Members gardo Posted July 6, 2019 Members Share Posted July 6, 2019 It seems Fender has dropped the MIM Standard Series in favor of the Player Series . In addition they are adding the new Vintera series.. I like what I've seen on the Vintera except the price ,but hey I'm a cheapskate. What do you think ? https://shop.fender.com/en-US/electric-series/vintera/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted July 6, 2019 Members Share Posted July 6, 2019 Not being the biggest Fender fan, my initial response was..."yawn...". HOWEVER the Alternate Reality 66 has my interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted July 7, 2019 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2019 Never thought much of the Players series. I think the MIM is decent,dropping them and adding the Vinterea seems to be a marketing ploy to raise prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 7, 2019 Members Share Posted July 7, 2019 Never thought much of the Players series. I think the MIM is decent' date='dropping them and adding the Vinterea seems to be a marketing ploy to raise prices[/quote'] Another Fender innovation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted July 7, 2019 Members Share Posted July 7, 2019 It seems Fender has dropped the MIM Standard Series in favor of the Player Series . In addition they are adding the new Vintera series.. I like what I've seen on the Vintera except the price ' date='but hey I'm a cheapskate. What do you think ? https://shop.fender.com/en-US/electric-series/vintera/[/quote'] The Standard Series became the Players and the American Series became the Performer Series. Essentially they just renamed everything. The Vintera just basically a classic series made in Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted July 7, 2019 Members Share Posted July 7, 2019 the name MIM has a bad reputation, not made in the u.s, cheap, blah.... and now with trumps wall aso its a logical step to drop this name and use something with less bias.... will that make better products? i doubtwill they be still be cheaper? i doubt too but they will not close the factories in mexico, just by dropping the name.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted July 7, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 7, 2019 I agree this is little more than a marketing ploy...and price gouging. Let's face it, these are the same factories, same tooling, same machinery, same people making the same instruments...and charging more for them...but they will still have to say MiM on them somewhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted July 7, 2019 Author Members Share Posted July 7, 2019 I thought of the MIM as a decent quality woking man's guitar and the Player as more of an entry level (not as good)Now we're looking at $900 or more for a Vintera Telecaster,come on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 The Vintera just basically a classic series made in Mexico. The Vintera series does replace the Classic series, but they're more than just renamed Classic series guitars - which were also made in Mexico, just like the Vintera series... but several features have been changed. Here's a few, which I wrote down when I was on the press conference call announcing the Vintera series: New colors. New neck tints. New vintage-correct neck shapes. 50s/60s/70s series models with era-specific pickups designed by Tim Shaw. Vintage & Modified models (Modifieds replace Classic Player series) Road-Worn is largely being removed, with only occasional road-worn runs in the future. No lacquer models - all use poly for the bodies, urethane for the necks. 7.25" neck radius on all models. Still no CuNiFe magnets on the re-designed WRHBs. Pau Ferro is now standard on dark-fingerboard models instead of rosewood. https://www.harmonycentral.com/news/fender-launches-new-vintera-series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted July 9, 2019 Members Share Posted July 9, 2019 Phil. Do you know if the regulations on Rosewood have been relaxed or are they still enforcing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Phil. Do you know if the regulations on Rosewood have been relaxed or are they still enforcing them. I don't think anything new has been added to the CITES regulations recently, but not too long ago (effective January of 2017) they made the documentation requirements stricter for rosewood and instruments containing it - but only when they are being shipped internationally. Some Fender models still use rosewood, but they're generally higher-priced, US-built models. https://reverb.com/news/new-cites-regulations-for-all-rosewood-species Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members treedroppings Posted April 2, 2020 Members Share Posted April 2, 2020 Nice Nocaster neck on the vintera 50's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 On 7/8/2019 at 9:17 PM, sammyreynolds01 said: Phil. Do you know if the regulations on Rosewood have been relaxed or are they still enforcing them. An update on that, since this thread has recently been bumped... rosewood musical instruments are now exempted, per CITES. https://www.npr.org/2019/08/27/754509680/musical-instruments-to-be-exempt-from-restrictions-on-heavily-trafficked-rosewoohttps://www.gearnews.com/cites-rules-end-for-rosewood-in-musical-instruments-official-end-date-announced/ As I understand it, Indian Rosewood can still be difficult to source internationally, and there are still various regulations on it in different countries, so I suspect many new guitars will continue to use alternate woods - especially at the lower and middle price points. But the good news is, you don't have to have special permits or paperwork to travel with an instrument that contains rosewood... not that anyone's doing much in the way of touring or traveling at the moment, what with the quarantines and remain in place orders due to the coronavirus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 5 hours ago, treedroppings said: Nice Nocaster neck on the vintera 50's I really like the looks of the one in Fiesta Red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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