Amp360
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This is unpopular, but Fender made some of their best guitars from 1987 - 1993. I believe this was the Bill Schultz era.
In 1994/95 they changed the neck shapes, and a few years later, they began the slide in quality that eventually led to the bottom-of-the-barrel toy-like guitars they (mostly) make now.
Anyways, I love Lace Sensors and have always dug them. I have a few of these guitars, and I've seen them slowly creep up in value. People are finally catching on to the fact that the maple used in the necks, the quality of the tuners and electronics, and overall great design are much superior to what FMIC is making now. Plus, they play and sound great. The Lace pickups are versatile, and although Lace is still in business making nice pickups, the Fender-branded ones from the early days are different.
Here are a couple of my Lace Stratocasters. The black one is an Eric Clapton model, which has a different neck profile than the one without the Lace pickups and the other is a kind of hard to find Midnight Blue model.
I also have a Telecaster model they did that Dave Davies (of The Kinks) turned me onto about 17 years ago. The one I have is Ebony Frost, which is like Robbie Robertson's Moonburst finish.
Is anyone else into these? I learned about them after hearing George Harrison's Cloud 9 and Eric Clapton's Journeyman. Also, I worked for The Who twice over the past five years, and both times, Pete Townsend was playing Lace Sensor guitars. I know Clapton used an SLO and PT used a Vibro King. I find they work really well through a JC-120 or direct for clean parts.
I started collecting these and as much as the paperwork (catalogs, price lists, etc.) about twenty years ago. Obviously they're not super collectable, but they were the high end Fender models when I was a kid, so there's some nostalgia in it for me.
Anyone else into these?
In 1994/95 they changed the neck shapes, and a few years later, they began the slide in quality that eventually led to the bottom-of-the-barrel toy-like guitars they (mostly) make now.
Anyways, I love Lace Sensors and have always dug them. I have a few of these guitars, and I've seen them slowly creep up in value. People are finally catching on to the fact that the maple used in the necks, the quality of the tuners and electronics, and overall great design are much superior to what FMIC is making now. Plus, they play and sound great. The Lace pickups are versatile, and although Lace is still in business making nice pickups, the Fender-branded ones from the early days are different.
Here are a couple of my Lace Stratocasters. The black one is an Eric Clapton model, which has a different neck profile than the one without the Lace pickups and the other is a kind of hard to find Midnight Blue model.
I also have a Telecaster model they did that Dave Davies (of The Kinks) turned me onto about 17 years ago. The one I have is Ebony Frost, which is like Robbie Robertson's Moonburst finish.
Is anyone else into these? I learned about them after hearing George Harrison's Cloud 9 and Eric Clapton's Journeyman. Also, I worked for The Who twice over the past five years, and both times, Pete Townsend was playing Lace Sensor guitars. I know Clapton used an SLO and PT used a Vibro King. I find they work really well through a JC-120 or direct for clean parts.
I started collecting these and as much as the paperwork (catalogs, price lists, etc.) about twenty years ago. Obviously they're not super collectable, but they were the high end Fender models when I was a kid, so there's some nostalgia in it for me.
Anyone else into these?