Fender announces the Brent Mason Telecaster

[Lewguitar]

Nice. My father's side of the family were Idaho miners. But I have no pics.

Miners on both sides of family.

Copper miners on my mom's and coal miner's on my dad's.

 

[Artie]

Teachers, doctors, and professors on my mom's side of the family. They met at a USO dance during WWII. It was strange times.

And I think we've hijacked this thread enough.

 

[Evan Skopp]

Funny. I was talking to Joe Glaser earlier today about this guitar. Joe's personal e-mail address has "52" in it. We started talking about the SD Five-Two pickup and Joe told me some really interesting things about that pickup---which is what Brent used up until the time he was a beta tester for the Tele vintage stack.

Regardless of whether or not you like Country music, I wholeheartedly endorse the Ken Burns Country Music series. It's on PBS and Netflix discs. Watch it. You won't be disappointed.

 

[Lewguitar]

Funny. I was talking to Joe Glaser earlier today about this guitar. Joe's personal e-mail address has "52" in it. We started talking about the SD Five-Two pickup and Joe told me some really interesting things about that pickup---which is what Brent used up until the time he was a beta tester for the Tele vintage stack.

Regardless of whether or not you like Country music, I wholeheartedly endorse the Ken Burns Country Music series. It's on PBS and Netflix discs. Watch it. You won't be disappointed.

That series is so good I bought it! Hi Evan!

 

[Mincer]

Funny. I was talking to Joe Glaser earlier today about this guitar. Joe's personal e-mail address has "52" in it. We started talking about the SD Five-Two pickup and Joe told me some really interesting things about that pickup---which is what Brent used up until the time he was a beta tester for the Tele vintage stack.

Regardless of whether or not you like Country music, I wholeheartedly endorse the Ken Burns Country Music series. It's on PBS and Netflix discs. Watch it. You won't be disappointed.

I agree- the Ken Burns Country Music doc is wonderful (then watch the Jazz one). I learned a lot about country music that I didn't know (growing up in NJ).

 

[Artie]

I'll definitely check it out. My wife LOVES country music, so it will be good for her too.

 

[idsnowdog]

It’s the ultimate utilitarian guitar.

A problem with a lot of these artist models is how they are so customized that while versatile in the right hands they can't be employed correctly by the average player. They often end up modified back to a standard configuration because people don't know what to do with some of the specialized features.

 

[PFDarkside]

A problem with a lot of these artist models is how they are so customized that while versatile in the right hands they can't be employed correctly by the average player. They often end up modified back to a standard configuration because people don't know what to do with some of the specialized features.

Is anyone who isn’t a huge Brent Mason fan going to drop $2500 on it though? It’s like if I bought a Gilmour Strat, I wouldn’t modify it.

 

[Mincer]

I think that is the case for any quirky artist model. Fans what exactly what the artist plays. If you water that down, you lose the appeal of the model.

 

[Lewguitar]

Fender probably won't sell many of them. The Glaser String Bender might throw some people off too. On the other hand, if you're a country picker and a huge Brent Mason fan it might be just what the doctor ordered. I'd love to at least try one!

 

[Mincer]

Well, the Steve Morse model is still being sold after 20 years, and if there ever was a quirky model made specifically for one artist, that is one of them. People who buy them keep them stock, but people who don't know Steve Morse are baffled by the 4 pickups and 3 switches. I don't think they sell a lot of them, but they don't need to- they are expensive, and fans of that particular artist who play guitar and have $2.5k to spare can buy a guitar just like their hero plays.