Ep. 131 - It's Such A Good Idea, It's Stupid

Ep. 131 - It's Such A Good Idea, It's Stupid We're on Anchor.fm! Download the app and leave us a voicemail!   Ernie Ball VP JR Tuner (stab: SD Warp Drive) Tuner built right into your volume pedal!  When heel down, tuner engages, but can be set to always on Has a touch screen to change tuning options 1-10 readout for volume level  Input, output, tuner in, tuner thru?  9-18v, standard vp jr size and assembly. New stronger cord inside.  Comes in black, white, red, and gold! (red is the best)  -----  Fender Alternate Reality & Rarities lines (Stab: Wampler Faux Tape Echo) Alternate Reality line is MIM  TENOR TELECASTER - $500 It has four strings, tuned (probably) to CGDA  22.75” scale, maple neck and fretboard, 21 frets, 9.5 radius Electric XII - $1000 Same body and headstock as the original 1965 version Redesigned split coil pickups, 3 way selector  Powercaster - $900  Jazzmaster-type body, looks a little more squat than a JM  Bridge HB, Neck P90 Tuneomatic and stoptail bridge HH Meteora $1000 Meteora came out a while ago and had telecaster guts, this is what the guitar should have been  String thru body, tuneomatic bridge  Coil taps, and a second push/pull to swap the volume controls so you can do volume swells on either pickup more easily. Confusing?  Sixty-Six - $900 Jazz bass guitar  HSS configuration, vol/tone plate from a jazz bass, 5-way selector  Kind of an offset strat  Rarities line is more boutique, higher end stuff.  ------ Pedal Genie!  Empress Nebulus $300  Alexander Wavelength $200  ----- Gibson is back! (stab: MH Colossus Fuzz) Streamlined, super simplified lineup  No more richlite! Back to real woods One confusing thing is the “alternate finishes” models, I don’t get why they didn’t just make all the colors under the single model.  Les Pauls SGs Designer  (anyone know why they are called that?)  ES   Custom Shop Prices are still a little high, but I think they’re on the right track.  Interviews with new CEO sound very promising