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Post subject: Official Launch of Fender's Road Worn™ Guitars & Basses!
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:34 pm
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I've seen a few speculative threads here and there, but just wanted to start an official thread on the topic. As of a few moments ago we've just formally launched the new Road Worn™ guitars and basses ... and on a company holiday no less. :-) Hop over and check 'em out at http://www.fender.com/roadworn! I've had an opportunity to play every instrument in the series and they're simply fantastic instruments!

Also, be watching for more big news on the Road Worn front here in a few weeks -- we're heading out to the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, and have some Road Worn stuff cooking that's going to be pretty killer ...

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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:38 pm
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great site brad, graphics are gorgeous! relics are not really my thing but I may have my eye on that Jazz Bass if the price is right!!

you guys really captured the whole concept with this! Great work!! I'm sure it will be quite successful!


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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:00 pm
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Thanks, we had a blast putting the Road Worn site together! The fellow featured on guitar throughout the video montage is actually Fender graphic designer Rick H., who also happens to be the guitarist in my band. Big congrats to Rick for his successful modeling debut! :-)

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Post subject: Road Worn Series
Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:09 pm
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I just received an e-mail from Musicians Friend announcing the "Road Worn" Series, and--looking for someplace to comment on it--wound up here. I have two really solid Fender instruments--a hard tail Strat and swamp ash Tele, both American made. I bought these higher priced American instruments (and two Gibsons) for their superior construction, playability, and--here's why I'm writing--credibility. I like to think my Fenders have a geneology that begins with Leo Fender himself. Whatever they do or accomplish in their lives will be unique to them, and will add to their value when my daughter inherits them. Trying to fake an instrument's lineage with phony cosmetic gimmicks is not what I'd expect from one of America's two premiere manufacturers. Can you imagine the derision a guy would be subjected to if he showed up to jam with real musicians packin' a stage prop guitar that says: "Hey...neither I nor my musical career is that interesting, so I decided to fake it with this axe..."??


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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:04 pm
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I don't see what all the relic bashing is about. If you don't like them, then don't buy them. Its not as if Fender is stop making the Shiny new ones either.
Some people just like the look and feel of well broken in instruments. Not everybody has the cash to pickup a vintage 50's or 60's start. Even 70's strat, which a few years ago were regarded as subpar instruments, are starting to get expensive. If the guitar plays nice, and looks cool to your taste, then thats what matters.

Personally I look the look of beat up old guitars, but I baby the hell out of my John Mayer American Strat. I think it would be nice to get one of these axes to add to my stable.


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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:06 pm
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I think they look great.

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STUPID QUESTION #1 -- In these days of computer-controlled machinery, will all of the "wear" spots on each model look the same or will each be one of a kind? I imagine they can't relic these things like they do in the Custom Shop and do it economically.


The wear spots do look very similar from guitar to guitar, but not identical. I can't imagine that a machine is used. The workers probably have an example in front of them to follow.

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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:06 pm
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It's gonna boil down to this: price, price, price.


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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:18 pm
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Are the "road worn " guitars & basses American Made?

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allanf64 wrote:
Are the "road worn " guitars & basses American Made?


Yeah, that is a good question. I would hate to buy a MIM for that price. I was looking at the specs, some nice accessaries on that guitar: Vintage tuners, Tex-Mex pups, and a soft v-neck...But I just saw the price on MF and it was $950. For that price I could almost buy an American Standard.

Oh, for got to mention that I am not into the relic thing, but over all it looks ok. I just prefer to do that to my guitar on my own over time.

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orvilleowner wrote:
I think they look great.

stratmansteve wrote:
STUPID QUESTION #1 -- In these days of computer-controlled machinery, will all of the "wear" spots on each model look the same or will each be one of a kind? I imagine they can't relic these things like they do in the Custom Shop and do it economically.


The wear spots do look very similar from guitar to guitar, but not identical. I can't imagine that a machine is used. The workers probably have an example in front of them to follow.


Either that or a machine control program with a degree of randomness built in. You can create procedures that would do about the same number of wear spots in about the same places and at about the same overall size. However, your procedure could insure that there'd be a very small probability of any two being identical.


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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:53 pm
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I think this is a Made in Mexico item... I usually don't like the relic thing but, I did like the look of that Blonde beat up Tele! I don't know why, but, to me a Tele all beat up seems like a good faded pair of levis...

I just prefer to buy American made Fender as long as I still have the money to do so!

Hey my Harley-Davidson and my Fenders are two things I am proud to say we Yanks are getting right... and as long as I can, I will buy the things we get right.

I must say though, the thought of buying a used $250-$300 Mexi-Tele and slapping on better P-ups and then beating it all to hell myself to save $600 sounds tempting...

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They are made in mexico. They do look tastefully done. Theres no excessive wear, just minimal ammounts of knocks around the edges. Quite discreet pick marks and a nice ammount of contour wear.
£680 they need to be some guitar. Their £30 more expensive than the american standard. I was looking at this picture thinking something wasnt right.http://www.andertons.co.uk/acatalog/info_0131012306.html I realized the scratchplate, knobs and switch tips aren't aged. Still they look worth a try and worth a buy, if fender release a red 50's model.
There seems to be a big lack of red strats with maple necks at the moment :( .

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There seems to be a big lack of red strats with maple necks at the moment :( .[/quote]

Amen Brother!
I Have wanted the E.J. Red strat, & now they've stopped making it!

I WAS against the Relic thing at first... but, I gotta tell ya, I might just purchase that Blonde beat up Tele!

It's calling out to me, in a way that only my 3 ex-wives can understand...

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allanf64 wrote:
I might just purchase that Blonde beat up Tele! ...

Sounds like destiny to me mate. I wouldnt fight it.



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It's calling out to me, in a way that only my 3 ex-wives can understand...

The funniest statement i've heard this year.

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philip602 wrote:
orvilleowner wrote:
The wear spots do look very similar from guitar to guitar, but not identical. I can't imagine that a machine is used. The workers probably have an example in front of them to follow.


Either that or a machine control program with a degree of randomness built in. You can create procedures that would do about the same number of wear spots in about the same places and at about the same overall size. However, your procedure could insure that there'd be a very small probability of any two being identical.


Yes, you are right, there could be slight randomness built in. What kind of "tool" would be used to create such effects (to take off the finish without going into the wood)?

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