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Surf's up!!
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:28 am
by ozover50
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:54 am
by jingle_jangle
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.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:58 am
by ozover50
Must be a bugger to play with that red and white neck!
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:09 am
by captsandwich
"Sounds as good as it looks" - So it sounds cheap and ******?
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 12:00 pm
by ozover50
Hahahahaha!! I think you've nailed it in one hit, Greg!
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:59 pm
by sowhat
Pfff... okay... i won't say it's ugly... i'll say i just don't like it...
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:16 pm
by ozover50
I say it's ugly
and I don't like it, Sheena!
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:46 am
by sowhat
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?
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:51 am
by steve_hershberger
I like a lot of Fenders. But that ain't one of 'em!
That ought to go in the "what were they thinking?" file.
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:51 am
by jingle_jangle
"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...
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:02 am
by shinynewtoy
...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"!
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:02 am
by kenposurf
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:10 am
by jingle_jangle
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.....
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:56 am
by kenposurf
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...
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:57 am
by jingle_jangle
Got the Carl Wilson bug, huh? George, nothing sounds like a Jag!!!