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Post subject: new fret board options for american elite jazz V in 2017?
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 1:30 pm
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So i recently purchased an out of stock american elite jazz V from an online dealer (a few weeks ago) to take advantage of their holiday no interest financing deal. it was to be 3 color burst with a rosewood neck. when they called me 2 days ago to inform me they had a new batch in stock, it turns out 2 of the 3 they received were maple necks. the fender product page doesnt show this as being an available option. the dealer had actually listed them on their web site under the same item number, which got me wondering. is this a change going forward for the 2017 year? is the rosewood no longer available on the 3 color burst? dealer didnt seem to know.

the reason this is concerning to me is because typically i dont buy guitars online because the grain on some looks better than others and i like to have the option to choose the guitar specificaly. this dealer however takes photos of them individualy and you can pick by serial number, which is great but do to the fact i pre-ordered it they didnt throw the pictures on the web site and keep trying to email them to me. that would be fine but dumb-dumb im dealing with cant figure out how to send a photo with out embedding it as a visual aspect of the email rather than an attatchment, and it kills the resolution on the photo so bad i cant even see wood grain. hes sent the same bad photos to me 3 times now and im starting to get a little pissy.

so at this point i kinda want to just tell him forget it, cancel the order, and wait till next time they have a financing promo, because... A- i dont need it immediately B- im not gonna pull the trigger on the deal with out seeing it and he cant seem to figure it out, and C- they typically have 3 or 4 with pictures up so you can choose what you like best. i would prefer a few to choose from. it was the holidays so im guessing thats why they're sold out. i like a big obvious grain.. i know some prefer it tight and subdued... this one looks subdued but its tough to tell from the pics. but at the end of the day id take whatever body grain with roswood over the maple neck in this basses case. so if i cancel the order i worry this will be my last chance at the rosewood/3 color burst combo.

so long story short... will the 2017s continue to be available in 3 color burst with the rosewood fret board?

any info appreciated, thanks all and sorry for the long winded (er... fingered?) post


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Post subject: Re: new fret board options for american elite jazz V in 2017
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 8:04 am
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From what I know, usually a 3-Color Sunburst with a Rosewood board is more common, than a Maple board. It's not uncommon to have a Maple board with 3-Color Sunburst.

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