelling was good and I could easily see a gigging muso retiring the extra 12 string and rather carrying around a variax.
What did they get right? Adding a body pickup to one of the models, so you can get percussive effects out of it - very cool. The blend knob between voicings is also a potenitally good idea - I like that.
I guess, if you need a range of acoustic tones you'd go for the Acousticsonic, but if you need a range of electric tones, you'd probably still get the Variax.
At a street price of $1600,...errrrmmm. That's firmly in new Martin/Taylor territory. So I'm still thinking you'd be better off with a 2nd hand Martin/Taylor and a 2nd hand Tele - but that's just me...
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Worst kept secret at this year's NAMM was the Jimmy Page Telecaster(s)...
Info of the four models: https://www.musicradar.com/news/namm-2019-fender-jimmy-page-artist-signature-telecasters-finally-revealed
There's four models - two versions of each design with prices ranging from a mild 1259GBP for the production line version to...umm.... a wild 23,259GBP for the limited edition, custom shop models.
That's R420,017.36 for the custom shop model. Umm. Right.
Here's Fender's official video on the process
nice work, as always, posting up on the Jimmy Page Tele Meron ? . dont know about the rest of u guys, but I'm just fascinated by it. I really could spend whole day just watching the video over and over again ? . would u guys say that Fender's Custom shop is the best in the business currently? They're certainly up there.
check it guys, thought u all would also be interested to read about these Parallel Universe models.
some different models
nick_D01 would u guys say that Fender's Custom shop is the best in the business currently? They're certainly up there.
Now that's a can 'o worms.... ?
Fender/Gibson have the resources to really get into R&D - where smaller (independent) guys typically don't, they have to sell what they make whereas the bigger guys can prototype & polish (That Fender Tele Acoustasonic is a good example).
The thought crossed my mind, when I saw the ludicrous price, that the CS Jimmy Page Tele is a poke from Fender CS to Gibson CS (I associate Jimmy Page with LP's not Tele's). For the CS models, It's a brand marketing exercise more than a profit making one? Halo effect or some such much, that could filter down to the rest of Fender's range.
So the full fat ltd ed. Tele is around 420k. The (likely us made) production line dragon Tele is around 40k and the (likely Mexican) made mirror'ed one around 22k.
The thing is I've been seeing local luthier's putting out some seriously impressive builds from 20-30k. Equivalent european based luthiers builds seem to cluster around 40-60k
For the local player/collector - would one have a Fender production line guitar or a locally built (near CS quality) one for the money? The player would likely go local and the collector fender/gibson?
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V8 For the local player/collector - would one have a Fender production line guitar or a locally built (near CS quality) one for the money? The player would likely go local and the collector fender/gibson?
Been toying with this idea myself- Was thinking of treating myself as a round number birthday comes up - would love to have a Tele with an F on the headstock but for the same price could have something local with serious mojo built to my exact specs..
EDIT: of course, the other option is to pick up a few of the new Classic Vibe Squiers- could get three or 4 for the same price
peterleroux but for the same price could have something local with serious mojo built to my exact specs..
I did get a hint of G.A.S when I saw lapdawg's latest creation...
Lordy...If it's nearly as sweet as I suspect, I'm gonna be advertising a kidney ?
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Just for that one person who wanted know more about the Jimmy Page Tele's...Anderton's did a review of both...but not the full fat "45000squids for the pair" limited editions - they did the Mex/Us versions of them.
What made me chuckle was their amazement that the white wasn't through strung but top loaded - Ummm, like almost all affinity tele's are (IMO, it makes it especially jangly - not always a bad thing...)