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Posted: **Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:47 pm**

They're unbelievably bling but work really well. if i bought one i'd be tempted to lose the metal guard but that would be out of modesty.

Posted: **Mon Dec 31, 2012 2:54 pm**

Alden did a Gretsch/Tele mash-up a while back, a fairly straight rip of the Fender Custom Shop version from a few years ago. It's one of those odd clashes where it just works; throwing an arched hollow top, full binding, filtertrons, bigsby and all the rest of it onto one of the simplest guitars ever made.

Posted: **Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:13 pm**

Rhysyrhys wrote:Hooooooo Leeeeeeeee Shittttttttttttttttttt:

I can't get on with the totally UGERLEE pickguard wobbliness.

Needs moar of this to enter bonarville:

Posted: **Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:39 pm**

robroe wrote:

Almost. Do not want Fender that doesn't have the old school block inlay dimensions, and FUCK BLOCK INLAYS WITHOUT BINDING. I'll scream it until I'm blue in the face.

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:59 am**

^
If block inlay tele is Chinese modern player priced, I will gobble that shit up. I will fucking gobble it.

If it's Mim or mij and priced above four hundo, then I'm with everyone else on thinking its bullshit to not include binding.

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:16 pm**

they should make more teles with contours.

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:09 pm**

Rhysyrhys wrote:Hooooooo Leeeeeeeee Shittttttttttttttttttt:

There's an old Squier range that this reminds me of. I forget it but they were marketed as really good guitars, a friend of mine had one, but I never really had a go. As I remember they weren't run for long and they were solid to get hold of.

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:11 pm**

BobArsecake wrote:There's an old Squier range that this reminds me of. I forget it but they were marketed as really good guitars, a friend of mine had one, but I never really had a go. As I remember they weren't run for long and they were solid to get hold of.

I think you're probably thinking of the pro-tone range.

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:12 pm**

That's the one!

Posted: **Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:31 pm**

James beat me to it. I had the Strat version, gold hardware etc. Fender canned them because they were having a negative effect on Fender USA sales.

Posted: **Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:41 pm**

Think there is any hope for more awesome offsets and shortscales from squier or Fender? I guess only winter namm will tell.

Posted: **Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:46 pm**

I wonder if they do hollowbody offsets; Fender Japan have done a few for a while now. The Jag and Mustang look a bit 'off' with the soundholes, but the Jazzmaster looked hawt.

Posted: **Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:12 am**

Offset Special??

Posted: **Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:34 am**

There's something that seems off about the offset. It's like bloated or something lol. It would be cool if it was more star blaster like.

Posted: **Sat Jan 05, 2013 1:45 am**

Needs a pickguard; that would help a lot, I think.

Posted: **Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:17 am**

I remember seeing a thread (pretty sure it was here) where hypothetical pickguards were being 'shopped onto the Offset Special and it really did make it better.

Posted: **Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:38 am**

robroe wrote:

WHY FENDER

WHY DID YOU DO THIS RIGHT AFTER I PULL THE FUCKING TRIGGER ON THE JOHN 5.

I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE FUCKING J5 KNOWING THAT I COULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS.

FUCK YOU FENDER

Posted: **Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:24 am**

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Posted: **Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:29 am**

Get a refund shad

Posted: **Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:55 am**

Refuse delivery, ask for refund. Easy.

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