Holy Schnikes wrote:It is a good price relatively speaking, Fender prices are getting crazy.Probably not a fancy custom shop piece like those others Fender put out at astronomical figures.
That EVH replica was like $20K, SRV was $10K. Fender marketing must be steadily and carefully monitoring TGP dreams and desires.
Achtane wrote:It is a good price for a superfancy limited artist...thing. Relatively. But still the entire thing is "meh".
I'd agree but some of the better guitars I've owned are sig models:
Maton BB1200JH TM Jazzblaster JM Jazzmaster
All killer guitars! All sigs Different than a straight replica though, that is a bit stupid.
I think it's the Cobain factor catching some heat on this one but I'd say Fender is definitely indebted to the guy. He made Fenders cool again at a time when they weren't, particularly offsets.
EDIT: (I'm talking mass appeal, dawgs)
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i'll give you that it doesn't seem quite as thematically absurd as the Fender Wayne Kramer guitar. Kurt at least sought commercial success, however conflicted he was about it.
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Should come with an 'authentic' reciept for $150 or whatever the thing actually cost.
Cobain's biggest influence on me during the 90s was being able to pay my rent with a couple beater '65 Mustangs during the dark days and sell at a tidy profit.
That said, price seems decent, not that I'd bother when I already have a Jag I like.
Bonus points that it's not just another Strat with a different color scheme honestly.
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I like the idea, I came really close to getting on of the Japnese ones, but they (Ishi) said that it would cost $2k to ship it with fees and shipping and shit so I said fuck it. At least it's not a Nirvana song in some fucking Budweiser or car commercial or some stupid shit. He liked Fender guitars and collaborated with them (even though he wasn't happy with it), so at least it's something he liked (obviously it's impossible to know whether he would have liked this guitar).
In the About a Son documentary I remember him saying something about the Indie music in Olympia when he lived there for awhile putting pressure on him to not sell out and he said that was bullshit to put that pressure on him when he wanted to make more pop oriented music. I think that ties in to this conversation somewhere...
There's a snake in my boots. Someone poisoned the waterhole!
i think if you're going to have a signature guitar, it should be able to do more than "just you" so to speak. billy corgan, joe satriani, and/or jon from guitar noize said that this factor is they key to making a GOOD signature model, and i've seen more people playing JEMs and JS-whatevers WAY more than whateverthefuck bridge-EMG-one-volume-tremolo shitty metal band signature ESP is cranking out or most/all fender/gibson signature models
