Fender Pawn Shop - Hot or Not?

jonPhillips · Post by **jonPhillips** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:41 am

Specifically the Pawn Shop 72 Strat/Tele hybrid:

Elessar [Sly] · Post by **Elessar [Sly]** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:30 am

I think it'd be better with both humbuckers covered/uncovered. It's pretty cool though. I've seen nicer strat/tele hybrids.

Marc G · Post by **Marc G** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:36 am

not sold on the colour, which is minor really but mostly I'm not a fan of rotation switches to change pickup positions, especially with out a clear visible marker to let you know what position you're in.... but the pickup combination and semi-hollow build could have some nice tones, I'd give it a try for sure if I saw one in a store.

sleewell · Post by **sleewell** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:32 am

Dnw

Quite possibly the ugliest pickguard ever.

100 watt · Post by **100 watt** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:33 pm

I love that pickguard when its on a old p-bass / tele bass, but on a strat it looks like shit.

Needs a big head Strat headstock.

Chris Z · Post by **Chris Z** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:44 pm

Yarbicus · Post by **Yarbicus** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 12:47 pm

I like it but I much prefer this one:

ovid9 · Post by **ovid9** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:09 pm

Shadesofcraig wrote:I am not too crazy about this one, but some of the other Pawn Shop Guitars look pretty cool.

Yeah, some of the Pawn Shop series are cool, this one....eww.

sleewell · Post by **sleewell** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:43 pm

that super sonic looks sweet

twisty · Post by **twisty** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:25 pm

Yarbicus wrote:I like it but I much prefer this one:

That's the 1 I like to. they make the other 1 in other colors to I think.

PurpleTrails · Post by **PurpleTrails** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:31 pm

Fugly, but it has the potential to deliver good sound.

100 watt · Post by **100 watt** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 9:56 am

I like alot of the Pawn Shop series, but just cant make myself like any of the Strats.

Dave Lister · Post by **Dave Lister** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:02 pm

I kind of like it. :idk:

I think it would be better if they offered different pickup options, like s/s/s or 2 P90s, and ditched the F hole.

Noizemaker · Post by **Noizemaker** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:41 pm

Its interesting, not necissarily my cup of tea, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be someone else's....

noisebloom · Post by **noisebloom** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:27 pm

Not a fan of the Pawn Shop line at all.

facefirst · Post by **facefirst** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:08 am

grayn · Post by **grayn** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:06 pm

I had a couple of goes with this model:

The pawn shop offset.

Quite liked it actually. Good neck and I particularly liked the pickups. Not sure about the f-hole. I preferred the look of the black one:

It was the god-awful JM style trem that put me off.

2tallmusic · Post by **2tallmusic** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:11 pm

Did not like the 72. The bridge humbucker did nothing for me and the neck is not my cup of tea.

The Super Sonic looks interesting though.

soundgardener75 · Post by **soundgardener75** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:35 pm

grayn wrote:I had a couple of goes with this model:

The pawn shop offset.

Quite liked it actually. Good neck and I particularly liked the pickups. Not sure about the f-hole. I preferred the look of the black one:

It was the god-awful JM style trem that put me off.

No, it's the control layout that's dumb.

patrickdavid · Post by **patrickdavid** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:21 pm

to me the first guitar just instantly looks like it is trying to do too much, imho

scolfax · Post by **scolfax** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:47 am

I couldn't vote - sits right in the middle for me. I could see why I would have loved it at one point, but it's not doing it for me now.

Guess I could sum it up with the question: Can you have too much flair?

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