Re: Fender Mod Shop expands availability
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:32 am
Still waiting for a mod shop Bass VI or an AVRI Bass VI.
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I don't know how well Montreal speaks for the rest of Canada (it's a big country after all, also no Quebecois "French speaking for Canada" type jokes please) but when I went browsing with my now ex-gf who is Canadian in 2023, I was super disappointed how little difference there is from what I can easily source in the UK - same old selection of Fenders, Gibsons, Ibanezes, Boss pedals, even the more boutique stuff. We made so many little pilgrimages on the metro just for me to find this outbessieboporbach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:47 pmThe funny thing is that even in Toronto, there is really only one store with what can be called a real selection of offsets, and that's Cosmo Music, which is not even technically in Toronto. And even there, you'll find 20 Strats for every Jaguar.
Yeah my other gripe is it seems to be impossible to get modern Jags of any kind with 7.25" radius boards.
I have a Tele with 7.25 radius & several other Guitars ranging from 7.25 to 12.00.. I can feel the difference between my Tele with 7.25 & my Strat with 9.50.. I can feel the difference on all my Guitars..crazyzeke wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:37 amYeah my other gripe is it seems to be impossible to get modern Jags of any kind with 7.25" radius boards.
People keep telling me "but there's so little difference between 7.25" and 9.5", feel wise" (including some luthiers, sadly) yet my fingers say different. I've had a few Jags and Stangs with 9.5" boards and I hate them, they feel wrong.
I actually prefer the 12" camber 25.5" scale Pao Ferro board on the Meteora probably because it's more Gibson like - it has 22 frets which seems super rare for a full scale Fender, and to be fair if it didn't I wouldn't own it based on how much I use the high frets when harmonising lead work - 21 frets won't cut it, stupid as that might sound.
Exactly! You know what I mean then. If people couldn't tell the difference and it didn't matter, all necks would be the same.
The Inoran Jazzmaster?crazyzeke wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:45 amExactly! You know what I mean then. If people couldn't tell the difference and it didn't matter, all necks would be the same.
The thing I always try and wonder about with Fender™ Custom/Mod Shop is how much you really can get them to add aftermarket parts. I swear there's a Japanese guitarist from a rock band that's big in Japan who has a signature model with a Buzz Stop fitted as standard but I should have bookmarked it as I now can't find who it is and some promo pics of the model.
That's interesting, why do you prefer it? Me personally it would make it harder to change. It's hard enough to change with a pick flick in the vertical position so horizontal it'd be impossible.forestgreen wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:51 pmI was a huge fan of the simple mod having the rhythm circuit switch horizontal instead of vertical which they did for his road worn LPB and Oly white but not the black for some reason.
You might have been at Steve's, the major independent instrument store in Montreal (and a major one in Toronto too).crazyzeke wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:31 amI don't know how well Montreal speaks for the rest of Canada (it's a big country after all, also no Quebecois "French speaking for Canada" type jokes please) but when I went browsing with my now ex-gf who is Canadian in 2023, I was super disappointed how little difference there is from what I can easily source in the UK - same old selection of Fenders, Gibsons, Ibanezes, Boss pedals, even the more boutique stuff. We made so many little pilgrimages on the metro just for me to find this outbessieboporbach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:47 pmThe funny thing is that even in Toronto, there is really only one store with what can be called a real selection of offsets, and that's Cosmo Music, which is not even technically in Toronto. And even there, you'll find 20 Strats for every Jaguar.
I think the one shop I liked, whose name I cannot recall, had some tobacco brown triple P90 custom Fender I'd never seen and that was about the most excited I got, apart from one really nice double cutaway Ibanez elsewhere. The guitar itself was awful - literally one of the worst sounding Fenders I've ever played, which as my two electrics are Fenders was saddening - but there was a Canada made PTP type amp that was simple controls like I prefer and sounded awesome when cranked. As usual I can't recall the damn names of the stores or the amp builder but yeah... I was expecting every shop to have unique to Canada type stuff and it didn't.
