Fender Limited Edition Suona Series

LionAquaLooper · September 2023

What does everyone think? Shame about the price though

https://www.fender.com/en-GB/electric-series/suona-collection/?sf182212843=1

Strat54 · September 2023

Sorry, they look dreadful to my eyes. Kind of thing the Custom Shop churned out in the 90's. Sunburst headstocks have no place in this decade....

CavemanGrogg · September 2023

The painted headstocks ruin them for me, which is a strange one from me considering the only NGD thread I have done, was of a Fender with a painted headstock, which still to this date I hate and has not grown on me in any way. Price wise, I actually think they're not bad for the money, would I buy one, no, they're not the type of guitar I like spec wise, I could overlook the painted headstock if the specs where right for me, but they're not and they're quite a long way off from what I want in a Fender Strat.

mrkb · September 2023

Strat54 said:

Sorry, they look dreadful to my eyes. Kind of thing the Custom Shop churned out in the 90's. Sunburst guitars have no place in this decade....

FTFY

Offset · September 2023

They're really horrible. And the only Fender that suits the Thinline format is the Tele.

That sunburst - especially with the matching headstock - reminds me of something crap you'd buy in Woolies in the 1970s.

Whitecat · September 2023

I like the Tele but the other two just look bad…

theatreanchor · September 2023

Don’t hate em. Would play em.

Dumodal · September 2023

I always love to see a Thinline Strat, they are beautiful, the violin burst its ok but that headstock paint looks cheap if they did something different like an ebony veneer in the headstock would be better at least for me.

CavemanGrogg · September 2023

Dumodal said:

I always love to see a Thinline Strat, they are beautiful, the violin burst its ok but that headstock paint looks cheap if they did something different like an ebony veneer in the headstock would be better at least for me.

That's what I find strange about Fender, they put things like painted headstocks on their upper priced models, and yet it really really cheapens the look of them

theatreanchor · September 2023

CavemanGrogg said:

Dumodal said:

I always love to see a Thinline Strat, they are beautiful, the violin burst its ok but that headstock paint looks cheap if they did something different like an ebony veneer in the headstock would be better at least for me.

That's what I find strange about Fender, they put things like painted headstocks on their upper priced models, and yet it really really cheapens the look of them

Bloody hell. I actually agree with someone on here.

hollywoodrox · September 2023

Offset said:

They're really horrible. And the only Fender that suits the Thinline format is the Tele.

That sunburst - especially with the matching headstock - reminds me of something crap you'd buy in Woolies in the 1970s.

That’s what I was thinking

GuyR · September 2023

Jazz Bass thinline is wrong.

Penn · September 2023

hollywoodrox said:

Offset said:

They're really horrible. And the only Fender that suits the Thinline format is the Tele.

That sunburst - especially with the matching headstock - reminds me of something crap you'd buy in Woolies in the 1970s.

That’s what I was thinking

Worse than Woolies. They make the stuff Woolworths did look good. Even a Jedson isn’t as bad at that.

CavemanGrogg · September 2023

theatreanchor said:

CavemanGrogg said:

Dumodal said:

I always love to see a Thinline Strat, they are beautiful, the violin burst its ok but that headstock paint looks cheap if they did something different like an ebony veneer in the headstock would be better at least for me.

That's what I find strange about Fender, they put things like painted headstocks on their upper priced models, and yet it really really cheapens the look of them

Bloody hell. I actually agree with someone on here.

If you promise not to tell anybody, I'll promise I won't either, and we can both agree to never talk about, mention, or acknowledge that if ever happened.

Jeremiah · September 2023

I normally like f-holes but they don't look right on the Strat or Jazz Bass - I think it's because the gap between the pickguard and the edge of the body is so small, so it gives them a cluttered look.

Offset · September 2023

Penn said:

hollywoodrox said:

Offset said:

They're really horrible. And the only Fender that suits the Thinline format is the Tele.

That sunburst - especially with the matching headstock - reminds me of something crap you'd buy in Woolies in the 1970s.

That’s what I was thinking

Worse than Woolies. They make the stuff Woolworths did look good. Even a Jedson isn’t as bad at that.

Me and my Jedson circa 1975 :-)

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CavemanGrogg · October 2023

Gear4Music is currently advertising these for under £2500 brand new delivered to your door

pjf · October 2023

I’ve seen worse. I like the lack of fretboard dots.

Philly_Q · October 2023

No objection to the matching headstocks, but otherwise meh. And what's Suona? It sounds like a town in Finland.

The guy who presents the video seems as bored as I am.

Funkfingers · October 2023

F-hole Stratocasters and Jazz Basses are the dream instruments of a small minority of players. IMO, these should remain the preserve of parts suppliers such as Warmoth.

Possibly, the best-known F-hole Stratocaster was a Fender Custom Shop silver sparkle HSS thing masterbuilt for Dweezil Zappa. At least, he had the (deliberately) bad taste to have the painted headstock upside down.

For me, sunburst headstocks evoke the MIJ Precision Bass Lyte - hardly the instrument's finest hour - or the cheesy acoustic models of the late Sixties.

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