Brand New Squier Paranormal 2023

[Pacafeliz]

Finally the XII, seriously!
Incredible news

Graphite truss rods (plural?!) or something?! Wow
6 strings on top, 6 thru body.
Dammit will have to get one.

But man they shout make a Rascal guitar with wrhb

what does that actually mean or imply?

Is the truss rod on 12 strings any different than one on a regular 6 string guitar?

Will probably be stronger, as to avoid the neck bending with the increased pull of 12 strings. We'll see...

[Pacafeliz]

[Pacafeliz]

[matbard]

Damn that laurel on fingerboards!

[unreal77]

Laurel is not the optimal solution, but the only guitar I have with Pau ferro, I've been giving it treatments to he fb with Monty wax. It helps but Pau can be "orangey".

Im all about aesthetics and Laurel can get darker easily.

[MKR]

yeah screw it, i`m going to buy that 12 string.

I had the fender xii from a few years ago, but i ended up selling it as it just wasn't getting all that much use. I can definitely get behind buying a squier model assuming it will be in the ballpark of $500 CDN.

[unreal77]

yeah screw it, i`m going to buy that 12 string.

I had the fender xii from a few years ago, but i ended up selling it as it just wasn't getting all that much use. I can definitely get behind buying a squier model assuming it will be in the ballpark of $500 CDN.

Same here. I still have the Fender but will sell. No use to have an "expensive" guitar not getting used.

[Zork]

(...) and that headstock shape accents the body really well. Paranormal or not I think that is one elegant design.

Yes, totally. I'm kinda wishing the Bass VI had that headstock.
(evil plans appear in the back of my head...)

[robroe]

What scale is the rascal bass

[sal paradise]

What scale is the rascal bass

It’s off the scale.

[JSett]

What scale is the rascal bass

Looks to be 30" like the Fender model

[Rob]

It’s off the scale.

Truer words never spoken.

[BoringPostcards]

I dig the Rascal and the XII. The Esquire Deluxe is a tad interesting as well.

[PapaB]

Gonna have to get that 12!!! Jimmy Page always comes to mind when i see these. Thanks for posting this!

[ldp54002]

Glad to see Fender finally hitting the market with (another) affordable XII! I scooped up an AR XII in early 2020 because I had a feeling they wouldn't be around long, especially given the lack of advertising. Hopefully this Squier JM XII stays in the catalog longer.

The neck heel on the Esquire Deluxe is interesting. That seems to be a Tele-shaped heel with a Strat headstock, which I don't recall ever seeing on any Deluxes, either vintage or reissue. It was my understanding they always just used Strat necks for Telex Deluxes, with the corresponding rounded-off heel. That one looks like a genuine square Tele heel, which would imply that neck is being specially made for that model.