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Location: Kentucky | Anyone played one of the (new?) Fender Acoustasonic Stratocasters?
Just got the latest musiciansfriend catalog and apparently its "Graphite top delivers big acoustic tone from a little electric body". Only bringing it up because I nearly had my brother talked into an american elite. Being a Fender man, he'll surely be sucked in. Also, didn't MF claim the Eilte T was made out of space age polymers or something ridiculous. Is it really graphite?
Personally, I think my Elite T would kick the crap out of it in a fight and sound better while doing it. |
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Location: Tennessee | Solid spruce top on a fiberglass body. No graphite anywhere. Leave it to the MF'ers to get it wrong once again. Their sound leaves a lot to be desired ... even a low-end Celebrity has much better sound. Get your bro down to a Guitar Center and have him play them head-to-head with the Ovations ... no contest and your Elite will not have to be kicking and a' gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer. |
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Dvonb, I am not sure if you are refering to the Fender Stratacoustic guitar. It has been available for quite awhile now. And it sounds like CRAP! I am not sure what the material is that the back is made of, but it is one terrible sounding guitar....Paul Hebert |
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Location: Scotland | This is a new model introduced at NAMM & is described in the catalog as having a carbon fibre top. The Statacoustic is stil available but is a different guitar altogether, though it is, as you said, crap. |
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Location: Radford VA | Yeah, one of my friends purchased a Teleacoustic (which is basically the same thing, except for body shape and head stock, same material and depth) about 4 months ago... it was gone in a week. He picked up a Celeb the day after he sold it and was much more pleased with his purchase the second go round.
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Yes, I spoke to soon. I just got my Musicians Friend catalog and see the new Fender Stratacoustic. It sure looks neat. If anyone tries one out, let us know what you think...Paul Hebert |
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Location: Western PA | New Acoustisonic Strat
This might help. This Acoustisonic is different from previous versions. |
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Location: Western PA | The link doesn't work, sorry.
Goto the Fender Web Site
Look under NAMM 2003
The Acoustisonic is listed in Electric Guitars pretty far down the page. It looks interesting. |
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Location: Radford VA | Ah, I see I stand corrected as well. This NEW Acoustisonic Strat does look rather interesting... I was just refering to the P.O.S. verisons of the acoustic strats and teles. I've never hear or seen one of these. I thumbed through my musicians friend and found it as well.
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Location: Tennessee | My bad, too. Assumed facts not in evidence -- as the lawyers would say. Apologies and a retraction to the folks at MF. It'll be interesting to see what the Acoustasonic sounds like. It looks like graphite tops are becoming all the rage and poses an interesting dilemma for Ovation ... do they stay at the top end and assume the position of expensive elder statesman or will they put the adamas-style top into mass production in Korea and try to capture the "affordable" market ... |
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Location: Virginia | If it's anything like the stratacoustic, it's a real dog. Haven't played one, but I did try the stratacoustic. I told the salesman that everyone made fun of Ovation for the composite back, now it seems everyone and their mother-in-law is making one. I just got a blank stare. The stratacoustic is riding on the reputation of the stratocaster......nothing more.
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