Surf's up!!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:28 am

Does anybody own one of these or know anything about them?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Fender-So-Cal-Speed-Shop_W0QQitemZ7406569951QQcategoryZ33039QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:54 am

More Fender promo ****. IMO.

I have friends who work at So Cal, too...but there's such a thing as over-cross-promoting-to-death.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:58 am

Must be a bugger to play with that red and white neck!

captsandwich · Post by **captsandwich** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:09 am

"Sounds as good as it looks" - So it sounds cheap and ******?

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 12:00 pm

Hahahahaha!! I think you've nailed it in one hit, Greg!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:59 pm

Pfff... okay... i won't say it's ugly... i'll say i just don't like it...

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:16 pm

I say it's ugly and I don't like it, Sheena!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:46 am

Okay, i'm just tryin' to "protect" myself in case somebody likes this one or thinks it's a classic... and hey! Didn't your parents tell you that slipping the tongue is impolite?

steve_hershberger · Post by **steve_hershberger** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:51 am

I like a lot of Fenders. But that ain't one of 'em!

That ought to go in the "what were they thinking?" file.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:51 am

"What were they thinking"?

They were thinking, "Now, how can we wring another couple of hundred thousand bucks out of a market that's aready brain-dead and numb and sick of thrasher Strat variations?"

"Let's see. Call in the licensing guy. Vinnie, what's available that says, 'California'? SoCal Speed Shop? Who's that? OK, get one of the designers to work on it. Tell him I need a sketch in 15 minutes."

15 Minutes later: "Kewl. Can we paint a fretboard like that? OK. Is Guitar Center on board? OK. 25 thousand units."

And so a classic was born.

This joins the Antigua line as reaching for greatness but falling short...

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:02 am

...and not to mention the tonal versatility that the lone volume knob provides....

And people have the testicular fortitude to call Ricks "one trick ponies"!

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:02 am

Hey Paul..I resemble that Antigua remark! The SoCal axe would benefit from some STP dot markers and a whammy bar shifter with an 8 Ball on the tip.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:10 am

Still interested in that Antigua, George...it's a love/hate thing.

But I wouldn't be caught dead with a So Cal Fender.

Like Von Dutch, So Cal is another legendary name reduced to Paris Hilton weenie dawg fashion accessory, through the wizardry of Modern Marketing!

AAAaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh.....

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:56 am

OK..maybe the SoCal would benefit most from being left in the case....locked! May take you up on the Antigua...I have a yearning for a oly white Jag...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:57 am

Got the Carl Wilson bug, huh? George, nothing sounds like a Jag!!!