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More new Fender models - The 'Modern Player' Series


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[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1317215585' post='1388178']
I'm sold on anything with maple neck and black blocks and binding :)
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Id love a black PJ with maple neck but dont really go for black blocks on a maple neck.

Looks like they have a Squier HM bridge on them, if so im guessing the string spacing will be 20mm so another negative for me.

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I always wanted a 2 pickup Tele bass, although I would put the bridge pickup in the sweet spot like a Stingray. I think it would look and sound better that way. They look too widely spaced with the bridge pickup that far back and that mounting ring looks a bit like an afterthought. I wonder why they didn't use the big scratchplate that custom shop version used?

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I'm constantly amazed at how they manage to reinvent exactly the same product in different ways and never change anything. They've gone from producing basses to marketing an image. They're an absolute master class in marketing. Major respect.

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[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4][color="#000000"]More disappointment! All they do is shuffle the parts boxes around. If they were “masters” of anything they’d come up with some new classic designs.[/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2][/size][/font]

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I can see the logic with the newer models they keep brining out.

How many times do we see people saying "if only it had a maple neck/blocks/etc"? While Fender are just re using parts they are giving us more choice.

They arent trying to change the world, just give us more choice.

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[quote name='henry norton' timestamp='1317285713' post='1388926']
....I wonder why they didn't use the big scratchplate that custom shop version used?....
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[size=4][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][color=#222222]Because they had several boxes of Roscoe Beck scratch plates lying around to get rid of first![/color][/font][/size][color=#222222][font=Arial][size=1][/size][/font][/color]

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[quote name='willyf87' timestamp='1317372998' post='1389927']
I'm well into Fenders but the jag is the same as the squier version, the new jazz is the same as the blacktop except with a different body/neck config. Does seem kinda pointless,
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Why is offering more options pointless? Seems sensible to me.

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I think the problem is, Ive never played any Fender I liked that wasnt just a plain P or J. The others Ive tried, incl the deluxe USA models pre 2010, were never 'right' for what I was after.

What they need to do is stop messing about and release a proper P/J passive bass, on a normal P bass body, USA made, little bit more money than a USA P Standard, same colours (not just black), not a sig model like the TF, with Vol/Vol/Tone.

I'd buy one instantly.

My friend has one of the old USA models (I think it is) with a P/J setup like this and its fabulous.

I'd like to try the new Deluxe models. I'm sure the pre-amp must be better than the old one!

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