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Tig
January 9th, 2010, 08:49 PM
From NAMM

Fender Jim Root Stratocaster
http://www.sweetwater.com/images/items/750/StratJRBLK-large.jpg http://www.sweetwater.com/images/items/750/StratJROWT-large.jpg

Crushing Rock Tones from a Mahogany-bodied Strat!
Built for tones that are so huge they have their own time zones, the Jim Root Stratocaster® has everything you need to be a rock master! The body is mahogany, offering up tones that are decidedly thicker than a traditional Strat®. Couple that tonal girth with the combination of EMG 81 and EMG 60 pickups and you have a stunning display of hard rock power that will rattle the rafters! For effortless trips up and down the neck, the Jim Root Strat® boasts a compound radius neck with either a maple fingerboard (on the Flat White finish) or a rosewood fingerboard (Flat Black finish).

Fender Jim Root Stratocaster Solidbody Electric Guitar Features:

Body: Mahogany
Finish: Black Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck: Maple, Modern "C" Shape
Fingerboard: Ebony
12-16" Compound Radius
Frets: 22, Jumbo
Scale length: 25.50"
Nut Width: 1.65"
Hardware: Black
Tuning Keys: Black FENDER® Deluxe Cast/Sealed Locking Tuning Machines
Bridge: Black 6-Saddle Strings-Through-Body Hardtail Bridge
Pickguard: 3-Ply White
Pickups: Neck: 1 EMG 60. Bridge: 1 EMG 81
Pickup Switching: 3 Way Blade
Controls: Master Volume
Case: Includes Black Tweed Case

oldguy
January 9th, 2010, 09:13 PM
Looks like a fairly stripped down version. Wonder what they'll sell for?

The marketing hype's a bit over the top, IMHO.

"the Jim Root Stratocaster® has everything you need to be a rock master"..... so, no practice needed, right?

"Built for tones that are so huge they have their own time zones"......uh, OK.

I guess after the aborted Gibson Hendrix Strat clone it's only fair for Fender to market a mahogany-bodied twin humbucker 3-way switch equipped guitar w/ a 12-16" compound radius fretboard, though.
Not sure how it'll sell w/o position markers.......some people like 'em.

pes_laul
January 9th, 2010, 09:33 PM
They used to have a jim root model tele which was just the same thing (pickups, pickup configuration, etc) Not sure if they still have it. Not really my thing

marnold
January 9th, 2010, 10:27 PM
Looks like an odd cross between a Strat and a Jackson Soloist.

Tig
January 10th, 2010, 01:05 PM
They used to have a jim root model tele which was just the same thing (pickups, pickup configuration, etc) Not sure if they still have it. Not really my thing

I think they still make the Jim Root Tele with a street price of $1200 US.
Sweetwater has the JR Strat (http://www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=jim+root+stratocaster&go=Search) at $1499.00 US.
Neither give me GAS.

My guess is that Fender is trying to pull in some of the brutal metal kid's business with Jim Root's name and EMG active pickups, since they see Fender and Gibson as old guy/classic rock guitars. ESP, Jackson and Ibanez have taken a good chunk of the young guitar player business.

Fender might do better with a 7-string version of an EMG Strat.

markb
January 10th, 2010, 02:28 PM
What goes around...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Contemporary_Stratocaster_Japan

pes_laul
January 10th, 2010, 04:22 PM
I think they still make the Jim Root Tele with a street price of $1200 US.
Sweetwater has the JR Strat (http://www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=jim+root+stratocaster&go=Search) at $1499.00 US.
Neither give me GAS.

My guess is that Fender is trying to pull in some of the brutal metal kid's business with Jim Root's name and EMG active pickups, since they see Fender and Gibson as old guy/classic rock guitars. ESP, Jackson and Ibanez have taken a good chunk of the young guitar player business.

Fender might do better with a 7-string version of an EMG Strat.
I actually like the looks of the black one. If it had a locking trem and wasn't so pricey I would go for it.

marnold
January 10th, 2010, 05:44 PM
I actually like the looks of the black one. If it had a locking trem and wasn't so pricey I would go for it.
Sounds like a Jackson Dinky might be up your street.

pes_laul
January 10th, 2010, 06:22 PM
Sounds like a Jackson Dinky might be up your street.
Nah after my Ibanez I plan to not by a "shredder" type guitar for a while.