Good points, I feel - I believe Larrivée still build at least some of their acoustics in but also others abroad, unless it's all overseas now. A friend of mine has one and it's lovely, just a shame he's a lefty because obviously it's pretty hard to play...bessieboporbach wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:43 pmThere really isn't very much "unique to Canada stuff," especially in electrics. There are boutique builders, of course, but most of the action is in acoustics. Many beautiful acoustic guitars are made here because of the immense national popularity of folk music.
And there's Godin of course, but all their stuff is distributed everywhere, they are like the Hofner of Canada. It's probably a bit cheaper here than elsewhere.
I'm getting a bit off topic now but I have to say, in the acoustic arena in particular (and electric archtops), I'm a bit astonished what the Godin family of brands is able to pull off for a Canadian-made instrument at the prices they charge. I know they cut corners with scarf joints, hidden screws, and that sort of thing, but it's not like the import brands aren't doing that stuff too at the same price point or higher. And their instruments sound good and are built like tanks.crazyzeke wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:13 pmGood points, I feel - I believe Larrivée still build at least some of their acoustics in but also others abroad, unless it's all overseas now. A friend of mine has one and it's lovely, just a shame he's a lefty because obviously it's pretty hard to play...bessieboporbach wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:43 pmThere really isn't very much "unique to Canada stuff," especially in electrics. There are boutique builders, of course, but most of the action is in acoustics. Many beautiful acoustic guitars are made here because of the immense national popularity of folk music.
And there's Godin of course, but all their stuff is distributed everywhere, they are like the Hofner of Canada. It's probably a bit cheaper here than elsewhere.
Oh yeah I forgot about Godin! I like the guitars where they build the GK pickups into the bridges so you have the option for using Roland VG synth stuff; personally I love all that and would happily consider fitting it to one of my electrics but the long fragile expensive 13-core cable is off-putting and as far as I know there's no wireless version of it.
bessieboporbach wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:26 pmI'm getting a bit off topic now but I have to say, in the acoustic arena in particular (and electric archtops), I'm a bit astonished what the Godin family of brands is able to pull off for a Canadian-made instrument at the prices they charge. I know they cut corners with scarf joints, hidden screws, and that sort of thing, but it's not like the import brands aren't doing that stuff too at the same price point or higher. And their instruments sound good and are built like tanks.
bessieboporbach wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:26 pmI'm one of those tiresome scrooges about guitar prices, especially in the COVID era, but one of the reasons I'm like that is because of how much you still get when you buy Godin.
Godin retail prices have gone way up sadly, at least their electrics. Their Stadium 59 was one guitar I've always kinda wanted but never pulled the trigger... it released at 1100 CAD in 2019, nowadays it's $1979.bessieboporbach wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:26 pmI'm getting a bit off topic now but I have to say, in the acoustic arena in particular (and electric archtops), I'm a bit astonished what the Godin family of brands is able to pull off for a Canadian-made instrument at the prices they charge. I know they cut corners with scarf joints, hidden screws, and that sort of thing, but it's not like the import brands aren't doing that stuff too at the same price point or higher. And their instruments sound good and are built like tanks.crazyzeke wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:13 pmGood points, I feel - I believe Larrivée still build at least some of their acoustics in but also others abroad, unless it's all overseas now. A friend of mine has one and it's lovely, just a shame he's a lefty because obviously it's pretty hard to play...bessieboporbach wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:43 pmThere really isn't very much "unique to Canada stuff," especially in electrics. There are boutique builders, of course, but most of the action is in acoustics. Many beautiful acoustic guitars are made here because of the immense national popularity of folk music.
And there's Godin of course, but all their stuff is distributed everywhere, they are like the Hofner of Canada. It's probably a bit cheaper here than elsewhere.
Oh yeah I forgot about Godin! I like the guitars where they build the GK pickups into the bridges so you have the option for using Roland VG synth stuff; personally I love all that and would happily consider fitting it to one of my electrics but the long fragile expensive 13-core cable is off-putting and as far as I know there's no wireless version of it.
I'm one of those tiresome scrooges about guitar prices, especially in the COVID era, but one of the reasons I'm like that is because of how much you still get when you buy Godin.