New Signature Strat from Fender

[big_black]

Re: New Signature Strat from Fender

Crap. I've got a Mexi Strat; they say the holes may not line up for Mexis. Is yours American?

I put a Tom Delonge guard (Mexi) on my old MIA Strat for a one hum mod. I think one screw hole was different. It wasn't a big deal to me, barely noticable...it made a nice pick holder. The accual guard shape is the same.

 

[Hot _Grits]

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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks to me like every sig model Fender has released in the past 10 years or so has been more or less a variation of the SRV, which itself is more or less a slightly modified early 60's Strat. I am not arguing whether or not John Mayer deserves a signature model, but isn't this just an SRV with slightly different pickups and a different pickguard?

I'm sure it's a fine instrument, but I would like to see more innovation in the Fender product for a change. How about a mahogany chambered Strat with a hard tail, satin finish, and two chrome-covered humbuckers? Or maybe an updated version of the Jazzmaster with three P90's, master volume, master tone, and a 5 pos switch? This is just off the top of my head - I'm sure Fender could do better than that if they just tried.

Well, these aren't signature guitars, but the strat-o-sonic and tele-sonic are similar to the first guitar you mention, and there's a new squier that's close to that spec. No p90 jazzmaster yet, but there are humbucker variations...

I like the idea of the mayer model. I had an SRV, and didn't like the tone of the pau ferro board. So the Mayer may be the closest strat to my fave spec yet, aside from pus, which I'd change anyway...

 

[Quencho092]

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Help me out here...I'm not a big Mayer fan, but I saw a clip of him playing at Clapton's Crossroads festival and i could've sworn I saw a signature, possibly SRV's, on the headstock of Mayer's guitar.

If this is the case, how can Fender in good conscience, repackage a product they already have (the SRV signature Strat) into another signature strat that is basically the same as the first, for a guy with 1/10000th of the talent???

Hmmm, did you pay ANY attention while watching Mayer at Crossroads? IMO, he HAS to be one of the best young blues players today, HANDS DOWN. :smack:

It just blows my mind that you think that he has 1/10000th of the talent of SRV, especially when most of SRV's style and chops came from Albert King's style. SRV was a great blues interpreter, he had a special 'muscled'/shuffle blues technique but I would never consider him to be 10000 times better than anybody-he wasn't. Mayer plays the estrogen pop to pay the bills, but man can he play the blues like a beast!

 

[báratta]

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Let’s not forget that the Mayer sports a 9.5 fingerboard radius- I’d take the 12 radius on the Cray, SRV or Johnson any day. However, I must say that it’s nice to have Shoreline Gold back as an option on a vintage based strat. Satin on the back of the neck with nitro on the peghead is also a potential winner.

 

[hacker]

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Hmmm, did you pay ANY attention while watching Mayer at Crossroads? IMO, he HAS to be one of the best young blues players today, HANDS DOWN. :smack:

It just blows my mind that you think that he has 1/10000th of the talent of SRV, especially when most of SRV's style and chops came from Albert King's style. SRV was a great blues interpreter, he had a special 'muscled'/shuffle blues technique but I would never consider him to be 10000 times better than anybody-he wasn't. Mayer plays the estrogen pop to pay the bills, but man can he play the blues like a beast!

I think you are seriously downplaying SRV's style and accomplishments. SRV did borrow some licks from Albert King, and Jimi Hendrix, and Buddy Guy, and Freddie King, etc. etc. All blues players borrow from other people. Look at Mayer's Crossroads performance-was that not a tribute to Jimi Hendrix and/or SRV?

Mayer does have good chops, but he's not on the same level as SRV, not by a long shot . As for new guys, Joe Bonamassa blows him away, so does Johnny Lang. Let's be realistic here. Alot of people are jealous of SRV and call him an "Albert King clone", but alot of people, including many top players, think SRV was one of the best ever. Don't take my word for it-do your homework and see what Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, Robert Cray and B.B. King have said about him.

 

[hacker]

Re: New Signature Strat from Fender

OK, I just popped the Crossroads CD in again. The first part of Mayer's solo is pure Hendrix licks-check out Machine Gun from the Band of Gypsy's album. He then goes into some SRV stuff-I heard licks straight from "Crossfire" in there (this is soon after his drummer joins in). He stays in SRV territory up until that fingerpicking riff, but he returns soon enough. Hey, there's even some Albert King bends in there.

In my opinion, SRV does Jimi and Albert King alot better than Mayer does. Listen to Mayer's attack and vibrato, then listen to SRV-they are not in the same league.

I do give him credit for playing in this style and bringing attention to the real blues players though.