New Fender series: MODERN PLAYER

[plankspanker13]

The Jag is a lot like the basic Squier model that first appeared a year ago, married to the CV series bridge and a Geddy Lee neck, and with the J controls of the Squier Short Scele Jag. Only the lack of a rosewood fingerboard inhibits my GAS.

That Tele looks very smart, and probably has a huge sound, too.

 

[sigmafloyd]

...aaaaaand the FMIC site is down, presently. It will be very interesting to see what the product lineup looks like, upon its' return.

I just noticed this too...God I need a life

 

[plankspanker13]

Site's back up, and suddenly, I am glad that I did not rush out to get replacement pickups for my CV60's Jazz. I now have some serious GAS for this:

 

[sigmafloyd]

Modern players are on the homepage now, along with EC signature guitar amps

 

[J. Crawford]

Site's back up, and suddenly, I am glad that I did not rush out to get replacement pickups for my CV60's Jazz. I now have some serious GAS for this:

I wish those pickups weren't so ugly. They sound great, but they are so unattractive.

 

[Chef]

I like 'em.

 

[lunarpollen]

I bet the pickups on the Tele bass are just fancy P pickups under chrome covers to make them look mudbuckerish.

 

[altamont]

That Telebass in Butterscotch blonde really looks nice!
It already started on eBay!
Fender Modern Player Jazz Electric Bass Guitar Black Transparent Rosewood | eBay

 

[etechstan]

Could be Samick, they're in China and have been building Squiers for years.

 

[bugo]

I don't think it is in their best interest to innovate. People want telecasters, stratocasters, precision basses, and jazz basses from them. I think Fender's following has a very low tolerance for innovation and modernization.

Why mess with perfection? Leo got it right the first time. The classic Strat, Tele, P-Bass, and Jazz Basses are all ideal instruments and fulfill the needs of millions of players just the way they are. Modern instuments have their place, but the classics are classics for a reason.

 

[bugo]

Also, as previously stated, we have all the Squier models in Europe already. I've never heard of Europe specific models...

There's a Squier Simon Neil CV Strat that is available in Europe but not in the US. I'm sure it is not the only one.

 

[mellohawk]

Now this is giving me GAS

Ohh..... my..... GAWD!!!!

That is just drop dead GORGEOUS!!!!

 

[bugo]

That would be really cool. I'm also not a big fan of the pickguard on the tele bass.

The pickguard is what makes the bass for me. The pickguard is the thing I like the most about the CV '50s bass.

 

[Batmensch]

The pickguard is what makes the bass for me. The pickguard is the thing I like the most about the CV '50s bass.

Same here. The same for most basses for me. I just prefer the look of a bass with a pickguard.

 

[bugo]

Seems like Fender is moving in on its own budget line. I wonder if, with these Asian-made models, Fender will eventually do away with the Squier label, everything rebranded as Fender.

Could be. The sub-Squier Starcaster is badged "by Fender."

 

[mellohawk]

I wish those pickups weren't so ugly. They sound great, but they are so unattractive.

I like 'em.

I like 'em too.

 

[WaskoDS]

Why mess with perfection? Leo got it right the first time. The classic Strat, Tele, P-Bass, and Jazz Basses are all ideal instruments and fulfill the needs of millions of players just the way they are. Modern instuments have their place, but the classics are classics for a reason.

I don't think Leo thought so, considering he went on creating new instruments after leaving Fender.

 

[Chef]

The Tele:
If that's two "P pups" under the covers, as the ad copy indicates, color me completely uninterested.
If they're two Big Buckers, like the single unit in the Squier Tele, I see an unplanned purchase in my future.
BridgeBucker. Awesome.

 

[bugo]

I don't think Leo thought so, considering he went on creating new instruments after leaving Fender.

He had some good ideas and not so good ideas. The Tele and Strat were good ideas. The Jaguar and Jazzmaster, although I love both these guitars and would like to someday own one of each, weren't such good ideas. The tremolo was overly fussy, for one, and the guitars were moody. The Strat and Tele (and P- and J- bass) have been perfected over the years, but the design hasn't changed much at all. Leo was always trying to outdo himself. His later G&L guitars are argubly the best guitars ever designed. He took a near perfect design and made it even better (some wouldn't agree.) A modern Strat or Tele or P or J is probably 95% exactly the same as the original. Sure, some parts were redesigned, but the original design wasn't changed (I'm talking about redesigned bridges, tremolo blocks, little things like that.) I have a '52 reissue Tele, and it's perfect Neat V neck and vintage frets. It's been wired to have a neck - neck/bridge - bridge switch setting and it has a 6 string bridge but I'm thinking about going back to the original configuration. It wasn't be any less of a guitar when it had the original configuration, just different. Maybe better. There are lots of 3 saddle fans out there.

 

[Batmensch]

The Tele:
If that's two "P pups" under the covers, as the ad copy indicates, color me completely uninterested.
If they're two Big Buckers, like the single unit in the Squier Tele, I see an unplanned purchase in my future.
BridgeBucker. Awesome.

According to the specs at Fender.com they are called "Modern Player Wide Range humbucking Precision Bass® pickups". That doesn't mean they are your standard P-bass pickups with chrome covers, necessarily. We'll just have to wait and see.