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Perfect guitar for a working musician who isn't a gear nerd I guess?
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I agree with you, it looks and sounds like the worst of both worlds. Don’t know how they’ve sold. Worst thing for me is that they have bugger all actual acoustic capability and all the tone comes from the digital modelling stuff. I had assumed it was like a mini acoustic that you could also plug in and get electric tones with.
Maybe if you need to do both acoustic and electric parts live and don’t want to take two guitars into the shower.
Edit: I shouldn’t be such a retrogrouch, fair play to Fender for trying something new. It probably just needs one successful artist using one and they’ll take off.
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The blue one looks well nice to me. Perfect front room guitar, quieter than a proper acoustic for just pulling off the wall and playing something, can plug it in if nodding around with some fx... Fancy pants ideas guitar.
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I've come around to them as well, and see them a bit like multi-FX units. As much as the tart in me likes having the separate 'proper' pedals, when I actually plug one in and am playing around, it's hard to argue with the convenience/fun of having everything there. They look like they'd be great fun with the looper pedal.
Also, I used to be really against the idea of the thin electric-like acoustics until I lived with someone who kept theirs in the lounge for a bit. Pretty much as comfy and easy to play as an electric when you're crap like me, sound was a bit boxy, but definitely 'an acoustic guitar', and not always a bad thing that it's not as loud.
I'm not buying one, but I could definitely see the appeal of it - especially if you haven't got space to store a few guitars and mostly play through headphones/unplugged anyway.
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I see that fender is persevering with the acoustasonic. Now releasing a jazz master based offset model:
I'm still struggling to understand the point of these. Although I may be coming round as I no longer view them as a total abomination.
All of the reviews I've seen for them say they're ok if you can't decide between an acoustic and an electric. However from what I can see, given the price you could happily buy a decent mid range acoustic and electric for the same dorrah added to that they are very difficult for anyone other than a fender approved tech to adjust. Has anyone played one? Am I missing something?