Nope, it’s still pretty monstrous, even with context.
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Hihi yeah, it’s most likely build for entertainment and shock factor. This guitar had a lot of online publicity and I bet people want to see him actually play that monster in his shows. Clever marketing 
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It’s got an integrated bass in it. I approve!
No strap! I wonder if it has some kind of waist mounting system.
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I doubt it. I think it would have to sit on a stand. That monster gotta weight at least a couple of ounces more than my twelve pound Steve Harris, lol.
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Got the Laser 128 mail order from some computer magazine - was a step up from the Com 64 as far as software available - but fairly quickly sidelined in favor of Amiga 500 - with it’s decent GUI and (for the time) far superior graphics and sound.
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So… I saw this, and I wasn’t quite sure if it should go here or in the “Bass Porn” thread. The questions swirling in my head (which will be detailed after the pic) determined where it went.
My first question was “Why…?”
My second question was “But does it djent?”
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it’s got a lot of everything…
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It makes me dizzy just looking at it…
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It makes me hurt in ways I didn’t know were possible.
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Overall it’s interesting but it is hard to express how much I dislike those inlays on that fretboard color.
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I didn’t even notice it had inlays, the rest of the ugly distracted me, then when you mentioned went ‘eww’
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Second time today:
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Hey Wombat, what’s brand new 2022 Fender doing in the ugly thread?
You gotta unbolt the friggin neck to adjust the truss. It’s a vintage “butt adjust truss rod nut”. For $2200. Good grief
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Fender really needs to stop doing this. Vintage isn’t always good. No one wants things like “vintage health care” or “vintage electrical wiring”. I get that they want to remain authentic to the originals but shunning “modern” advances (that have been commonplace for 60+ years!) where they fix actual design flaws is just dumb.
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And yet they gonna sell a ton. Guess there is a market for awkward gear 
I was thinking about this comment as I stared across my headstocks all in a row.
The single most poorly designed tuning machine pattern is really the Fender 4-in-a-row.
The break angles are all over the place, the A string is prone to buzzing issues, etc.
Yet, it endures.
And endures without ‘correction’.
They don’t put string retainers on the A or across all the strings, cause they didn’t do that in the past.
It is fine (to me) if they want to make reissue instruments, but for the general mass produced stuff, improve and innovate and keep the spirit of the design but make it better dammit.
To your point @howard - no one is looking for a new Ford to have old car part features, they evolve (they may still suck, IMO, but at least they evolve, lol).
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My FGN has buzz on the A; which is Fender adjacent. That doesn’t bother me much as it’s easily addressed with a fret wrap. Some of these vintage things add character.
But there’s quality of life things too. The average player won’t be able to loosen the neck to adjust. This is past being a quirk and into a barrier.
I had a 50 Willys Jeep, like in the army, very quirky. The windshield wipers worked off a vacuum hose, if you went up a steep hill they slowed down. No problem, there was a handle on the inside you can move back and forth to keep them going. That’s a quirk. It was a 6 volt system, not enough juice for amenities like windshield wiper motors.
The transmission had no synchros, so you had to shift at the proper time, proper speed, RPM, and have a good idea what the head or tail wind was. If you didn’t judge right, you came to a stop and had to start over in first.
By the time I sold it I was really good at driving a standard. But it was a painful curve to get there.
We won’t even talk about the drivers seat being bolted to the gas tank
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Yeah, but did you have to loosen the Jeep’s neck to adjust its truss rod? 
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