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[Al(ex)]

Fender just announced a new Pawn Shop Series guitar called the Offset Special. What are your opinions on the new guitar?

Pawn Shop Series

[Wiseman88]

It's a great demo vid since it reminds you of a Bass and they highlight that it's meant to be a bass sounding one.

[Wiseman88]

like all great guitars its way out of my price range :/

[spirograph]

i like it a lot. but, like wiseman, cant afford it. but i cant afford more than one pair of footwear at a time, so all guitars are out of my price range, including one of my own, which needs a new nut.
the new jaguarillo is pretty cool too, but its a terrible name. really terrible actually. still, at least fender bother to name their guitars, unlike some companies who use a string of numbers n letters to identify a guitar.

[Doug]

The Offset Special looks too Strat-like for me...long horns on any guitar put me off. Now that Jaguarillo I like a lot.
But the name?

What were they thinkin...this might be a hospitable nod to the Hispanic market?

Sounds like Jaguar Dildo. Or Jag Armadillo. At least they don't have Jaguarillo on the headstock...

Cheers,

[Doug]

And just saw this: http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshop/models.php?prodNo=0143502

Includes a strategic "challenge your fingers stretch" feature that makes it more difficult to play frets up near the body. Of course this is really a wink to advanced experts who like to use a hand-over-the-top-of-the-neck technique to wow an audience.

Actually, Fender could have charged more for this option.

[paltic]

it's the year of the offsets )

[brandonwinmill]

I like it. It looks like a mix between my sheraton II and a strat. I have those already so i'm not sure why i would get this but i do like it. I saw they have a hollow jaguar and i may look into that one though. I don't know. I really don't need another.