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NEW "ROAD WORN" MIM FENDERS

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#21
I posted a thread on this a few weeks ago. ZZSounds accidentally listed a Road Worn Strat a while back, but they pulled the order page down.

I think $1000 street price is likely, because thats what the Joe Strummer Tele sells for. If you read the description on MF, it actually says "road worn" treatment. So there is your MIM Relics will look.
 
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joe_cool27 said:
I posted a thread on this a few weeks ago. ZZSounds accidentally listed a Road Worn Strat a while back, but they pulled the order page down.

I think $1000 street price is likely, because thats what the Joe Strummer Tele sells for. If you read the description on MF, it actually says "road worn" treatment. So there is your MIM Relics will look.
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I hope not, that thing looks dreadful in person, not like a relic at all.
 
#26
wdinc01 said:
Guys I think he was kidding. Although I can see maybe three kids doing it to be like Jaco, and all twenty of their friends asking what a Jaco is.

Edit: And of course he beats me to saying that he was kidding...
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I was about to say the same thing. I don't know any 14 year olds who know who Jaco is, just ones who worship a specific metal/rock bassist.

But hey, I was 15 when I started and I knew instantly that Jaco was musical brilliance. 2 years later, I now know it even more so. ;)
 
#27
Ed2Strings said:
1000 is a bit much for an MIM. Don't get me wrong great basses, but I don't know about that price tag.
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I agree, but for some reason while the economy is in such great shape :hiding: these companies decided that their products were worth more.....expecially Fender. :D I don't understand how they can justify the price increase when the product isn't any better than it was 3 years ago. Oh well, I guess there is still a demand or they wouldn't be able to get away with it. ;)
 
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joe_cool27 said:
I posted a thread on this a few weeks ago. ZZSounds accidentally listed a Road Worn Strat a while back, but they pulled the order page down.

I think $1000 street price is likely, because thats what the Joe Strummer Tele sells for. If you read the description on MF, it actually says "road worn" treatment. So there is your MIM Relics will look.
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Those are hideous....no offense to you, but that is just plain awful. They really should reconsider two things:
1. Selling the things in the first place.
2. changing the price tag.......A LOT. You couldn't pay me to play one of those things if they look anything like this picture.

I am really worried about Fender....:rollno:
 
#30
I have been playing bass almost 11 years, I own several vintage and newer Fenders (both P's and J's), and I used to work at one of the largest and busiest music stores in the country as bass tech/salesman. I have not only sold but played on close to 100 Fenders if not more, from the U.S., Mexico, and Japan. I even have experience with some of the lower Squire models from Korea, Indonesia, and wherever else they've decided to open up a factory. In my experience, ALL of these basses come off the line set up and sounding like crap! No matter what country they came from. My main job at this store was to first fix all the horrible problems on the new fenders (and I've seen some horrible things), and believe it or not, I was ordered to pay special treatment to the American ones simply because they were more expensive. I have set up and played Mexicans that sound and feel better than Americans, and Japanese that sound and feel better than the Mexicans. It's all about the set up. The country of origin, today at least, really means nothing unless they've changed their ways in the last few years. With that said, these new basses may just need a good set up and they'll play better than the American made relics that cost thousands.
 
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WJGreer said:
Perfect. I could get one of these, and play it at a gig where I wear my pre-distressed denim jeans and play through a vintage amp modeling device.

Really, we need to bring a bass string to the market that is flat, dead, and thumpy, right out of the box to make this complete. Anyone want to throw in some seed capital?

(In fun).
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Good one.

bassdoubler said:
I have been playing bass almost 11 years, I own several vintage and newer Fenders (both P's and J's), and I used to work at one of the largest and busiest music stores in the country as bass tech/salesman. I have not only sold but played on close to 100 Fenders if not more, from the U.S., Mexico, and Japan. I even have experience with some of the lower Squire models from Korea, Indonesia, and wherever else they've decided to open up a factory. In my experience, ALL of these basses come off the line set up and sounding like crap! No matter what country they came from. My main job at this store was to first fix all the horrible problems on the new fenders (and I've seen some horrible things), and believe it or not, I was ordered to pay special treatment to the American ones simply because they were more expensive. I have set up and played Mexicans that sound and feel better than Americans, and Japanese that sound and feel better than the Mexicans. It's all about the set up. The country of origin, today at least, really means nothing unless they've changed their ways in the last few years. With that said, these new basses may just need a good set up and they'll play better than the American made relics that cost thousands.
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+1
 
#34
The idea of a reliced bass that sells for way less than a typical custom relic is a good idea, I think, for those who like that sort of thing. If the MSRP is $1,000, it'll probably sell for about $600 or so.

However, I'm not a fan of reliced basses. They always look fake to me. A real, old, well-worn bass has character. A new relic just looks trashed.
 
#38
WJGreer said:
Perfect. I could get one of these, and play it at a gig where I wear my pre-distressed denim jeans and play through a vintage amp modeling device.
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I grew up and started playing in the '80s, so my requirements are different: I need acid-washed jeans, a ripped T-shirt, and to not shave for a week for my Kip Winger Stubble* to play my Spector with a Kahler trem through SWR gear. :smug:

Really, we need to bring a bass string to the market that is flat, dead, and thumpy, right out of the box to make this complete.
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Don't enough companies already make flatwounds? :D I keed, I keed... On topic, I agree that with the economy as it is and between the rising cost of MIM Fenders (the Geddy signature is now above $800, without any of the neck or tuner upgrades he's mentioned over the past year or so) and the rising quality of a number of Squiers, they could easy find themselves pricing out an entire line of instruments.

*For the record, I think Kip is one of the under-appreciated bassists of the last 20 years, and is a damn good player. Look past the image and listen to Winger, especially their latter recordings as well as his solo work.
 
#39
Here's the deal.

If you guys discuss the new MIM "Road Worn" basses, stop bashing on the appearance of the Joe Strummer strat, and keep this about one specific topic, I won't close this thread!
Sound good?

Now lets play nice!
 
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