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It does seem that whatever Fender positions as their 'entry level' CS model is always a tough sell and not really a value-holder. But perhaps it's because they are a bit of a mish-mash spec wise, and totally vary from year-to-year that they are less desirable?
I guess most people just want Time Machine reissue models...
I thought it was more along the lines of Team Built being built by essentially the same people who build Masterbuilt, but the master builder adds a couple of personal touches and sticks his name on the finished product.
But I could be wrong. Maybe it's all the same people.
I notice too they don't call them 'Team Built' anymore, they call them 'Custom Built'...
As an overview they are a vintage flavoured Strat but with 22 frets, a contoured neck/heel, sometimes 12" radius, sometimes compound radius
Same grade/quality as a team built model - similar price
Fender Custom Shop guitars definitely feel different to regular factory guitars and typically have lighter more select woods for the body and neck.
I prefer them, they have less of a generic factory feel, especially relics. The pickups often sound very good as well.
The Postmodern Journeyman is closer to factory but still has that Custom Shop feel.
some of it is def down to the shop but the guitar was just a fancy distressed paint job with a high price tag.
Maybe it's me but every time I try a guitar " off the wall" it disappoints.
I've had better luck off EBay over the years, at least if you pay low you can cope with the inevitable minuses when buying used. This was a brand new ( made to look old) piece of crap.
there was a build sheet or factory spec sheet and it had the cheek to specify the rosewood board as AAA quality ( whatever the fk that means), the board was a horrible light colour , bone dry and you could feel the resistance of the wood when bending... the opposite of slick.
another joke on the spec sheet was "pots L/H". ... aye right!!
righty log pots wired backwards giving THE WORST taper immaginable .
Crap.
There are some videos around that explain the wood selection process. The master builders get first dibs of all fender wood and it works down. Does it guarantee a good guitar? Obviously not. Nobody knows what the product will be like when you match wood together, but it gives you a better chance of getting one compared with, say, a Mexican when it’s a crap shoot. Of course, there will be stunning Mexican Guitars too when the wood just worked for some reason. Guitar building isn’t an exact science.