Fender Vintera II Leaked… inc Rosewood

Dave_Mc · September 2023

UnclePsychosis said:

These appear to be, erm, appearing online now.

There's a few on Reverb from various international sellers. Cheaper than I was expecting, some seem to be sub £1000.

I wondered if they might be coming out soon- some decent reductions on existing Vinteras. Hopefully if these new ones are vaguely reasonably-priced it may lead to even better reductions on existing Vinteras, lol.

EDIT: Ah I forgot about the VAT thing, nice spot @RobG3294 ;; If the prices are too high it might even push the prices of the older ones up!

chrisj1602 · September 2023

I guess we just need to wait and see what street prices will end up. If you shop around you can now pick up some of the American Vintage II models new for £1,699.

barnstorm · September 2023

Was looking for something else and just noticed Merchant City / guitar.co.uk has some stock already.

£1049 50s Tele and Strat

£1099 60s P Bass

£1149 50s Jazzmaster

Jazzmaster is nice – have always liked the look of hearing-aid and gold, although I'm not keen on the feel of an aluminium guard.

Image: https://www.guitar.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/800x400/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/e/fender_vintera_ii_50s_jazzmaster_desert_sand_front.jpeg

willo · September 2023

So what's the difference between the Vintera I and II? New colours and rosewood? Any other meaningful differences?

Whitecat · September 2023

willo said:

So what's the difference between the Vintera I and II? New colours and rosewood? Any other meaningful differences?

Some new models too like the Bass VI and the Mustang bass…

willo · September 2023

Ah cool thanks @Whitecat ;

stickyfiddle · September 2023

willo said:

So what's the difference between the Vintera I and II? New colours and rosewood? Any other meaningful differences?

Well it's one louder, isn't it?

dindude · September 2023

I wonder when Fender are planning on actually announcing these. Good to see Rosewood back. I’ve had a Roadworn Strat and Tele in the last few years but the build wasn’t quite there for me. The pickups were pretty good though.

I just picked up an Ash bodied Classic Series Lacquer for around half of the new prices, it’s a lovely guitar.

https://i.imgur.com/Ra5VTDg.jpg

Gerz6558 · September 2023

Today could be the day. First video is up:

Creed_Clicks · September 2023

Good old Don Carr. One of the good uns online.

chrisj1602 · September 2023

I am tempted by the Nocaster, I know it’s just a Tele really but nice to see a more affordable Nocaster. Wouldn’t mind a Desert Sand Jazzmaster too…

chrisj1602 · September 2023

dindude said:

I wonder when Fender are planning on actually announcing these. Good to see Rosewood back. I’ve had a Roadworn Strat and Tele in the last few years but the build wasn’t quite there for me. The pickups were pretty good though.

I just picked up an Ash bodied Classic Series Lacquer for around half of the new prices, it’s a lovely guitar.

https://i.imgur.com/Ra5VTDg.jpg

That’s really nice. My main guitar at the moment is a Classic 60s Tele, it’s a great guitar and it was a bargain.

dindude · September 2023

chrisj1602 said:

I am tempted by the Nocaster, I know it’s just a Tele really but nice to see a more affordable Nocaster. Wouldn’t mind a Desert Sand Jazzmaster too…

Without an Ash body it’s a nope-caster for me.

chrisj1602 · September 2023

dindude said:

chrisj1602 said:

I am tempted by the Nocaster, I know it’s just a Tele really but nice to see a more affordable Nocaster. Wouldn’t mind a Desert Sand Jazzmaster too…

Without an Ash body it’s a nope-caster for me.

I didn’t consider that… forgot about the ash situation. Would still give it a go.

idiotwindow · September 2023

chrisj1602 said:

I am tempted by the Nocaster, I know it’s just a Tele really but nice to see a more affordable Nocaster.

In what way is it more of a Nocaster than the previous 50s Vintera Tele?

chrisj1602 · September 2023

idiotwindow said:

chrisj1602 said:

I am tempted by the Nocaster, I know it’s just a Tele really but nice to see a more affordable Nocaster.

In what way is it more of a Nocaster than the previous 50s Vintera Tele?

It doesn’t say Telecaster on it of course, and the colour, vintage radius and frets. The 50s Vinteras were blue and red. They did a 50s Modified black guard but it had Baja specs.

