I have NO idea what anybodies talking about...All I can say is I have a MiM Tele and I love it.

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I respect your opinions too floyd the barber

The Stratocaster solid body design was "designed" by Leo Fender and company with a bolt on replaceable neck (easy to manufacture easy to repair and modify) so let me ask you all this? why don't we have frikken replacement necks easily accessible to Fender guitar slingers? Why hasn't fender supplied us loyal customers with this option imo I think its cus they want to sucker the generic public into buying Brand new 1000 dollar guitars that only cost them 3oo bucks if even that to mass produce. this is the truth but I believe that the company that we are soo loyal to should get back to the initial spirit of the guy that desingned it and slapped his name on it and take a hint or 2? I dunno makes sense to me to keep it simple and great quality especially if you're going to slap such a historical name as FENDER on it ?? thats my opinion I hope fender adresses this issue it would be great if they listened to player feedback on these forums. noone wants to deal with Warmoth thier service is horrendous and Fender should pull their liscense to even sell fender liscensed replacement necks. imo and many others

and for goodness sakes PLEASE! implement some Quality control with your "Authorized Guitar Service Repair Centers" its unreal that you guys would let some of the dudes work on these guitars that you do and how they treat customers. Especially young and naive ones that worked so hard just to buy a "FENDER" guitar.

One can buy a Fralin Neck, Lic. by Fender, Great customer service. And they are all one size maple, YOU make the adjustments to the way you like it. As far as FMIC "slapping" FENDER on the headstock, I mean the company is Fender. Also as in any company, Production costs and wholesale pricing are all the manufacturer sees. Retail prices are in the neighborhood of "suggested" retail price set by the manufacturer. There is a thing in manufacturing called Overhead and Costs. A company cannot sell a product for what it costs to produce and stay in business, as for the $1000. Guitars, I seriously doubt that the American Standard line is a windfall of profits for FMIC at what they wholesale for, When you factor in production costs, Shipping to dealers, and company overhead. If I want a new neck, I can find one, but at the same time the body and electronics on that same "Played Hard" guitar will be in need of some attention also. I'd buy a new guitar and be done with it. Sure back in the "50's and 60's you got ONE style of Strat or tele, and if you wanted to modify, You would be spending some BIG cash at a Luthier to Rout out a Humbucker if that was what you wanted or anything else, as Customs were not really commonplace back then. I think pickup swapping was just starting to be an option. You played what they made and went from there. I think FMIC is one of the best companies in the music world now as to be covering a very WIDE area of service to ALL players. An international company the size of FMIC cannot go back to hand building guitars and that being the only option the offer. C.S. covers that area. Chevy will never make the '57 Bel-Air again either. Times change, and I think FMIC has done well in staying in the front in the guitar industry, after what the company has been through all these years. Guitars are a Global industry now and I think FMIC offers a Great Product for all level of players. Just my opinion.

i still dont get how the hell you wear out a neck. needing a fret job is one thing, but wearing out a neck so bad that it needs replaced i cant imagine. how do you do it i ask?
as for warmoth necks, i love them. any kind of neck you want with equal the quality of fender at a fraction of the cost, im in. i have several guitars with warmoth necks and not 1 complaint.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I think Marvin65 said a lot in his post that hit the nail on the head....
I'm almost 58 years old and started "playing" if that's what it could be called,sometime in '66/'67 I guess.In that time I've seen and played many Strats,1950's models,1960's,'70s...etc.,you get my drift.
I've owned a 1965 Sonic Blue that was a great guitar,and of all the ones I've come across,like Marvin and many others have said,some were great,some were good,and some were dogs.
This "golden era" much talked about,where you had a basic Strat that was fabulous,Fender qualified techs in stores everywhere,and salesmen waiting on you showing a customer magical instruments with Leo Fender's name "slapped" on them didn't happen around Nashville,Tennessee,"Music City,USA",maybe out in California,Arjay could tell us that,he most definitely was there...but not here,I could go on,add nauseum....but there's no reason.
You had music stores with every name brand just like today,with every level instrument from entry level to professional,just like today...one big difference was that not every snot nosed,zit popper hung around all day snatching every instrument off the wall smearing their greasey hands all over it...the owners didn't allow that type of behavior.
I think we,the great unsung guitar slingers of yesteryear,can relate stories all day long...but I have also known many touring musicians who have toured in every type of venue from," Western Apache dance halls where I had to roll my amp out through pools of blood" (true story)...to the Grand Ole Opry,and have yet to find any who replaced multiple necks on their beloved Fenders...sure it's happened depending on circumstances,and fret dressings/refrets out the yingyang.
I've also heard there are more people claiming to be at Woodstock than were actually there,and in the R of VN,where people didn't want to be when they were there.
Walkin' the walk,talkin' the talk...that's all that matters to me.

"and herein,lies the rub".... an old adage,if that's what it's called.

Thank goodness you have nothing to do with making decisions for Fender or they would have been out of business years ago. What in the world is wrong with a business making a profit? I tell you what, don't answer that question because I'm done with this thread. It's absolutely pointless.

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Who you calling SNOT NOSED! MY HANDS ARE NOT GREASEY! I take great care of ALL guitars weather I own it or not...
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thanks for all the informative posts

once again, I've still yet to see any of these "many others"... And even if there are that many people thinking like this, they are still greatly outnumbered by those of us who like variety.

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Hey super kid....glad you blow your nose and wash your hands.
just don't blow your nose and touch my guitar.

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