New "reclaimed" range from Fender

Oink

Sweet Zombie Jeebus I'm in love. Have you seen Fender's "reclaimed wood" series:

http://www.fender.com/en-GB/guitars/stratocaster/reclaimed-eastern-pine-stratocaster-rosewood-fingerboard-dark-stain/
$2600 / €1900

The look is fantastic, and I really like the idea that it was made out of wood from an old barn somewhere in Michigan.

I don't need one, but I kinda have to have one if you know what I mean :eek:...

travis1976

I'm not sure I like it. The guitar on the site doesn't have mark, scratch or ding that I can make out. I do, howandever, love the idea of it... if that makes sense.

Oink

Yeah I get your point. Sounds like you'd like to see some distressed wood, with a worn-out style maybe.

I'm getting all hot and bothered looking at that picture though !

topcatcbr

I don't like it at all. It looks to me like the pine kitchen tables that were in fashion a few years ago. The woods grain is really far apart which would make it very susceptible to damage.

slavetothegrind

i would say its a usa standard except for the wood used, and i wonder what the tonal qualities of reclaimed pine are as i don't see many guitars made out of pine

marketing exercise methinks!

does look nice though!

but i think i'd buy the gilmour strat in xmusic first!

Etc

Fender are late to the party on this, they arn't meant to be relics, rather older reclaimed wood is seasoned, dryer and the grain is tighter than the woods they use today. Tonally this is supposed to be better, the woods that's used today are from quicker growing species. One of the reasons they say older guitars both acoustic and electric are better is for the reasons stated above.

Search Ron Kirn barncasters and you'll see people raving about reclamed pine. Likewise google old Martin guitars, 30's and 40's and you'll see a lot about adirondak spruce and the quality giving amazing tone for which you will now pay a fortune.........With Fender it's a marketing ploy !

travis1976

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7120/7506925728_e4aab61697_z.jpg

For some reason, my pics never come up....:(

Keyzer

At the risk of inciting a backlash, this pangs of another marketing gimmick to sell guitars at ridiculous prices...

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Keyzer wrote: »

At the risk of inciting a backlash, this pangs of another marketing gimmick to sell guitars at ridiculous prices...

Yeah I think eveybody agrees on that. It's so dang purty though . I'm a sucker for beautiful dark wood, so when you make a Strat with it, I could become a marketing biatch easily enough. If I had any use for it. And I wasn't saving for a double-bass.

I think I need look at that pic again just the once...

Dr.Rieux

I love the rosewood neck

Gaspode

The body is not particularly nice IMO, but then I don't really like strats so that could just be bias colouring my opinion.
If you bought a guitar online/second hand and discovered pine under the lacquer, you'd be rightly miffed.

martinedwards

I wouldn't use pine for an electric guitar body.

beauf

I don't get the appeal either.

KeithTS

It looks great yes, however, anybody buying a guitar for over 2k should be thinking about more than looks right?

The blurb there mentions nothing about the tonal qualities of the wood used or how it does anything different than a regular strat other than if you buy it it'll look different to any other becuase of imperfections in the wood.

I'll make do with an American Deluxe and save myself a thousand quid thanks.

Ravelleman

Looks like a pretty lacklustre effort to me, though the solid rosewood neck does look great.

I don't understand the hostility towards pine though. It was used on the earliest Fenders and only changed due to its relative softness and tendency to ding in comparison to other woods. Lots of builders like G&L are using more and more pine these days. By all reports it has great tonal characteristics. Check out the people raving about pine-bodied Squier Classic Vibe instruments. That was one of the factors that seemed to contribute to its Renaissance.

roast

Looks gorgeous, I'll admit, but completely gimmicky.

Regardless of its tonal and physical characteristics, I still wouldn't pay 2k for a guitar made of Pine, limited edition or not. Though I can see the appeal for collectors.

Ravelleman

roast wrote: »

Regardless of its tonal and physical characteristics, I still wouldn't pay 2k for a guitar made of Pine, limited edition or not.

Why not?

roast

Ravelleman wrote: »

Why not?

I guess it just doesn't seem valuable enough to me to warrant such a high price tag. I'd expect it from rarer tonewoods.

Also, I reckon I'd be pretty hesitant paying that much money for any guitar that isn't a custom. :pac:

Ravelleman

The price mentioned above is the RRP. The street price is around €1550, which is only €300 more than a regular American Standard Strat/Tele. The solid rosewood neck would certainly absorb some of that price difference. One could easily spend more than €2000 on a MusicMan with a basswood body and no top and hear no complaints.

roast

Ravelleman wrote: »

The price mentioned above is the RRP. The street price is around €1550, which is only €300 more than a regular American Standard Strat/Tele. The solid rosewood neck would certainly absorb some of that price difference. One could easily spend more than €2000 on a MusicMan with a basswood body and no top and hear no complaints.

Good points! My perception sucks.