Recently I bought a nice '84 Fender Esprit. The guitar is in near mint condition but the case is nearly broken. Does someone know where to buy these guitar cases besides eBay?
Question: Recently I bought a nice '84 Fender Esprit. The guitar is in near mint condition - but the case is nearly broken. I see that some of the blonde tolex guitar cases for this guitar is sold on eBay (Item number: 7396574301 at eBay). Does someone know where to buy these guitar cases besid ...
- 1950s Fender Shenandoah 12 String Acoustic Guitar?
Question: Did Fender build a 12 string acoustic guitar in the early 1950s called the Shenandoah? If so, was this guitar an actual production model or just a prototype? I met an individual last night at my New Years Eve gig who claimed to own such an instrument. I personally don't recall of any ...
tagged: Fender Acoustic Guitar- Does anyone know about this subject, especially concerning Fender? Is there some way of telling if a guitar body is going to be a nice one before it's assembled?
Question: Does anyone know about this subject, especially concerning Fender? I'm interested in knowing if there's a grading process for different models or would it go by the finish applied to the guitar. Could you get a exceptionally nice piece of wood with a solid finish on it? Or would the n ...
tagged: - Fender guitar amp 6L6GC tube questions
Question: I just bought a 1972 Fender Pro Reverb. I noticed that the two 6L6GC power amp tubes, although marked with the Fender logo, are different in physical shape and size (one is a bit shorter and 'squatter' than the other). They are both 6L6GC's, however. I think one is from the early 7 ...
tagged: Fender Guitar Amp- Fender used acoustic/electric guitar is this a good price?
Question: I'm in the market for a guitar. I do not know how to play but want to learn. I was at a music store the other day and the guy said that he had a fender acoustic/electric guitar used for $250.00. I saw the guitar and it was the kind that part of the neck was scooped down into the gui ...
tagged: - 12 String guitar recommendation
Question: Looking into a 12 String guitar. I can’t think of any brand who makes them current except for danelectro and rickenbacker. The danelectro is cool but feels kinda cheap while the rickenbacker is way out of my price tag. Can you think of any others? What about the vintage 12 strings? Ho ...
tagged: - Fender Guitar & Amp Picking Up Radio Broadcasts?
Question: Fender Guitar & Amp Picking Up Radio Broadcasts? Answer: It's easier to explain than how your original post showed up with quote marks! It would be harder to explain if it was FM... AM is detected when it is rectified. A simple diode to cut off one sideband, with some capacitance to ...
tagged: Fender Guitar Amplifier- Vintage Fender Question !-- end title -->
Question: I know about the frying pan but what was the first electric guitar that was actual guitar (not one that lays flat when you play it) ? Also, who made the first electric bass? Not just a standup bass with a pickup but a bass guitar. Also, what part did Les Paul have in the development o ...
tagged: Electric Fender Guitar Vintage- Fender accessories
Question: I am in need of a few Fender guitar parts, but cannot find them anywhere. First, I need a white Strat pickguard (my current one is stratched all over) and a tone knob. My current tone knob doesn't stay on the guitar and doesn't turn the actual tone up or down, so I leave it off the gu ...
tagged: Fender Guitar Accessory- Fender Strat Squire - Good for first guitar?
Question: My 12 year old son is just learning to play guitar. His interest seems to be in an electric and we have an acoustic that he can use. Is the Fender Strat Squire any good? Any other suggestions for a good starting electric? We want to buy used - what should we look out for? Answer: I ha ...
tagged: Electric Fender Guitar Squire- chosing the right guitar?
Question: I'm looking to upgrade my guitar. .I got a piece of shit ($100) one for my birthday a while back, and it's time. ANyway the music I'm into playing is: Led Zep U2 Aerosmith Kravitz metallica van halen what would you suggest? Answer: Jimmiy Page uses a Les Paul, I don't know what the Ed ...
tagged: Eddie Fender Guitar Halen Van- Fender Decals?
Question: What's the deal with Fender headstock decals? Are there counterfeits or originals available? Answer: Both There's usually an ad in the back of Vintage Guitar Magazine for a guy who sells reproductions of the Fender decals, and I've seen what were touted as NOS original decals at guita ...
tagged: Fender Decal Guitar- Fender Custom Shop Guitar - Worth it?
Question: So how many readers of this NG have their own unique, one of a kind Fender made by their Custom Shop? Was it worth the big bucks or was it something you could have hot-rodded yourself? I'm almost tempted to get in line for the one year wait. Answer: I'm not sure how much the guitar of ...
tagged: Fender Custom Shop Guitar- Newer Fender guitar dating?
Question: Is there a table from where I can read the manufacturing date, for the newer Fender guitars, made from the 90' up to today? Answer: Just remove the neck. At the end closest to the pickups, there will be a date stamp. Serial starting with N0 = 1990, N1 = 1991, N2 = 1992...and so on. Z ...
tagged: - Custom guitar question
Question: I have been talking to a fellow employee and he has a custom USA telecaster that he won at a fund raiser worth $1600. He took it into the local music shop to have it setup and the guy that work said, This is not a Telecaster. The wiring does not look like fender wiring and there is ...
tagged: - Fender's Getting Started on Acoustic Guitar and classical guitar
Question: I'm a total beginner, just bought my first guitar. Can Fender's Getting Started on Acoustic Guitar DVD be used to learn to play on my classical guitar? Answer: I don't see why not. I just bought my first classical yesterday. You can play it like any acoustic if you like. But if he w ...
tagged: Fender Classical Guitar- Electric Guitar History question .
Question: What exactly did Les Paul have to do with the invention of the electric guitar? It seems like Rickenbacker was making them in the 1930's and made them commercially available, with real pickups, according to their web page. All I get from Les Paul bio's is that sometime after this, he ...
tagged: Complete Electric Fender Guitar History- Fender Bullet guitar
Question: Can anyone help me to get information on the Fender Bullet guitar series? I know Fender manufactured them in 1981, as an attempt to make 'student' guitars. There were two basic models, one was a strat-kind of model, the other one was more or less derived from the Telecaster. I own two ...
tagged: Fender Bullet Guitar- Fender Factory....
Question: Just out of curiosity... Has anyone ever been to the Fender Guitar Factory in Mexico...?? I see, and play lots of Mexican strats, Teles and such at the local stores.... I feel the quality is pretty good although the set up is always just so-so..... I wonder what the factory must look ...
tagged: - Fender used acoustic/electric guitar is this a good price?
Question: I'm in the market for a guitar. I do not know how to play but want to learn. I was at a music store the other day and the guy said that he had a fender acoustic/electric guitar used for $250.00. I saw the guitar and it was the kind that part of the neck was scooped down into the gui ...
tagged: Fender Acoustic Electric Guitar
