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Fender is an off brand generic guitar? <br />
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That one never occurred to me.
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Well, when you compare them to EBMMs, aren't most all decent # production guitars off-brand? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Personally, if I see them everywhere, it usually becomes somewhat generic to me. Kind of like "velcro" sneakers in the 80s, or kind of like "nu-metal" is becoming now. While there are great bands out there playing the same style of music, it's oftentimes hard to separate the diamonds from the shards of glass. Yes, Fenders are instruments that have stood the test of time, and great music has been played, and they are popular, but I see so many of the entry level models around that are beat to death and not taken care of that it sickens me - missing knobs, dangling wires, loose plug jacks --- and all it's in for is a set of strings. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> Usually the rest gets done free of charge.<br />
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That being said, we have a VERY nice used Fender Strat for sale on consignment at the other store in the "blonde" finish. I believe it is an anniversary model. This guitar is practically brand new, and plays as good as it looks. The guy just doesnt want it any more. This would be a nice example of the diamond hanging on the wall between "el cheapo" guitars <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></div>