Fender Blacktop Strat being discontinued.

[coachc55]

I have heard that they are going to discontinue the Fender Blacktop line or at least most of it. I wonder what they will replace it with. I love mine, because I love strats but I love humbuckers.

 

[El Supremo]

Re: Fender Blacktop Strat being discontinued.

Too bad, cool looking guitars. For about the same price you could get a Charvel with the Fender type headstock though. Don't know about the current production, but the ones from Japan were really good value imo.

 

[coachc55]

Re: Fender Blacktop Strat being discontinued.

I'm not really sure other than a rep at Fender said that much of the Blacktop line will be discontinued. I love mine. Very versatile. Stock pu's are decent and powerful.

 

[DreX]

Re: Fender Blacktop Strat being discontinued.

It looks like all the specialness is attached to the pick guard though, you can make that yourself pretty easy.

 

[B2D]

Re: Fender Blacktop Strat being discontinued.

I really dig the Blacktop Teles - I'll be on the lookout for dealers blowing them out.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Fender Blacktop Strat being discontinued.

It looks like all the specialness is attached to the pick guard though, you can make that yourself pretty easy.

+1

With either a "swimming pool" or HSH rout, the world is yo' proverbial oyster. The only possible worries are the depth of the HB cavities where the elevator screw lugs need to go and the eternal debate over 250 versus 500k for the volume pot.