Pre Fender? How to tell???

[joshcrawford]

Excuse my ignorance.. just wondering if someone could give me the quick and nasty on determining if something is "pre-fender".

Thanks!

[OnlineStageGear]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

Anything made before Oct 25th 2002. I don't have the exact serial #'s of the last ones under AMIC.

Matt

[Black Mariah]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

There is no way to really tell. Why would you want to anyway? Are you only counting those that were made COMPLETELY under Fenders ownership? The ones that were under construction? The guitars are made in the same places by the same people, using the same machines and the same tools in the same way. Same quality, same value (except to IDIOT collectors).

[xenophobe]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

Or are you talking about paid orders that made it into the production list, but hadn't actually started production until the transfer?

It's neither here nor there. Quality, build and components won't be any different.

Maybe in 20 years it may matter, but I don't think so. If quality actually goes up, AMIC Jacksons might look like AMF harleys. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

Agreed. This "Pre-Fender" hysteria is snowballing into stupidity. Since Fender has not expressed an interest in replacing the skilled craftsmen at the Ontario shop with robots, I fail to see where "Pre-Fender" is supposed to matter.
The bottom line: whoever filled your head with "Pre-Fender" mania needs to be kicked in the face with an iron boot.

Newc

[toejam]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

What about the pre-AMIC guitars?!? Surely they must be better! [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[eet_fuk_81]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

maybe he's just curious?! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/idea2.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[AlexL]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

Originally posted by xenophobe:
Maybe in 20 years it may matter, but I don't think so. If quality actually goes up, AMIC Jacksons might look like AMF harleys.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">My sentiments exactly.


- E.

[sully]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

Originally posted by Newc:
Since Fender has not expressed an interest in replacing the skilled craftsmen at the Ontario shop with robots, I fail to see where "Pre-Fender" is supposed to matter.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">::sigh:: ...okay guys, i gotta come clean, here.
i talked to McD, who told me that fender had finally succeeded in implanting the brains of mike shannon, mike eldred, and tim wilson into the CNC machines. it was a long, arduous process, but it's been done. once the procedure was complete, the CNC machines turned on the plant employees; impaling them all with pointy headstocks and slashing the throats of the innocent workers with sharkfin inlays. the only human that was allowed to live was celeste the receptionist; the bloodthirsty machines let her live so they'd have someone to answer the phones.

the machines, once victorious, quickly went to work on adding single coil lace sensor pickups, 3-ply plastic pickguards, straight pull headstocks, and "jackson by squire" logos to the entire line. it's now painfully easy to tell the difference between pre and post-fender guitars.

...why do you think g&l guitars happened? it's because leo called in sick the day it happened at the corona factory back in the day.

get over yourself.

sully

[ September 07, 2003, 05:43 PM: Message edited by: jsullysix ]

[RacerX]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

NOTICE: The author of the above post has again forgotten to insert smilies to indicate the humorous and or facetious nature! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/fart.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

[LesPaulCustom]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

Man....dammit....this changes everything [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]

I thought Sully was a being serious [img]graemlins/evilimages/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

Now I'll have to find the truth for myself [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[Newc]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

Well, the Truth is out there, but Trust No One [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Newc

[sully]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

Originally posted by RacerX:
NOTICE: The author of the above post has again forgotten to insert smilies to indicate the humorous and or facetious nature! [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/fart.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">....or did i? [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[toejam]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

You're a funny guy, Sully! That's why I'm going to kill you last.

Remeber when I said I'd kill you last? I lied!!! [img]graemlins/evilimages/icons/tongue.gif[/img] I was watching Commando on tv tonight and just had to use that line! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[ September 08, 2003, 12:14 AM: Message edited by: toejam ]

[StukaJU87]

Re: Pre Fender? How to tell???

Newc:

Well, the Truth is out there, but Trust No One

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I want to believe. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]