s_mcsleazy wrote:i have a weird thing with fender. call it stockholm syndrome if you want but honestly, i cant hate them. for every dud guitar they make, there are ones sell like hot cakes.
how well did the squier vm jags, jazzys, bass vi and mustangs sell? people seem to like the classic player series. so if they bring out the odd guitar that aint to your taste then what is the problem? someone will like it. a company cant keep preaching to the choir. maybe they are trying to get into the market set by the les paul. but if it brings a few more people over to our side then what does it matter? wouldent you rather see fender making the guitars you love and maybe having to put up with a dud every so often? not everyone wants the typical jazzmaster trem. some people dont get along with them.
lets be honest. there is a good chance that when the current indie boom is over and the next big thing hits, offsets will end up on gumtree/ebay/craigslist for 2/3rds what people paid for them and the true fans of the guitars will be modding them.
I don't have a problem with Fender experimenting and bringing out new models and variations, I encourage it. It just sucks that there isn't a step into a USA made Jazzmaster that isn't more like what people love about the Jazzmaster. Warm low output single coils, and the tremolo system with a mustang bridge. I like the rhythm/lead circuit, but if there is one thing I'd sacrifice on a USA made Jazzmaster, that would be it. It's just weird you have to go from the $899 American Special, to a $2K+ 65 AVRI. They need something in between. I think the backlash with the Special is due to the fact that's the only oprion they give us for an entry level USA made Jazzmaster. The guitar itself is fine. It's Fenders answer to a Les Paul Studio with an Offset Body and a longer scale. It's a cool guitar, just not what people have in mind when they think Jazzmaster.
