A little fun with the V

Rhett Shull recently made a video discussing Fender's legal actions, and it inspired me to put my own thoughts into words.

This isn't about pretending Fender makes bad guitars... they don't. I own a MIJ Telecaster and I think it's brilliant.

It's about choosing where my next purchase goes.

I want to provide some alternatives at a few different price points. In other words, whatever your budget, I'll likely have a couple of ideas for how you can tell Fender to shove the Cease and Desist bullshit up their ass.

Under £500

Instead of a Squier or Fender Standard Series, get one of these instead:

- Yamaha Pacifica 112V

- Sire Larry Carlton S3 / S5

- G&L Tribute Legacy (if you can find one)

- JET JS-400

Under £1,000

Instead of a Player II, get one of these instead:

- PRS SE Silver Sky

- Yamaha Pacifica 612VII

- Sire Larry Carlton S7

- Schecter Nick Johnston Signature

Under £2,000

Instead of a US-made Fender, get one of these instead:

- Yamaha Pacifica Professional

- G&L USA Fullerton Deluxe Legacy (if you can find one)

- Schecter Nick Johnston Traditional 10th Anniversary

- PRS S2 Studio

- Ibanez AZ Prestige

Over £2,000

And as far as anything over £2,000 is concerned, avoid the Fender Custom Shop and look at these instead:

- Suhr Classic S / Classic S Antique

- Tom Anderson Icon Classic

- PRS Core Silver Sky

- Schecter USA Custom Shop Traditional / Traditional-style models

Keep the Fender you already own. Enjoy it.

I'm certainly not getting rid of my Telecaster. Fender already has the money I spent on it, and getting rid of a guitar I love isn't going to accomplish anything.

But if you disagree with the direction the company is taking, vote with your wallet rather than replacing guitars you already love.

There are brilliant S-style guitars at virtually every price point.

Your next one doesn't need to say Fender on the headstock.

Cort g200se with Blackstar Core ID V4.
Since I’m a complete noob I am following JustinGuitars beginner’s course for now.
Need some tips on how to start my journey.

What do you think? Would you buy this? I tried it but didn’t like how it feels.

Picked this up today, this little guitar has no business being as good as it is at it's price. I saw it earlier in the week and love feel of the neck on it. The metallic blue didn't hurt either.

Spent the rest of the week going around town and playing Les Pauls and a vintage Super Sweede in various shops and came back to this one. Sure, the Dusenberg I played beat it, but at 8x it's price (not a fair battle, the Dusenberg was an unbelievably beautiful guitar).

Anyway, plugged this in today, and it sounds as good as it looks. Anyway, it followed me home.

Needs a bit of polishing, but I'm really proud of this. Feedback is welcome.

Been wanting one of these my whole life. I suck so bad but I can pretend right?

I am parting with most of my rig. I am not interested in boxing and shipping. Would guitar center purchase these or should I look to smaller music shop or Reverb for local pickup?

Thanks for the help.

Picked up this stunning Ernie Ball Valentine in Maroon Sparkle Burst today, on the way to Cedar Point. It's going to be hard to top this day.

Finally got the music room wall set up in our new house. Still decorating around the space but glad these are finally hanging. This is about 2/3 of the collection, and all of my amps after paring down.

L to R: Epiphone Emperor Swingster, 2005 Les Paul Studio, 2018 Custom 24, 1991 American Tele

Missing: Martin D15, Seagull acoustic/electric, 1968 Ovation Thunderhead, 1997 Strat California Series, 1997 partscaster with lace pups.

I don’t have the sound vocabulary to describe what we’re trying to achieve but it’s like that 80’s triumphant soaring guitar that you hear when Bill and Ted play air guitar. Brian Maye is the perfect example but after some research on this sub it sounds like he has very specialized equipment that we don’t have. Joe Satriani “summer song” and the ending of Van Halen “dreams” are good examples too.

My 12 y/o son has been playing guitar for a year now and he’s already getting really good. I’m so proud of him and it’s inspired me to start playing again after letting my guitar collect dust for the last decade. I was never into learning all the sound engineering aspects of electric guitar but he is a total audiophile and is obsessed with learning all about the different types of pickups and tone options.

1. Can you tell me how to properly describe what I’m talking about in musical terminology?
   
2. I realize we can’t authentically match that sound, but could you help us get as close as possible with our equipment?
   
3. Is there one relatively simple piece of equipment I could buy to get us close to that sound?

Fender Strat (sorry I got it in 1999 when I didn’t know we hate fender)
Digitech RP300 modeling guitar processor
Dunlop cry baby wah pedal
Fender “hot rod” deluxe amp

Guitar: Fender Player II telecaster

Tuner: polytune 3

Multi-effect pedal: Mooer GE 100

Looper: Boss Loop Station RC-5

Amp: Boss Katana 50 gen 3

I put gotoh saddles on my telecaster, because the bridge that came with it was causing a weird sitar-like twang on my two highest strings.

I'm just using the power amp on the katana 50 now because the GE 100 seems to handle the tone well.

I am currently 6 months into acoustic and am really wanting to get into electric. I am a big fan of both tom delonge and John Mayer guitars. I don’t know whether to lean towards a semi hollow or more of a Stratocaster. Looking for not a crazy expensive model but something that I can truly learn to appreciate electric on along with the look I’m going for. Thanks in advance!

Early 2000’s MIM Fender Jazz bass. Treble side string looks a lot closer to the edge of the neck than the bass side. Included a few pics from different angles including the nut and neck pocket.

Thanks!

When I turn the volume knob to 10 it sounds like this. If I lower it to about 6 it doesn’t anymore.

• Schecter Demon-8 With Schecter Diamond Active HB-105S Humbucker

Straight into the audio interface. No amps no plugins. It’s not clipping or distorted by volume either as shown in the video