Fender Blacktop stratocaster :)

conork93

Hey guys
Anyone got a fender blacktop strat yet ????....if so what's it like ?? ( sounds and quality ) I'm looking for one ..... there's not many shops that have em ...i might have to go online :L ...do you guys recommend buying online ???

check this out :

http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_blacktop_stratocaster_hh_mn_bk.htm

thats the guitar

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0148100506

thanks for your help guys

conork93

Anyone ?????

fuzztone

Played a Blacktop Tele in Musicmaker today. Neck was lovely and had a very similar feel to my American Standard Tele. Pickups were a bit muddy. Would be an amazing guitar with a pickup swap.

-Chris-

I'd probably just buy another Mex Strat and change the scratch plate and pickups.

I don't see any benefits to buying this guitar, and doing it the other way would give you the option to choose your own humbuckers to suit your sound and also to re-fit the single coils if you wanted to go back to a "pure" Strat.

fuzztone

-Chris- wrote: »

I'd probably just buy another Mex Strat and change the scratch plate and pickups.

I don't see any benefits to buying this guitar, and doing it the other way would give you the option to choose your own humbuckers to suit your sound and also to re-fit the single coils if you wanted to go back to a "pure" Strat.

The blacktop is cheaper than a Mex Standard Strat, has a 22 fret neck that I personally found nicer than any Mex Standard neck I've ever played, plus has the nicer Fender spaghetti logo which I'm a sucker for. It also has a swimming pool route so you could make it into a s/s/s guitar if you wanted.

edit: I have serious GAS for this now:

conork93

Hey guys ..thanks for your replys

This is the other guitar im looking at :

fender stratocaster HSS Mex

http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_stdstratocaster_hss_mncar2009.htm

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0144702375

what do you guys think ..anyone got this one ??.....or even compared to the blacktop ???? ....also i might still need to buy online if shops don't have the HSS .....do you recommend buying a guitar online ???

thanks guys and girls =D

BTW that jag / jazzmaster (i dunno which one it is :P ) is NICE !!!!! haha

-Chris-

fuzztone wrote: »

The blacktop is cheaper than a Mex Standard Strat, has a 22 fret neck that I personally found nicer than any Mex Standard neck I've ever played, plus has the nicer Fender spaghetti logo which I'm a sucker for. It also has a swimming pool route so you could make it into a s/s/s guitar if you wanted.

It's not actually the cheapest Mex Strat (not on Thomann anyway):

Blacktop:
http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_blacktop_stratocaster_hh_rw_bk.htm - €539

Mex 60s Strat:
http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_mex_60s_strat.htm - €489
2009 Mex Strat:
http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_std_stratocaster_rw_bk_2009.htm - €507
Or a Mex Strat with a HB already in it:
http://www.thomann.de/ie/fender_stdstratocaster_hss_rwbk_2009.htm - €525

Here's the range of guitars:
http://www.thomann.de/ie/search_dir.html?gf=st_models&bn=FENDER&sw=&pg=3&oa=pra


I'll take your point on the 22 fret neck (if that's important to you), I haven't played it so I cant' comment on that, no opinion on the Fender logo.

True, you can make the Blacktop SSS if you want, as much as the other way around. You've also got the ability to pick up a s/h Mex Strat fairly easily and convert that as required.

Horses for courses I guess

fuzztone wrote: »

edit: I have serious GAS for this now:

Nice looking machine, never been a Jazzmaster fan but that looks like it would be worth a go.