Why have all the guitars I want...

Jetfire

Been discontinued?

Fender Jim root strat in white
Fender Billy Corgan
Ibanez rga121
Ibanez jem fp (the original)

I may have to do a partcaster of the Jim Root but thatll be impossible to find that body shape unless its a custom job

richardhomer

Lack of demand is the usual reason....

Jetfire

Fair point... it was a rhetorical question.... 

Arktik83

You won't look cool playing da blooze on those guitars so mass appeal is pretty much zero.  I wish I had kept my Billy Corgan strat though, that was a fun guitar.

bbill335

I think some of the signature endorsements have limited contracts attached so if they're not renewed then they can't keep making guitars with the name on it. 

sweepy

Hasn't the Floral Jem been reissued 

HAL9000

Jetfire said:

... it was a rhetorical question.... 

Hmmm... I wonder what one of those is?

mudslide73

You sir, are a connoisseur. I'm drawn to stuff you can't get any more too. It'd be hard to source them unless you find good used examples (maybe the Corgan could be done with parts). It's like that gag in Spinal Tap about unpopular stuff being rebadged as having a more "selective" appeal. 

TTBZ

The Jim Root, Billy Corgan and Tom Delonge strats are the only ones I've ever properly GAS'ed for. Hardtail strats are just better. I've always wanted a Delonge one.

DanR

I've always fancied a Corgan strat.

ICBM

Just keep a look out on Ebay etc. None of these are impossibly rare - the Tom Delonge is actually reasonably common. Unfortunately it wouldn't be easy to use as the basis for a different hardtail project since there's no standard pickup/control rout.

UnclePsychosis

HAL9000 said:

Jetfire said:

... it was a rhetorical question.... 

Hmmm... I wonder what one of those is?

-what do you get if you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? 

p_jay78

I have a white Jim Root start that coooould be for sale... :-) 

Funkfingers

Aside from the active pickups and control circuitry, how great is the difference between a Fender MIM Jim Root signature Stratocaster and a hardtail Charvel MIM San Dimas?

SimpleSimon

UnclePsychosis said:

HAL9000 said:

Jetfire said:

... it was a rhetorical question.... 

Hmmm... I wonder what one of those is?

-what do you get if you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? 

surely you already know the answer! LOL

ennspek

Jetfire said:

Fair point... it was a rhetorical question.... 

A forum thread is possibly not the ideal environment for one of these!
At least you'll save money.

57Deluxe

their window of availability is always way to narrow. Is not like buying a set of first day cover stamps! You have to budget and plan your fiances for sometimes an item that is more expensive than a second hand car for Chris's sake...

stonevibe

My white Corgan Strat is a thing of beauty and now the only official Fender made Stratocaster I still own. 

Funkfingers

Hypothetical - rather than rhetorical - question.

Considering that the "signature" pickups of Corgan and Root can still be purchased, how close is it possible to get to the specifications of the signature guitars by simply customising a stock hardtail Stratocaster that happens to already have suitable pickup cavities?

Jetfire

The jim root is a different body shape thou Id say which is what makes it unique 

Funkfingers

Does that alter the way that it SOUNDS? <strokesbeard emoticon>