Nouveautés 2011 chez Fender / Squier

Du neuf chez Fender / Squier pour 2011

Fender Blacktop PB

"Drive your sound with raw humbucking power. Fender’s new and innovative Blacktop series expanded the sonic horizon of classic Fender guitars by powering them with high-gain humbucking pickups. That phenomenal Blacktop power and performance now comes to the bass world with a dual-humbucking-pickup version of the Precision Bass guitar.

"Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Precision Bass guitar features two pummeling Blacktop Bass humbucking pickups that make it one of the most powerful basses - if not the most powerful bass - Fender has ever offered. Other distinctive touches are three Jazz Bass control knobs (volume for each pickup and master tone) and a HiMass bridge. Features include an alder body, maple neck with modern C shape and gloss urethane finish, rosewood fretboard with 9.5” radius and 20 medium jumbo frets, three-ply black-white-black pickguard, open-gear tuners and chrome hardware. Available in Black and new White Chrome Pearl."
765€

Fender Blacktop JB

"Phenomenal Blacktop series power and performance now comes to a bold new interpretation of the venerable Jazz Bass guitar. In one of the most distinctive iterations of the instrument ever designed, Fender now introduces the Blacktop Jazz Bass. Sleek and supercharged, the Blacktop Jazz Bass features dual Blacktop split-coil Precision Bass pickups that pack a powerful one-two tonal punch.

"Other distinctive touches are three Jazz Bass control knobs (volume for each pickup and master tone) and a HiMass bridge. Features include an alder body, maple neck with modern C shape and gloss urethane finish, rosewood fretboard with 9.5” radius and 20 medium jumbo frets, three-ply black-white-black pickguard, open-gear tuners and chrome hardware. Available in Black and new White Chrome Pearl."
765€

Le plus interessant vient chez Squier cette fois :

Squier VM JB V

"Squier’s Vintage Modified Jazz Bass is now available in a five-string model. Like its mid-’70s-style four-string brother, the Vintage Modified Jazz Bass V has a handsome natural-finish soft maple body and one-piece maple neck with sharp-looking black binding and block inlays on the 20-fret maple fingerboard. Other features include dual Duncan Designed single-coil Jazz Bass pickups, three-ply pickguard, five-saddle bridge and chrome hardware and tuners. Superior sound and feel for the five-string bassist, with superior Squier performance and value."
415€

Squier mustang bass

"A truly classic Fender bass guitar model from the mid-1960s returns in the sleek, short-scale form of the Squier Vintage Modified Mustang Bass. The instrument honors its 1966 ancestor with a basswood body finished in Black or Three-color Sunburst, 19-fret maple neck and 30-inch scale perfect for players of all kinds who appreciate the comfort of a short-scale instrument. Other features include a Duncan Designed split single-coil pickup, three-ply pickguard, chrome tuners and distinctive Mustang Bass four-saddle bridge. Superior tone, smooth playability, great comfort and fantastic value."
388€

J'espère que la Squier Mustang sera dans la série Classic Vibe! Si oui, je prend tout de suite!

C'est une vintage modified. Quoi qu'il en soit, elle fait moins cheap que la bronco.

C'est précisément ce qui pourrait la rendre trèèèèèèès tentante . L'offre en basses short-scale est faible, c'est une bonne idée de leur part d'en ajouter une au catalogue.

OMG.

ça sonne comment ça à votre avis ?!

quitte a être pointilleux pour la mustang, dommage pour les couleurs, noir et sunbeurk seulement, les deux couleurs que je ne sais pas voir sur une gratte :s. Donc la bronco m'interesse toujours

VM, mais la qualité devrait être au rendez-vous...au niveau des manches érable, les VM ont un toucher plus agréable que les CV, qui ont certes une jolie teinte jaunie mais font un poil plastique épais à mon avis!

(OMG OMG OMG!)

C'est un peu mon fantasme de toujours ce délire là ! Manche Jazz/touche Rosewood/Black/Black+2 micro PB !!!!




Des samples audios, des tests, des retours là-dessus ???!!!!

Non, pas encore, c'est juste au stade de l'annonce, ca ne semble pas encore dispo.

C'est dispo en Europe à partir du 15 Aout si j'ai bien compris ?! (le mec complètement dingo en 2 minutes, sans avoir rien essayé ni entendu du dit instrument... )