StefB · September 2023

The floodgates are about to open, I've just had an announcement e-mail from Peach, the first of many to hit my inbox today...

chrisj1602 · September 2023

StefB said:

The floodgates are about to open, I've just had an announcement e-mail from Peach, the first of many to hit my inbox today...

Yeah, Andertons video now up…

Musicman20 · September 2023

Love how 'rosewood' is now a premium spec. Oh marketing!

idiotwindow · September 2023

chrisj1602 said:

idiotwindow said:

chrisj1602 said:

I am tempted by the Nocaster, I know it’s just a Tele really but nice to see a more affordable Nocaster.

In what way is it more of a Nocaster than the previous 50s Vintera Tele?

It doesn’t say Telecaster on it of course, and the colour, vintage radius and frets. The 50s Vinteras were blue and red.

Other than that, they are exactly the same.

Perhaps I'm mixing it up with the previous generation but I thought Fender already did a fairly bog standard Mexican 50s Tele with a U shaped, vintage radius neck, etc.

RobG3294 · September 2023

https://www.peachguitars.com/fender-vintera-ii-60s-stratocaster-rosewood-lake-placid-blue.htm?opt=43988

The String Alignment on that... Lovely. MIM quality is as good as ever (sarcasm).

stickyfiddle · September 2023

Musicman20 said:

Love how 'rosewood' is now a premium spec. Oh marketing!

It's the "New Coke" of guitars...

Gerz6558 · September 2023

Typical Andertons video. Never ceases to amaze me how clueless they are when it comes to the offsets.

They literally recycle the same old crap every time they demo one. I can only imagine these days how many they sell, and you'd presume they would take 10 mins out of their day to finally do some homework before they have to waffle on about them the next time.

Musicman20 · September 2023

RobG3294 said:

https://www.peachguitars.com/fender-vintera-ii-60s-stratocaster-rosewood-lake-placid-blue.htm?opt=43988

The String Alignment on that... Lovely. MIM quality is as good as ever (sarcasm).

That E is hanging off the board!

GavRichList · September 2023

I just saw that Peach one too before seeing this and thought exactly the same.

See the weights are still up too..... that said, at least the rosewood looks quite nice. Prettier than the AVii stock which is really orange.

euan · September 2023

Musicman20 said:

RobG3294 said:

https://www.peachguitars.com/fender-vintera-ii-60s-stratocaster-rosewood-lake-placid-blue.htm?opt=43988

The String Alignment on that... Lovely. MIM quality is as good as ever (sarcasm).

That E is hanging off the board!

I love how it looks like the e isn’t even remotely above the bridge pole piece

Whitecat · September 2023

GavRichList said:

I just saw that Peach one too before seeing this and thought exactly the same.

See the weights are still up too..... that said, at least the rosewood looks quite nice. Prettier than the AVii stock which is really orange.

Yet the offsets are looking pretty good in the weight dept. Peach’s black Jag is 8 lbs 3 oz - they got a Custom Shop Jag in a week or two ago that’s 8 lb 12…

Their JMs are 8 3 and 8 5 I think, perfectly ok range for those in my book.

GavRichList · September 2023

Whitecat said:

GavRichList said:

I just saw that Peach one too before seeing this and thought exactly the same.

See the weights are still up too..... that said, at least the rosewood looks quite nice. Prettier than the AVii stock which is really orange.

Yet the offsets are looking pretty good in the weight dept. Peach’s black Jag is 8 lbs 3 oz - they got a Custom Shop Jag in a week or two ago that’s 8 lb 12…

Their JMs are 8 3 and 8 5 I think, perfectly ok range for those in my book.

Jags are always heavy to be fair, and always have been. I suppose im a bit spoilt by the AV Jazzmasters of old, which were routinely under 8lbs, and often pretty significantly so. Seeing 8.5lb strats blows my mind though.

chrisj1602 · September 2023

Musicman20 said:

RobG3294 said:

https://www.peachguitars.com/fender-vintera-ii-60s-stratocaster-rosewood-lake-placid-blue.htm?opt=43988

The String Alignment on that... Lovely. MIM quality is as good as ever (sarcasm).

That E is hanging off the board!

I’ve seen the same on American Vintage II, it’s not just a MIM thing. It’s usually a quick fix.

lewisanderson · September 2023

With the exception of the decal, the Nocaster sunburst is exactly the same as the Vintera 1 Tele version.

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