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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #30 on: May 04, 2012, 03:39:14 PM »
it has to stop

You've changed man. You've changed.

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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #31 on: May 04, 2012, 03:41:56 PM »
But let's say, if I was in a band auditioning another guitarist, and he got one of these out...  ummm ...he probably wouldn't get the job! :lol:


WHAT???!!!  


:o :?  :x


That is a positively Roo-like comment.

I'm surprised at you, Mr R.

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Ah, didn't the "lol" emoticon do enough of it's job?

And it was intended as an observation about/against me rather than the owners/GAS-ers of these.

Nothing against the idea of them as guitars, or other folks liking them (and after x years I still can't quite believe that Roo is actually that anti- the tele and its users), but the image really doesn't grab me. So, yeah, I think it's true, if I were auditioning a guitarist for an act I was in (and in control of, obviously!!), the image is important and would probably put me off, they'd have to add a whole lot more to the party to get over the initial "oh..." :lol:

Think of it as an illustration of the epic fail I was feeling watching this particular thread (after many others over time). Look at it this way - there's loads of you who have quite common tastes with me, except you all dig these... so I've been spending all this time watching threads with them in, trying to get into them. But this thread I've suddenly realised I can't, and that means I can't share in the general enthusiasm. I found that a bit sad (for me) and the "wouldn't get the job" story is there to show just how badly I can't get into them.



No there's no actual Roo-ness here, but what I'm trying to express probably doesn't come across right in a post! :lol: (So maybe we've been misunderstanding Roo?  :? ....nah :lol:)
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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #32 on: May 04, 2012, 03:42:50 PM »
it has to stop

You've changed man. You've changed.

No worries, he hasn't... he won't stop :D
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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #33 on: May 04, 2012, 04:23:43 PM »
it has to stop

You've changed man. You've changed.

No worries, he hasn't... he won't stop :D


You're right*.... but I'm going to try to keep that £499 in my pocket (or off my credit card statement)!



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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #34 on: May 04, 2012, 05:10:45 PM »
i think i agree with what Andy is saying here.  there are, of course exceptions, like J. Mascis, but whenever i see a band with one of the "wonky" Fenders, i instantly think "poseurs".  i already know it's going to be dull as ditchwater angsty rubbish with a singer that thinks he's Jeff Buckley or Nick Cave but is actually a GCSE poetry level tw@t.  the other guitarist will invariably have a '70's Tele custom and they will irritate me to the point of wanting to shoot my TV!!
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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #35 on: May 04, 2012, 06:40:58 PM »
i think i agree with what Andy is saying here.  there are, of course exceptions, like J. Mascis, but whenever i see a band with one of the "wonky" Fenders, i instantly think "poseurs".  i already know it's going to be dull as ditchwater angsty rubbish with a singer that thinks he's Jeff Buckley or Nick Cave but is actually a GCSE poetry level tw@t.  the other guitarist will invariably have a '70's Tele custom and they will irritate me to the point of wanting to shoot my TV!!

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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #36 on: May 04, 2012, 06:42:21 PM »
I do know what you mean, but don't hold the failings of the guitarists against the guitars!  :lol:

Jags and Jazzmasters aren't really to my taste, but they are still cool.  And '70s Tele Customs and Deluxes are fecking awesome.  :)



(All these negative vibes are almost making me decide to buy that Mustang Special after all........  :wink: )
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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #37 on: May 04, 2012, 06:48:16 PM »
(All these negative vibes are almost making me decide to buy that Mustang Special after all........  :wink: )

Sh1t, he's on to us! It was just a cunning ploy to make Philly buy another neck and body (albeit as a finished guitar)


Hang on... you've already bought/ordered one, haven't you? :lol: :lol:
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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #38 on: May 04, 2012, 07:19:04 PM »
All this negativity has got reaching for my foam green Jaguar and spinning my old vinyl of From Her To Eternity.... Awesome
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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #39 on: May 04, 2012, 07:23:36 PM »
Suddenly I feel the urge to grab my Tele and riff out on my Rockerverb...  :D
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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #40 on: May 04, 2012, 08:01:17 PM »
hey, don't get me (entirely) wrong!  there's nothing wrong with those guitars, and plenty of people have done awesome things with them.  unfortunately the "scenester", as i believe they're called, crowd seem to gravitate towards them.  and they're almost entirely composed of @sshole.  it's their air of superiority while being swamped in dull mediocrity that gets my goat.  yes, my goat is thoroughly gotten by them.



oh, and in case of any confusion, i LOVE Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds! 
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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #41 on: May 04, 2012, 10:23:01 PM »
Hang on... you've already bought/ordered one, haven't you? :lol: :lol:

Not yet....


I thought they might sell out quickly, but they haven't....

Let's go and look at some reviews....
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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #42 on: May 05, 2012, 06:43:05 PM »
I want to, Frank..... but I just keep buying stuff..... it has to stop!  :|

twinfan hasn't bought much for a while either, has he?

there's the cause of the double dip...

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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #43 on: May 05, 2012, 08:19:58 PM »
i think i agree with what Andy is saying here.  there are, of course exceptions, like J. Mascis, but whenever i see a band with one of the "wonky" Fenders, i instantly think "poseurs".  i already know it's going to be dull as ditchwater angsty rubbish with a singer that thinks he's Jeff Buckley or Nick Cave but is actually a GCSE poetry level tw@t.  the other guitarist will invariably have a '70's Tele custom and they will irritate me to the point of wanting to shoot my TV!!

This

This too..

I have nothing good to say about these guitars. So will now keep quiet.  :?
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Re: 2012 Fender Pawn Shops looking good
« Reply #44 on: May 05, 2012, 08:39:05 PM »
I want to, Frank..... but I just keep buying stuff..... it has to stop!  :|

twinfan hasn't bought much for a while either, has he?

there's the cause of the double dip...


Depends what you mean by "a while", Dave!  :lol:

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