hi me and my boyfriend collect fender guitars and have placed a order in for a left handed 52 reussie butterscotch tele and a hss duluex we got told when we placed the order thar the would be in before christmas as that is what we have got each other for xmas today i went in to my dealer and now have been told that they might not even be in till feb next year , we have allready payed for them and find it very annoying that now nobody even seems to be able to give me a date to when they might be in let alone why the delay thanks if any 1 could shead some light on this plz let me know as i luv fender have alway been happy with the ordering but i find this dissapointing

First off, I like how you do xmas, all I ever get each year is socks and gift cards, most to places I don't normally go to. Anyways, the reason for the delay from what I heard is they had to switch paint suppliers as well as go through layoffs. Paint supplier is the main reason because they had to halt production to test and make sure the new paint was 100% identical to the old paint finishes. Production has started moving again, as I see several members of this forum have gotten their Am. Deluxes in after waiting for quite a while (some longer than 6 months <_<). Usually guitars are done in batches in terms of their finish, i.e. they'll do a bunch of 3 tone bursts and then do a bunch of butterscotches etc...so hopefully your order will be completed on schedule and you'll be having xmas by February and not July ^^

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I traded my car in for a microphone.

Sounds to me like you should have bought a guitar off the wall at a store. Pay for it and it's in your hands now. It's not too late to cancel the order and go buy one from a "brick and mortar" storefront.

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"Life is like eating jalapenos. What you do today may burn your arse tomorrow"

Do you have a sister?

Just kidding. haha. I have a great gal.

If you're really worried about it both of those guitars should be available for shipping at one of the big box places like Musicians Friend. Or, even better, you can look for independent Fender dealers in your area and give them a call and see if they have these in stock.

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Oh wait. I didn't realize they were lefties. Dang. That does make them harder to come by.

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i had the same issue when i bought my jim root tele, it was a major pain in the $@! as I wanted asap, but it was well worth the wait and is now one of my favourite guitars.

I've had a lefty American Strat on order since March of this year. My dealer is telling me that Fender hasn't shipped any American stock since January NAMM. I'm still waiting too...

I'd like to say, first off, your boyfriend is a very lucky man.

But if it helps, I heard when Fender increased their prices 30%, it was because they shut down for a while. That's just what a store clerk told me, I'm not entirely sure if it's true or not, I really can't say. Could it be their running through business problems?