Oh dear

mattacjones

A reissue of a 1985 reissue of a 72 strat ...  surely not? 
https://shop.fender.com/en-GB/electric-guitars/stratocaster/albert-hammond-jr-stratocaster/0146810305.html?sf95299814=1

gringopig

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stickyfiddle

It's alright imo. I'm highly unlikely to buy one, but at least it's a signature that's actually 99% the same as the artist's actual instrument - and one he's played on basically every gig and record he's done for 18-odd years.

Though there is some irony of it being a Mexican-made copy of a Japanese-made copy...

DrBob

stickyfiddle said:

It's alright imo. I'm highly unlikely to buy one, but at least it's a signature that's actually 99% the same as the artist's actual instrument - and one he's played on basically every gig and record he's done for 18-odd years.

Though there is some irony of it being a Mexican-made copy of a Japanese-made copy...

Yeah I did wonder if the whole thing was getting a bit “meta” at this point 

Sassafras

Never heard of him.

hobbio

Sassafras said:

Never heard of him.

Scrap the whole thing then, obviously not worthy of a sig if the all-knowing @Sassafras hasn't heard of him   

Sassafras

hobbio said:

Sassafras said:

Never heard of him.

Scrap the whole thing then, obviously not worthy of a sig if the all-knowing @Sassafras hasn't heard of him   

Glad you've decided to take my side in this whole sorry debacle.

hobbio

You should go into politics 

ICBM

Isn't the '85 reissue' a Squier SQ Series?

thermionic

A poly finish is now “period correct”. Those marketing boys don’t miss a trick.

FatPete

'Tremolo arm not included' also makes it as a feature. Surely this would be an easy user mod?

fftc

Why not?

dindude

Looks OK but Period correct poly finish and no tremolo arm as a feature are hilarious.

The Strokes’ influence on music is also incredibly overstated and annoys me but that’s a different story.

deano

See this highlights my confusion over the whole vintage guitar scene we have these days.

Back in the 70's Fender and Gibson were churning out very poor quality guitars, which is why people started buying 60's made instruments - which sounded better - inflating their prices and creating the whole vintage guitar industry. 

Here is an article about Martin guitars which makes the same point about 79's acoustics... https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24525-acoustic-soundboard-why-buy-vintage

But now people are paying vintage prices for those rubbish 70's guitars that started the whole thing in the first place, and Fender and Gibson are making those very same pieces of rubbish as reissues! They were poor guitars in the 70's which is why people bought 60's instruments so why would anyone pay vintage money for a 70's guitar?

It puzzles me.

TeleMaster

deano said:

See this highlights my confusion over the whole vintage guitar scene we have these days.

Back in the 70's Fender and Gibson were churning out very poor quality guitars, which is why people started buying 60's made instruments - which sounded better - inflating their prices and creating the whole vintage guitar industry. 

Here is an article about Martin guitars which makes the same point about 79's acoustics... https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24525-acoustic-soundboard-why-buy-vintage

But now people are paying vintage prices for those rubbish 70's guitars that started the whole thing in the first place, and Fender and Gibson are making those very same pieces of rubbish as reissues! They were poor guitars in the 70's which is why people bought 60's instruments so why would anyone pay vintage money for a 70's guitar?

It puzzles me.

They weren’t all poor guitars. Some were some weren’t. 

Lets not not forget that lots of classic albums used 70’s Strats. 

Albert Hammond Jr used his on Is This It 
Billy Corgans used a 70’s Strat and he used it all over Gish
The Edge has an early 70’s Strat that he used extensively, as did Richie Blackmore. 

The 72 Thinline Tele is considered a classic. 

Its not all bad.

danishbacon

AlexO

My only issue is that it's about 15 years too late.  

impmann

Ceramic pickups,
back to front pickup selector
No trem arm yet trem bridge fitted

Errrr, yeah.

No thanks

duotone

FFS Fender, put a tremolo arm in the box/case.

timhulio

Bunch of cynics! "Switch position four activates the neck and bridge pickups in tandem" how about that then? You've been making-do with parallel or series wiring, but this guitar connects two pickups in tandem!

carlos

impmann said:

Ceramic pickups,

There’s nothing like the timeless singing, snapping, screaming and sparkling sound of Fender ceramic single-coil Stratocaster pickups.
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