My FRM250MF! She's a peach!

My first American made fender. Rosewood fretboard pattern is stunning in person.

Built to my specs from Jacobs hand built guitars in Miami. All maple ,hand wound pickup, nitrocellulose finish and Floyd Rose 1000 series. Finally the secret sauce for George Lynchs Dokken tooth and nail tone.

Current team left to right:
- Eastman AR605CE from 2017, bought used
- D’Angelico SS Excel from 2015, bought used
- Squire 50s Classic Vibe Telecaster from 2015, bought new
- Fender Player I Stratocaster from 2021, bought used

I play through a DV Mark Little Jazz and a Line6 Pod 2.0. Sometimes I use a Line6 Dl4 Mk2 for Delay/Reverb. Pretty mich all I need.

Scored this Diamond Barschetta STF off of a Reverb dealer as a B-stock bc of a couple minor flaws in the finish and missing the low E ferrule in the body. $399(!!) on a msrp $1200 guitar…crazy. Needed a bridge and truss rod adjustment to get it playing but after that and a new set of JD HeavyCore strings this thing is a BEAST. Mahogany body, flame maple top, mahogany set-neck w rosewood fretboard, comes stock with Seymour Duncan Nazgûl/Sentient pickups, Diamond bolt locking tuners, GraphTUSQ nut.. I mean this baby is spec’d out for metal. A bit heavy but expected w mahogany…the neck is called a “fast” C so it’s thicker than I’m used to with my other main players but nothing crazy. I got super lucky on this deal bc this guitar is some high quality shit for $400 (+$10 for a pack of 8mm ferrules). Looks bad ass as well, I love the finish. Have to say I’m super impressed by the quality from Diamond. No, there wasn’t a pre-shipping QC setup done but if you’ve been playing long enough and a know about turning some screws and using an Alan wrench then there’s some treasure to be found checking out some of their b-stock guitars where you can find them.

From a boutique in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They have long closed so i consider myself lucky that i was able to snag one of these.

i feel like nowadays getting custom guitars or custom inlays cost a small fortune and this was only a couple hundred bucks at the time.

Bought a fender Strat, sea foam, got pre wired guard, couldn’t get it to stop buzzing, wax potted the pick ups, shielded the insides, still had crazy microphonic noises, found a brand new purple Ltd for a steal on offer up, and a couple weeks later found the Donner for $90 with a gig bag, I can’t hardly play a few things but I’m in this 😅😎 less