The New Fender Guitars Are A Joke
Not a fun rant, but a necessary one… Good lord.
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Originally posted by UCg22dH-BOQoSkjG8Fg825Sw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNDCNGJ5UmY
Going to reiterate a few key points that I DID mention in the video but a lot of you have been commenting about:
"You haven't even tried one!!!"
– I effectively have. I own a Squier Sonic. It's that, but rebadged, with cheaper body construction and 3x the price. What's there to try to know it's junk?
"It's entry level who cares!!!"
– Squier was supposed to be for entry level guitars, why is Fender making the same thing now?
"It's to avoid Mexican tariffs!!!"
– To a degree this makes sense, but what was stopping them from actually giving it the specs of a $600 guitar, or at LEAST lowering the price to $3-400 where it belongs?
They are saving money on cheap parts and construction without passing the savings onto you, unlike Squier. Do not buy this.
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I wanted to buy a fender, there are 3 possibilities:
– buy this one from Indonesia
– buy this one from Mexico
– buy this one from the USA
I can't afford the last one, for the price of a new Mexican I have a version "made in Japan" from the 90s, and if I have to buy one from Indonesia, I bought a Squier.
Like you said, just change the tuners and bridge = awesome bass
And the piint you made at 3:57 is exactly the answer your looking for….someone wants a fender, not a squier. They need a tool, they buy it. We dont know fenders intentions. This could just be hoping that ppl with money see a 600$ fender, and say "damn thats cool, thats cheap, let me get one" or fender thinks, x percent of ppl buy squier, and uograde pickups and the jack, and the whole harness and they think they need locking tuners, so theyre far beyond the price of a player series in the end when you include decent pickups, maybe a pick guard, some new knobs or string tree or saddles…..so….we now offer the bare bones for cheaper, and they can put great pixkups in and still be in for less than a vintera. Its just giving another sliver of a niche market another option. Its literallt nothing more than that
3:30 you dont know how many pieces they are….85% of squiers you cant tell. And the 40th annuversary stuff was no different. Thise where 599$ and nobody was buying em and the orice went to 499$ but even my 40th squier jazzmaster in desert sand cannot be identified as having an "x piece body" cuz its painted over. They could be 6 liece bodies, we really dont know unless you back the body.and even if a body was 11 pieces would it really matter that much? No it wouldnt
A bare bones 600$ fender is fine. This wouldve been like 400$ a few years ago,but than covid happened and ruined the world. Just dont buy the stupid 600$ fender . that's all ya gotta do. But nobody can shut the fuhk about it. Its ridiculous. Just STFU
Fender is a joke
I can’t stand cheaper guitars but the player II series are great. They have never been bad, they absolutely smoke any squier. The new standards are definitely better than a squier but they are heavy as all hell and the pickups are dogs
Lots of big baby fender Simps in here. Sorry fellas. Fenders are literally only cool cause you’ve been told they’re cool. That’s it.
Money that is why. Private equity is involved in Fender these days and their only obligation is to bleed every dollar from a brand or company AND to stock holders. This is not surprising nor are firings shortly after these firms acquire companies.
YAY brands and stuff…
I theorize that the people who are buying these are the ones who are embarrassed to have a Squire.
I got a used fujigen fender strat from 1982 for the same price as these. Its a fucking great guitar. Didn't even have to give that company money for it.
Fender was never "synonymous with luxury instruments". Leo Fender wanted to make quality working man's instruments. Hence the bolt on necks that could be replaced in 5 minutes, and simple electronics
I never saw Fender as "luxury."
I've always thought of them as The Electric Guitar brand that matters. Everything else just tries to be better.
….. but you're not off about these being shitty though.
As for Squire… they used to be true trash water. The worst.
Now though… now… Squire is great. Really great. Sure… they need a quick setup and stuff when you first get it… but that's nothing.
This is just a bad choice for Fender. Everyone is free to be an idiot every now and then. Lol
I got new Fender Jazz bass Pro 2. It's fantastic. Bro, you are full of hate.
Guys, just build one… It's really not hard and you can make a Custom Shop competing guitar for the same price as a Player Series.
There’s nothing wrong with the new series.
Fender has never been a “luxury” brand – they were bolted together chunks of wood and always have been.
A 4 piece body isn’t that unusual, in fact it can really resist warping. It’s just the grain of the wood type that admittedly isn’t aesthetically pleasing.
A Lexus IS mainly made from Toyota parts, Lexus IS Toyota.
If you look at the Indonesian standards tremolo blocks they are high quality thick steel … the Squier tremelo blocks are thin, weedy pot-metal alloy units which eventually crumble after 20 years. They standard also have full sized pots.
You’re basically making an entire argument based on the wood type grain which is understandable but it’s a bit of a naive argument in all honesty.
And I repeat – fender has NEVER been a luxury brand.
This is the classic multi million dollar company cutting corners on a shitty product just to make a few bucks and potentially lose customer
Go Ibanez. They make a way better guitar than Fender.