Sunday, April 17, 2011

Fender Blacktop Series $450 @ Music Zone !!!!!!

In today's uncertain economic times, it's difficult to find any type of solid deal, with plenty of bang for your buck.
That's why I can't even stop talking about the new Blacktop Series from Fender. These guitars have incredible quality for an amazingly low price. ( Yes, I know, I sound like an infomercial, but I'm speaking the truth here)
Popular features that were once only available on more expensive instruments or the type of details you'd have to get from the Fender Custom Shop are embedded on each of these guitars available from the Blacktop Series.
The Blacktop Tele on the left is just gorgeous, and I have been waiting for the day that I could afford an instrument like this one.
All models feature High-Gain Humbucking Pickups.
The Telecaster sports a pair of Hot Vintage Alnico Pickups with nickel covers, and a 3-position blade for switching pickups.
Master Volume & Master Tone pots to keep things simple is a proven formula that works on Telecasters and one reason why I  
love them so much. Topping those volume/tone controls off with classic style skirted amp knobs reminiscent of early Fender tube amps, is just a nice touch to add the overall vibe of these guitars.

Look at this Stratocaster...If I could, I'd just frame this one and hang it in my studio.
Robin-Egg Blue with a 3-ply Mint/Black/Mint coloredpickguard and those amp knobs I previously mentioned, just screams awesome and classy at the same time.
Same pickups in the above Telecaster are also featured on this Stratocater, but with some clever tricks up it's sleeve for the 5-Position pickup selection switch.
Position 1, is the full double humbucking bridge pickup. Position 2, is the same pickup reduced to a single coil pickup.
Position 3, gets you in a sweet vintage tone spot with both full humbucking pickups. Postion 4, gets you back to a nice comfortable and soothing sound of a regular Stratocaster single coil pickup in the neck position (a' la Hendrix Red House/Wind Cries Mary) and then you guessed it, Position 5 puts you in even more buttery-toned goodness with the Double Humbucker in full double humbucking mode.

All of the Blacktop Series Fender guitars are made in Mexico, but that doesn't make them any less worthy of owning one, as I mentioned before (Mexican Fenders ) so I'll refrain from trying to convince of the build quality, skills and pride that the Mexican Luthiers take in building these beautiful instruments.
These are FENDER guitars, not the budget line (yet still bitchin') Fender Squier guitars...and as I had anticipated before Fender was going to do something big by recognizing the skill from the Mexico factory, so now they've earned the right to bear the name FENDER proudly and are setting the low-price field on fire with this series.
Music Zone right here in our hometown has the Blacktop Tele and Strat in stock for the same exact price all the online music retailers are offering it for, and that's not always easy for a family business to accomplish, so please go there and check one of these out in person and support our local economy.
Readers of this blog also get an additional 10% off of all musical accessories just by mentioning the blog, and the first reader that buys a Blacktop Series Fender from Music Zone, will receive a Fender Blue Pinup Girl Belt Buckle from me.
This one was popular years ago, and are hard to find now, they were $29.99 back in the day, but Fender sent me one to help promote the blog and to promote sales at independent music retailers.

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