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Yeah, I'm with you there. I feel like they could stick a big CBS headstock on just about anything and it would work for me, but it'd get stale pretty quickly!mackerelmint wrote: ↑Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:20 pmThis is gonna sound sacrilegious to many, but it'd be a much better looking guitar if it were differentiated from the fender models by having a different headstock. I hate that foot-looking headstock, it makes my visual pun oriented brain fill in the image with some creepy looking sweaty guy licking it.
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Not too far off the subject reallydirtyclinic wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:54 amOff the subject a little bit but the Modern Player versions can be had at a good price when you find one. I picked this one up on Saturday from the local classifieds.
I wonder if these Classic Vibe Starcasters are being made in China. If so, they might be pretty much the same as the Modern Player version. I could be wrong, but I think all the Modern Player guitars were made in the same factory as the Classic Vibes.That's what I was thinking. The neck on this and of my friend's Modern Player Telecaster have the same look and feel as the Classic Vibes I have encountered.alexpigment wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:27 amNot too far off the subject reallydirtyclinic wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:54 amOff the subject a little bit but the Modern Player versions can be had at a good price when you find one. I picked this one up on Saturday from the local classifieds.
I didn’t think so. The ones made in China previously are still being made in China, right? Maybe there’s just some old stock still floating around.
The new Classic Vibe series is entirely Indonesian. They are cashing in on the goodwill the MIC CV's built but are sadly not continuing production there. I'd have been a day-one CV Jaguar purchaser if they were going to be made at the same factory as the old CVs. I've had two of the 50's strats and with minimal mods they were easily as nice to play as any of my much more expensive Fenders.alexpigment wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:43 pmI didn’t think so. The ones made in China previously are still being made in China, right? Maybe there’s just some old stock still floating around.
EDIT: OK, I saw a picture of the back of the Classic Vibe Starcaster that said Indonesia, so that's settled I guess. Still, I do wonder about the previous Classic Vibe guitars (50s/60s Strat, Tele Thinline, Custom, 50s) and J Mascis JM. Makes sense to move everything to one place, but there was certainly a quality difference between the China and Indonesian guitars.
So you're saying that the guitars they used to make in China (Strats, Teles, etc) are moving to Indonesia? I don't have any reason to doubt you, but I was wondering where you saw this info.mbene085 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:39 pmThe new Classic Vibe series is entirely Indonesian. They are cashing in on the goodwill the MIC CV's built but are sadly not continuing production there. I'd have been a day-one CV Jaguar purchaser if they were going to be made at the same factory as the old CVs. I've had two of the 50's strats and with minimal mods they were easily as nice to play as any of my much more expensive Fenders.
On threads at "that Telecaster forum" and "that Squier forum," there are multiple accounts of people saying Fender reps confirmed the MIC CV's are discontinued in favour of this new line. There is no more 50's or 60's strat, for example. Just the two 70's (SSS and HSS) strats, etc.alexpigment wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 3:30 pmSo you're saying that the guitars they used to make in China (Strats, Teles, etc) are moving to Indonesia? I don't have any reason to doubt you, but I was wondering where you saw this info.mbene085 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:39 pmThe new Classic Vibe series is entirely Indonesian. They are cashing in on the goodwill the MIC CV's built but are sadly not continuing production there. I'd have been a day-one CV Jaguar purchaser if they were going to be made at the same factory as the old CVs. I've had two of the 50's strats and with minimal mods they were easily as nice to play as any of my much more expensive Fenders.