If so, they would also lie about the wood. The Squier Tele is basswood.
I'd like to know if the neck is similar to the Squier or more like a mexican Mike Dirnt.
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New Fender series: MODERN PLAYER
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If so, they would also lie about the wood. The Squier Tele is basswood.
I'd like to know if the neck is similar to the Squier or more like a mexican Mike Dirnt.
The only way to really tell would be to identify the country of origin. If it's MIM then there is no way it's a Squier. Also to believe this I would need to believe that they are just sticking a Fender logo on a Squier instrument and charging more which is incredibly unethical. Especially when they already sell Squiers in Europe.
I dont know if thats the case with this, but you know, Europeans aint stupid or something.
We can tell the difference between a Squier and a Fender in the shop. There are many Europeans that are just as big gearheads as you guys in the US. They would not try to rebrand Squiers for the european market, like...what the **** guys?
We can tell the difference between a Squier and a Fender in the shop. There are many Europeans that are just as big gearheads as you guys in the US. They would not try to rebrand Squiers for the european market, like...what the **** guys?
KillerPenguin said:
Also, as previously stated, we have all the Squier models in Europe already. I've never heard of Europe specific models...
There are some UK only Squier models I think, someones signature bass, although the name eludes me at the moment. But they dont try to brand em as Fenders, that'd be a Fender suicide in the european market.
EagleMoon said:I like the looks of the Tele, but modern? No way. To be modern it would have to pick up the internet with a screen so you could scan Talkbass during long boring guitar solos.
Greatness
The bassist of Biffy Clyro (somebody google him
) I think? The blue jazz bass with matching headstock (which seems to be the end of the custom-ness of it?
the tele looks alright.. the rediculously expensive lotto tele bass that was mentioned earlier looks much better tho imo. i'm sorry though, i think the p/j config on a jag looks awful. squier or fender.. i'd like to see them put out one with dual buckers.
As already mentioned, we have pretty much the full range of Fenders and Squiers over this side of the pond, with the occasional 'local' artist version, e.g. the afore-mentioned Graham Coxon Tele and James Johnston Jazz (man, that's a lot of J's). We don't tend to get whole different series' though, and there's no mention of the 'Modern Player' series on the UK site. Or the German or Dutch sites. So where is this stuff coming from?
(Mind you, Fender don't always keep their sites up to date. They still don't have a picture of the cobalt blue Jag.)
(Mind you, Fender don't always keep their sites up to date. They still don't have a picture of the cobalt blue Jag.)
It depends what your tonal preferences are.
I like having a neck pickup that's really close to the neck. But only so long as it's not the ONLY pickup.
Exactly. I greatly prefer the 4001/4003 pickup placement to the Jazz Bass pickup placement. I feel like the bridge pickup is more usable on its own in the Rickenbacker layout.
I was just wondering to myself if Fender would make a Fender-branded passive Jag, in the manner of the Squier VM. And have they ever! What a beauty! 
I'd love to get my hands on one of those... here's hoping for US distribution.
Ha! I kind of love that Squier is acting as Fender's R&D department now. They can try new and exciting ideas inexpensively and see if they're received well by a larger audience and THEN do a fancier, more high profile version for the diehard Fender fans. It seems to be a system that works. Just look at the Pawn Shop '51 guitar... remember when it was a $200 Squier? Don't snooze on Squier.
I'd love to get my hands on one of those... here's hoping for US distribution.So Fender is making Squier copies now?
Ha! I kind of love that Squier is acting as Fender's R&D department now. They can try new and exciting ideas inexpensively and see if they're received well by a larger audience and THEN do a fancier, more high profile version for the diehard Fender fans. It seems to be a system that works. Just look at the Pawn Shop '51 guitar... remember when it was a $200 Squier? Don't snooze on Squier.
Yeah, really. I think if you want bass engineering that's "forward thinking" (as if anyone has ever improved Leo) go somewhere else. It's pretty simple. They just named this series "Modern Player" because... well, who cares? It's just marketing and they probably ran out of names otherwise.
Sheesh... hostile much? Weren't you madly in love with Classic Vibe? How much more "repetitive" can you get than Classic Vibe?
Not being hostile at all. Just realistic. It doesn't mean you can't want variety even if you like some of what they produce. Come on now. Plus, the "stupid" remark was in response to the post I was responding to, not Fender themselves.
Love that new Tele -imagine it with two Darkstars instead of the mudbuckers...).
Just wish they'd include a version without the plastic hunk of useless pickguard that hides that beautiful finish.
Just wish they'd include a version without the plastic hunk of useless pickguard that hides that beautiful finish.
