Fender fiasco deja vu ??? (Page 1 of 3)

Exactly.  try to sell anything today with Black and white stripes.  EVH's lawyers will be calling.

I honestly feel for Phil cause I know the feeling. This shows the levels of Fender's nonsense....  They copied my guitar and now Phil's.  They do it to guys in certain stages of their careers when they feel " What are they gonna do?"  Again there is a reason for all my anti Fender stuff around here.  As you can see. 
Sorry Phil.. and btw..Gibson's play better.
Joe B.

The guys in Fender's are an intresting group....

Question for Joe, did you ever talk to G&L about building your strat? They make a better Strat than fender does hands down and I am sure they would of loved to have someone like you using one of there guitars. By the way the Phoneix show was amazing!

If I ever do buy another Strat It will be a G&L.

Obviously it is all about the bottom line at Fender.  No respect or regard for the time and sweat Joe and Philip put into their guitar skills and the "free" advertising they have given Fender over the years.  For what it is worth, I have two strats collecting dust and a Les Paul Custom I am almost sleeping with.  Something really stinks at Fender right now and it has to come back and bite them in the rear end one of these days.

Fender really is screwing themself for the future.  Someday, not to sound real morbid or anything, guys like Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, etc won't be around to carry the torch.  Also, current endorsees may "die off" like a fad.  They gave Tom frickin' Delonge a signature Stratocaster for crying out loud...now look at how many of his guitars are flying off the shelf.  Will John Mayer still be popular in 20 years?  I think when his youth and power over the younger female crowd leaves him it will kind of make his music more...creepy.  I'm not doggin' the guy, I have some of his albums, but a 50 year old Mayer singing "Your Body is a Wonderland" gives me nightmares!

I guess my point is that guess like Phil and Joe have music that can stand the test of time.  Blues/rock is a great thing to invest in, especially given the long time endorsees of both Gibson and Fender.  Either way, I'll always own a Stratocaster because it's just part of who I am.  I love their tone and versatility.

Where have you been? 
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This is why I have steadily sold off all my Fender equipment.  With the exception of a 65 Super Reverb...I no longer play through any Fender.  I guess it is silly of me...but now they have short changed two of my favorite guitarists.  I pretty much only play my Les Pauls through amps I have built.  I have decided to try (emphasis on try) to only support the music business where I agree with the way they operate...and I generally only buy used at my local guitar shop.  I do play strat-like guitars because I like them and I have modified them, but they are not Fender.

Sheesh...I am becoming a curmudgeon.

been saving hard for couple of years for a PRS David Grissom (It will be mine oh yes it will be mine). Like someone else said fender and gibson are profit driven companies and I think PRS is the only of the big 3 that really care about what they are doing. Anyone read the interview with Paul reed smith in guitarist this month? He truly cares about what he is doing and after 25 years still has the drive to do it and keep moving forward while remaining traditional to what guitarists want. Gibson dark fire/dusk tiger or VG strat anyone?