Thoughts on New Fender Standard at NAMM ‘08
Fender announced the “New Standard” series for the big four (the fender godhead: Strat, tele, jazz bass, p-bass).
You would assume the touted NEW standard would bring drastic changes to the lineup. What actually happened is pretty underwhelming.
At a glance the most dramatic change is a new bridge. The strat, is a higher mass copper inused alloy. Perhap will add to the sustain. The tele brigde is brass alloy.
The finishes on New and Body have been refined (reverted?) to a thiner undercoat on the guitar so that the body resonance more. This seems to be more in line with the vintage nitro type finishes.
The marketing guys seem to take it pretty far though. You can hear it on the six string bliss podcast, episode 94 at 31:00.
To see more of NAMM ‘08, you can check out the gallery at Guitar World http://www.guitarworld.com/namm2008
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