Do the Fender Pawn Shop Guitars Strike a Chord with Guitarists?
As legendary guitar maker Fender Fender continues the process of filling in the perceived gaps in its guitar product line-up, does the new Pawn Shop Series have anything to offer that we do not already have?
The apparent reasoning that led to the creation of the Pawn Shop series of guitars is that, during the 1960s and 1970s, it was common practice for guitarists to modify (or hack) their instruments in search of better tone, a more comfortable neck or just to make it look different. Fender says that they wanted to capture this ethos with a range that, on the one hand, combines bits of classic guitars and, on the other hand, introduces elements that were never available on the original guitar models.
Intrinsically, they are mashed-up guitars that you will either love or hate. After all, who would have expected to see a factory-made Fender Strat with 2 pickups (one a humbucker), a Telecaster neck and an F-hole body! We strongly suggest that you try these guitars before you consider buying, as they are certainly non-standard.
However, on the plus side, it seems a serious attempt to provide classic Fender attributes to contemporary guitarists who often find that their needs fall beyond the usual Fender offers, especially with regards to tonality.
A good example is the is the Blonde 51 Stratocaster that, aside from its Tele neck, sports a Texas Special neck pickup and Fender Enforcer bridge pickup. This is a pretty powerful combination (literally) and should be capable of producing the kind of aggressive tones that often leave sweeter-sounding Fender guitars behind.
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