what will fender do to the original squier models? (the jagmaster the duo sonic the cyclone etc)

The duo sonic and the cyclone were both originally fender guitars. The duo sonic was originally made in the late 50's to late 60's and the cyclone was first made by fender in 1997.

affinity ones are better than the bullets......

The duo sonic and the cyclone were both originally fender guitars. The duo sonic was originally made in the late 50's to late 60's and the cyclone was first made by fender in 1997.

Something else you might not have known, is that there was a single-pickup version called the Musicmaster. Back in the day, these were Fender's introductory student guitars. Going up the line to the Teles, Esquires, and the Strats. Then came the Jazzmaster and the Jaguar. Of course, that was over 50 years ago in my wishful thinking, nose-to-the glass history book. Thanks for the memories. Enjoy your brave new world.

Word around some of the forums is that the Modern Player Series will replace the Squier Series with all Squiers eventually being discontinued(from what I understand the Squier Acoustics have already been discontinued).

The speculation is that Fender is concerned about the label snobs that won't buy a Squier believing it's not a 'real' Fender. By still producing the lower end guitars in Asia but switching the label from Squier to Fender, maybe FMIC believes the label snobs will now buy since the guitars will now be 'real' Fenders.

Any truth to that, Fender?

There's something about this one that I like :



Maybe all black hardware would really look cool?

Remember the one-off Jazzmaster which Fender built for that door prize at the China Club several years ago? That was a great looking guitar. It rained like hell that night, and pretty much kept me from going into Manhattan. I think it was a 2SB w/all black plastic.