Fender Custom Shop Total Tone Series

[Donbon25]

lol 0:44 john mayer

[RastafariPoet]

Its not worth the money. Unless you have plenty of it.

[LesCrapio]

What's the price range for those Total Tone Strats? MP me if you'd rather.

[steveprs]

Is there much of a sound difference between the 62 and 57?

[KabukiGallery]

@steveprs oh yes ALOT! :)

[SteveBrownOfficial]

Yer the whole relic concepet comes from Keith Richards.

[Twistchawa]

I believe I can safely say that you guys can read my mind. . . This is literally the Strat I have been dreaming of. . . Fender should put out a non-reliced production model for about two grand, so us mere mortals could have a shot at owning one haha

[Zombiekeks]

Oh damit, sorry, I was wrong... but they really should

[Twistchawa]

That is an understandable view point. . . Thanks for not being a total dick like most relic haters!! haha

[cm0220ster]

I'm sorry. Most of us working musicians who actually gig wouldn't spend the kind of money they want for these high end things, just to take it out to a gig and risk having beer spilled on it, possibly knocked over, etc. Who do they make these things for? Collectors? The stars even have these things things given to them to make the rest of us want one.

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

Actually the relics came about due to the fact that working musicians didn't want to take their vintage guitars to gigs.

[steelykiss]

LOL...We all know that's not true. I'm blessed to be playing for a living and carry either my '56 strat or '65 335 to every gig/session/lesson.  They'll both out-live me and I wouldn't dream of replacing them with a relic. The relics "came about" because guitar players like to pose. I've been there, too, and we're all guilty. If somebody wants a vintage sounding Fender or Gibson style guitar I recommend G&L or Heritage. Fender and Gibson are working really hard to make up for lost time.....

[delayfordays]

Personally I dig the relicing. I own two of them.  The necks on a the Custom Shop Relics are absolutely fantastic. I bet most of the guys that bash relics have never played a custom shop relic.

[SteveBrownOfficial]

Amazing.

[stylist100]

Holy shit!.....anyone fancy remortgaging their house and giving me the money!!!???.....I bet these go for top dollars. Though it's nice to see a guitar company using their time and money productively rather than releasing a bunch of awful, gimmicky, poorly thought out guitars.......are you listening Gibson!!!!

[HackerGuitarist]

what does bashing Gibson have to do with anything?

[seekah1]

All very nice Fender, but I'm looking for seconds towards my next strat for better value, even if I have to wait a little longer.

[meateaterer]

oh they are beautiful

that gold metallic one is delicious

how about some tele's andy?

[downwithdixie]

There has been 'relicing' in furniture making for years, it's called distressing. Why is everyone getting all ape shit about adding an old look to guitars. Custom Shop guitars PLAY awesome and that's all that matters in the end. I can't afford one either...

[slugbucket]

It seems like Fender had piles of old rusting parts and didn't know what to do with them, ..till now.

[GuernB2]

lul

[wolfhalen]

My guitar is shiny, and I have no tattoos,  thought I would be original

:)

[bagrem666]

.........aaaand once again not even one lefty!!!

Good job.

[xVancha]

Yeah, I'm still not really getting the relic look.

I've certainly never seen a guitar with worn paintwork and thought to myself, "Woahhh, look at THAT guitar! The chipped paint looks awesome...and oh my god, that scratch down side is simply spectacular! Must have!"

Might as well sell them looking new and supply a small chisel with the purchase. That'd let whoever wanted a scrappy looking guitar give it the personal touch.

[LmaoItSucks]

I ejaculated.

Not gonna lie.

[arekceg]

that's like a holy grail of gutiars

[ViktorVR]

hahahahahahahah

[TheFrozenLads]

actually, the holy grail of guitars would be the '59 Les Paul 'Burst. ask anyone.

[ufc70wasnotasbombas7]

depends really. if your a strat guy its the 54, if your a les paul guy its the 59. I know some sg fans that love the 63 and thats their holy grail.

[joesl8]

I think Santana would say his PRS, BB King would say Lucille, John Mayer would say his skinflute, etc. etc.??

[edadmartin]

the off white one looks great, cant wait to hear the demo.

[LordOfThisWorld74]

Wow. Im not big on the whole heavy relic thing really nor am I a fender fan but id say these sound and feel good. I like light relic's and wants gibson to do a SG relic!!

[AlexGuitar1987]

Santa please, I'll never ask for anything else, just hand me 3700$ now !

[graham65]

Is the face of the headstock set deeper to accommodate the lack of string trees, or are the staggered tuners alone, enough?

[braberdebrabel22]

I dont realy ghet it why there are so many haters. These guitar will sound 100 times bethere then a standart strat made relic ...

Although i have to say i woultend mind buying these guitar whitout the relic for a few bucs less. I cant wait to hear em sing.

[PbVeritas]

I mean talking about a guitar is nice, but a demo would have been nicer

[Zwikster]

my god......gorgeous!

[HighZombiesRule]

These look great!

[lessamuelson]

for $3700 I'll take one in each color

[CristoffandFriends]

They looked great... until I saw the prices.

[jingwah]

can we hear it please? (:

[Jacksonkellyfreak]

i like the relic look to an extent, like aged plastic and mild paint treatment, but the aged hardware just isnt for me. but if you wanna pay 3700 for that, just buy a squier and give me 3700. ill beat it up so bad itll never play again lol

[LIGHTMAN004]

Strats do look better all beaten up, Just a pitty you have to pay $3,700 for that look. :O)

[Erock09291]

you could just get one with the nitro finish and beat it up

[Metalhead12828]

go buy a cheap one, and beat it up, then clear coat it.

[LIGHTMAN004]

Yep, that's what I'd do.. Not to dheap though, would want a something that plays well. Sand it in places, and knock it about a it.

[Metalhead12828]

yeah, same here. i never saw the point in buying things that look damaged. like ripped jeans. theres no point

[TheFrozenLads]

same. i can do THAT myself for free!

[eleph4nt]

yeah, i have a standard tele and a mexican tele, once setup, the mexican one was better than the standard, sold the standard :)

[Tibbon]

One of my friends got a 59' Body/60' Neck refin strat that's all original except the finish (which was refin'd well sometime in the late 60's). It plays and sounds like a dream. How'd this guitar seem against a real late 50's Strat? The price is pretty compelling, but its a little overly relic'd for me. This 59' is in significantly better condition.

[MiLemonPie]

I want be able to sleep well until I hear one of these, know that!

[herald9]

its all about the relics now !

[ChangoKong007]

wooow jhon mayer and eric johnson woow amazing, i love strato and tele

[ProGuitarShopDemos]

We will get one done this week. Maybe even tomorrow. : )

[AussieBoyX]

demo?

[wc3415]

playing this guitar would make me feel like a fraud

[xdivinebladex]

way cool. i especially love that it doesn't have any string trees among all the other awesome features

[smoss469]

Yeouch that price is REALLY high.

[basscajon]

whats with those hand claps?

[Th3UnionFor3v3r]

Damn these look good!

[zackyv34]

ffffiiiiiiirrrrrrrrssssssstttt­ttttttt not really though

[PYROSF]

Only $3,700!!!!

Honestly, if it wasn't "reliced" (hit with sharp objects until it looks like shit) I might consider buying one.

[MyGuitarStudio]

I love them already

[danukenator123]

want

[maxlamenace987654321]

we wanna hear!

[liamdude555]

dayummmmmmmmmmmmmm

[PoposNewGuitarChan]

sexy guitars!

[TheMrRevell]

The blue one is awesome looking.