Fender Showmaster Start
jtees4
model, set neck, Duncans. Can anyone tell me what to look for? What
specific models are the "good" ones? I'm assuming made in Korea?
Thanks.
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jtees4
Can I spell STRAT correctly just once?
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Mark Bedingfield
for truck loads of different models. Should be at least as good as a MIM
Strat but with more appointments.
Mark
LULU
Fender produced the Showmaster for a little over a decade and there
are quite a few variations on the re-sale market. Some of the Duncan
equipped S-S-S models have an interesting magnet configuration. There
are Alnico 5 magnets on the bottom 3 strings and Alnico 2 magnets on
the top 3 strings. I've never played one of these. It could be
interesting sonically, although I've seen reviews that stated that the
pickup sounded kind of mid-rangy. I like the master volume/master
tone, two knob setup. I have a couple two knob, MIM Strats and they
are adjustable for many usable tones.
Good Luck,
Lulu : )
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boardjunkie1
jtees4
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Squier
AFAIK the model name "Showmaster" is used by Fender with
rather reckless abandon. But basically it is a Fender Strat
body without the pickguard. Depending on which year and where
it is or was made it could have just about any type of pickup
configuration. HH is/was very common and there have been 2 pickup
models with single neck and humbucker bridge. The SSS you are
looking at is not that common and (AFAIK) the SSS models were
Made in Korea.
Depending on the price of the one you are looking at you
might think about getting just the body/neck (these are
set neck guitars) and wiring up your own set of pickups.
control pots and putting in a bridge assembly. (obviously you won't need
a pickguard). This way you can build it exactly as you want.
http://www.ebay.com:80/itm/2004-Fender-Showmaster-SSS-BODY-NECK-Maple-Top-/360351433087
just an example for you to look at.
The Showmasters are generally well made and have a nice
looking wood cap on them (usually nice grain or flame top)
on top of a basswood body.
The one consistent complaint on them is the typical 'sharp fret ends'
but this can also be taken care of by yourself or any good luthier.
The fret work in general can sometimes be dodgy (high frets or frets
not very well finished/polished) but that also is a minor issue that
can be taken care of by yourself or any good luthier.
Almost all the Showmasters have a good neck angle so they should
set up very nicely (as long as the nut was cut correctly) and you
can expect fairly low and buzz free action from one that has a properly
cut nut and good frets. Again - the neck angle coming off the body
is almost always done very well.
The tuners on the Showmaster (MIK's) are certainly adequate and
AFAIK were 14:1 or 15:1 tuners. So you should be fine there.
The rosewood fretboards were also well done and the dot markers
are pearlescent (instead of plain white).
Anyways - they are generally very nice guitars and are kind of
like Strats with a different character to them. A little more
'stage look' guitar than a regular pickguard equipped Strat.
jtees4
Thanks for the info. I have never been able to bond with a Strat so I
was thinking maybe the set neck, ebony board etc. would get me close
to a Strat I could love. I am going to try to see it today if it
didn't sell last night. The price was only $300 which seemed cheap
from the others I have seen for sale.
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boardjunkie1
> On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 14:51:27 -0700 (PDT), boardjunkie1
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> <boardjunk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Sep 8, 11:39 am, LULU <lulupakal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> On Sep 8, 5:20 am, jtees4 <jte...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >> > Looking at one later today if all goes according to plan. It is an sss
> >> > model, set neck, Duncans. Can anyone tell me what to look for? What
> >> > specific models are the "good" ones? I'm assuming made in Korea?
> >> > Thanks.
> >> > ********http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=789610
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> >> Fender produced the Showmaster for a little over a decade and there
> >> are quite a few variations on the re-sale market. Some of the Duncan
> >> equipped S-S-S models have an interesting magnet configuration. There
> >> are Alnico 5 magnets on the bottom 3 strings and Alnico 2 magnets on
> >> the top 3 strings. I've never played one of these. It could be
> >> interesting sonically, although I've seen reviews that stated that the
> >> pickup sounded kind of mid-rangy. I like the master volume/master
> >> tone, two knob setup. I have a couple two knob, MIM Strats and they
> >> are adjustable for many usable tones.
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> >> Good Luck,
> >> Lulu : )
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> Are you saying those are the same pickups that are in the Showmaster?
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the_cat
> On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:19:38 -0400, Squier <squ...@strats.net> wrote:
> >> jtees4 <jte...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >> Looking at one later today if all goes according to plan. It is an sss
> >> model, set neck, Duncans. Can anyone tell me what to look for? What
> >> specific models are the "good" ones? I'm assuming made in Korea?
> >> Thanks.
> >> ********
> >>http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=789610
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> >AFAIK the model name "Showmaster" is used by Fender with
> >rather reckless abandon. But basically it is a Fender Strat
> >body without the pickguard. Depending on which year and where
> >it is or was made it could have just about any type of pickup
> >configuration. HH is/was very common and there have been 2 pickup
> >models with single neck and humbucker bridge. The SSS you are
> >looking at is not that common and (AFAIK) the SSS models were
> >Made in Korea.
>
> >Depending on the price of the one you are looking at you
> >might think about getting just the body/neck (these are
> >set neck guitars) and wiring up your own set of pickups.
> >control pots and putting in a bridge assembly. (obviously you won't need
> >a pickguard). This way you can build it exactly as you want.
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I have a Korean FMT (flame Maple Top) HH (2 duncan humbuckers with
sigle coil push pull on tone knob) Fender Custom Shop Tele. It has
been mistaken as a Showmaster. The workmanship and playabilty is
superb , cots me $400 used - I'd say it's nicer than my LesPaul Deluxe
Studio and MIA 50th aniv. Maple neck Strat.
2c Ed
LenBum
This isn't mine but it is exactly the same. 2 Duncan humbuckers, the bridge
being a Pearly Gates. It isn't the first guitar I pick up but I play around
with it. The fact is I can't seem to get used to the 24 fret neck and the
different position they are in compared to my strats and teles.
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h184/jhall_03/548a88a8.jpg
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