Fender Vintera line?

[Futuron]

A blurb about the line as a whole:

THE VINTERA SERIES Vintage Style for the Modern Era
The Vintera Series is our vintage-style product made in Ensenada. Many players prefer the look and feel of a vintage-style Fender but want something more accessible than American Original or Custom Shop guitars. Vintera is for them. Featuring a wider variety of models and specs than any other Fender series, the Vintera Series makes historical Fender guitars available to a much wider range of consumers. Strat, Tele, Jaguar, Jazzmaster, Mustang, Precision Bass, Jazz Bass or Mustang Bass – the perfect lineup to introduce players to the legacy models that put Fender on the map. We now offer traditional neck shapes, pickups and colours that have been player favorites throughout Fender's past. The series features two types of models: Vintage Spec and "Modified" The Vintage spec models will feature era-correct specs. The Modified models will look vintage, but will have modern playability. All models will feature classic Fender colours and tone.

Fender Vintera 60s Mustang Pau Ferro Fingerboard Lake Placid Blue

For players who crave the style and sound of Fender?s golden era we created the Vintera ?60s Mustang. Equipped with the coveted features that defined the decade?including period-accurate neck profile and playing feel along with re-voiced pickups?this guitar has all of the punch and style that made the Mustang a legend.

For authentic vintage-style tone we re-voiced the pair of single-coil Mustang pickups to sound more like the originals. Crystalline and bell-like they have the crisp articulate tone that put Fender on the map. For classic playing feel we added 22 vintage-style frets to the that sits atop The ??60s C?-shaped neck has a 7.25?-radius fingerboard with 22 vintage-style frets for classic playing feel. A vintage-style Mustang bridge tremolo and tuning machines provide original-era aesthetics rock-solid performance and tuning stability. Other features include the classic pickup slider switches chrome hardware and four-bolt neck plate. Includes a deluxe gig bag.

Body Finish: Gloss Polyester Control Knobs: Vintage Style Black Plastic Jazz Bass Fingerboard: Pau Ferro Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome Neck Finish: Gloss Urethane Pickguard: 4-Ply Aged White Pearloid Position Inlays: White Dots Body Shape: Mustang Neck Material: Maple Neck Shape: Thin "C" Scale Length: 24" (610 mm) Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (184.1 mm) Number of Frets: 22 String Nut: Synthetic Bone Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm) Truss Rod: Bridge Pickup: Vintage-Style '60s Single-Coil Mustang Middle Pickup: Neck Pickup: Vintage-Style '60s Single-Coil Mustang Controls: Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups Position 3. Neck Pickup Pickup Configuration: SS Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Mustang Tremolo Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style with White Buttons Strings: Fender USA 250R Nickel Plated Steel (.010-.046 Gauges) Case/Gig Bag: Deluxe Gig Bag

[CROSS_guitars]

AH, it's perfect. All apart from the control plate!

[gazer]

hmm wonder what will happen to the 60s lacquer series? this seems like a clever way to make nitro into a really expensive upgrade. If it stays in the line it will show how much of a luxury feature nitro is by essentially pushing the price up by 300 dollars, which probably increases the likelihood of people going original or custom shop in the future since they now know what a luxury lacquer like nitro does to the cost of the guitar.

or they pull it completely, making it a premium exclusive for the top of the line american model, my guess is that they will go for option one since that won't cause any real negative feedback it just slowly justifies future price increases

[Blomberg]

Fender Vintera 60s Mustang Pau Ferro Fingerboard Lake Placid Blue

Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)

Why do they keep insisting on this one random modern feature on all their supposed vintage-spec guitars?

Controls: Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge And Neck Pickups Position 3. Neck Pickup

So... what's the other switch for?
And why not go with the classic Mustang configuration?
I suppose the text could be a WIP copy/paste from another model.

[Pacafeliz]

Fender Vintera 60s Mustang Pau Ferro Fingerboard Lake Placid Blue

Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)

Why do they keep insisting on this one random modern feature on all their supposed vintage-spec guitars?

...because VINTERA means VINtage for the new ERA
and the new era wants another radius... apparently.
or, so they think...

[Larry Mal]

It seems clear to me that Fender's marketing strategy is simply to overwhelm the mind with so many permutations of models, specifications and configurations all wrapped up in soulless corporate jargon totally free of any real meaning that one simply cannot make sense of any of it. Kind of like if you went shopping for the best grain of sand at the beach, sooner or later you would just give up and accept any single grain as the one for you otherwise you will die alone in the hot sun, sand dripping from your fingers like your very sanity.

So, with that in mind... uh... nice blue? Yeah. Nice blue on that one.

[alexpigment]

Did anyone notice that the "Modified" Jazzmaster on the previous page had a satin neck in those pictures, despite what the specs said? Not sure if this is intentional or not, but that could be a nice 'upgrade'. Sure, a satin poly neck turns glossy in like a month of playing, but it's never as sticky as a factory gloss neck.

[s_mcsleazy]

so far i like quite a few of those. the mustang bass does it for me. metallic blue is always a great colour for a mustang and minus the bridge, i dont hate the jazzmaster.

[scottT]

Agreed. A straight up Mustang bass is really nice to see. The nomenclature and specs have gotten confusing. I don't know how many flavors this makes, but these latest iterations could make some sense and they could clean up and streamline the product line. A Mexican modern and vintage line, and their American made counterpart upgraded versions. I love that they broke out some different colors! That OTM Jag with the matching headstock is really sweet, as is the Firemist Gold Jazz Bass.

[Debaser]

As long as PF fretboards are around when I can still have rosewood, I’m not biting.

Shit, that Jag tho

[Embenny]

Confusing or not - consider that Jag bought. By me.

Yep. Just throw that pickguard away, put a mint one on = perfect.

I wonder how long it will take Fender to finally make a good ole nice tort. I'm confident it WILL happen eventually.
They have been the best over years, bringing out just the stuff we want. They ARE listening.

Absolutely. I need another blue/green Jag like I need a hole in the head, but that colour with a mint guard at a MIM price point? I might be able to hold out until used ones start popping up, but I'm definitely going to end up with one at some point. It'll fit right in with the Sherwood, LPB, and blue sparkle jags...

[robroe]

I am dying to know what this Sonic Blue 72 Tele Custom looks like. No such animal exists on Google Image Search.
Luckily I used to work at the Buffalo Police Department back in the 90's as a criminal sketch artist and have COMPLETELY MASTERED MSPAINT. I'm using some kinda FSR sparkle job that was exclusive to Guitar Center a couple years ago, for no other reason it was the first one to pop up when i googled the guitar.

[Larry Mal]

As long as PF fretboards are around when I can still have rosewood, I’m not biting.

Shit, that Jag tho

I doubt this will sway anyone's opinion much, but pau ferro makes for a wonderful fingerboard. I am very impressed with the pau ferro on my fretless bass, where a fingerboard really is important unlike a lot of guitars.

I am still going to sell that instrument, but I would absolutely buy pau ferro again.

[aliendawg]

Yeah that tort is looking really good!

[Larry Mal]

Looks good, but I'm going to hold out for the Modern Player Vintera Jaguar Classic with the two humbuckers and the TOM bridge.