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FDP Forum / Fender Guitars: Stratocasters / Fender Discontinues MIM Standard Strats - Debuts MIM Player Series.
FDP Forum / Fender Guitars: Stratocasters / Fender Discontinues MIM Standard Strats - Debuts MIM Player Series.
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5Strats
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GospelBilly!Jun 21st, 2018 05:19 AM Edit Profile
ejm - I wonder why Fender is not being very transparent about where they're made? Marketing ploy?
Leftee
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VAJun 21st, 2018 05:44 AM Edit Profile
"I wonder why Fender is not being very transparent about where they're made? Marketing ploy?"
Yep!
There was absolutely no need to do it. But they did.
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VAJun 21st, 2018 05:46 AM Edit Profile
I suspect an upcoming sale on the lefty Standards, though. There are still plenty of those in the marketplace.
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USA/Taos, NMJun 21st, 2018 07:07 AM Edit Profile
Could be that with the current political climate, Mexico (and Canada) have become big-time scapegoats for certain folks. I'll stop there...
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American-made in Oz!!Jun 21st, 2018 04:34 PM Edit Profile
Leftee, that graphic in your link reminded me...
Australia being part of the "Commonwealth", we get a fair number of Canadians down here.
If ever you want to stir them up, just ask them if they're North American!!! They hate that!
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VAJun 21st, 2018 04:36 PM Edit Profile
The U.S. is the middle of the North American sammich.
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GospelBilly!Jun 22nd, 2018 05:30 AM Edit Profile
(:oD
And New Mexico is in Mexico, right? (;oD
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Poured VolumeJun 22nd, 2018 06:17 AM Edit Profile
No! It's *in* the U.S. but it *is* Mexico, just newer!
stratcowboy
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USA/Taos, NMJun 22nd, 2018 07:20 AM Edit Profile
"And New Mexico is in Mexico, right? (;oD "
Most folks don't even know we exist. So might as well be...
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GospelBilly!Jun 23rd, 2018 06:06 AM Edit Profile
(:oD
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I'm an old guitar hasslerJun 24th, 2018 03:36 PM Edit Profile
I give Fender credit for offering it in 7 colors! I’ve been grumping for years about their usual 1,2, or 3 colors they usually offer.
It also comes SSS, HSS, or HSH. Yikes! Variety!
93greenstrat
U.S./Woodbridge, VAJun 25th, 2018 01:24 PM Edit Profile
I did try out one of the HSS models over the weekend and it was good playing, great sounding Strat. Basically, these guitars have a whole lot in common with the MIA Pro Series that the gap has been narrowed considerably. Bout versions have 22-frets, 2-point vibratos, and the MIM now has the tone control wired to the bridge pick up...and with Alnico pick ups too. I now have to wonder if its worth to spend about twice the money for the American Professional when the new MIM offers pretty much the same thing (although I have not done a thorough comparison between the two).
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good welder, crappy guitar playerJun 25th, 2018 08:22 PM Edit Profile
"I now have to wonder if its worth to spend about twice the money for the American Professional when the new MIM offers pretty much the same thing..."
- 93greenstrat
I read (on the internet, of course) that this could be part of Gibson's financial woes....why buy the expensive Gibson when the much less expensive Epiphone is a pretty damn good guitar? Is Fender shooting themselves in the foot by making the Player "too good"? An American Strat is still a lot less than most Gibsons so maybe it won't have the same effect.
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Poured VolumeJul 1st, 2018 06:49 PM Edit Profile
They might have set it up to where the overhead is the same or even more on the less expensive guitar. Not likely, but possible.
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VAJul 1st, 2018 07:12 PM Edit Profile
Gibson’s problems stemmed from all the other business they tried to play in.
reverendrob
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our time in hellJul 9th, 2018 12:49 PM Edit Profile
Yea, Gibson's guitar end of things has been profitable this whole time.
And they're putting out MIA set-neck guitars with..a lot more time invested than the bolt-on babies we know and love...for cheaper in a lot of areas.
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good welder, crappy guitar playerJul 16th, 2018 08:24 PM Edit Profile
Sooo….has Fender ever had a color called "Tidepool" before, or is this something new?
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VAJul 17th, 2018 09:32 AM Edit Profile
I’d never heard of it before these. That doesn’t mean they haven’t used it, though.
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American-made in Oz!!Jul 17th, 2018 04:47 PM Edit Profile
"...has Fender ever had a color called "Tidepool" before.."
"I’d never heard of it before these. That doesn’t mean they haven’t used it, though."
Yeah, could be the whole Arctic White/Olympic White/Alpine White thing...
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GospelBilly!Jul 18th, 2018 06:01 AM Edit Profile
I own 2 pearl white Am Dlx HSS Strats which is yet another color of WHITE.
ps - I installed a gold pickguard on one of these so they're not exactly the same looking. See, I'm not totally nuts! (;oD
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