Comments on: Fender Introduces Stevie Ray Vaughan “Lenny” Tribute Stratocaster

By: Tyrod69

Tyrod69 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:43:53 +0000

Yeah guys, let us rip on Fender and Guitar Center for making money. While giving a wider audience a chance to own or even hold a piece of a guitar legend’s gear. Look at those replicas of the 1963 AC Shelby Cobra. Wonder why anyone would pay $150,000.00 for one of those crappy little replica wonders of car racing. Try not to take yourselves too seriously. I can’t play well enough to play in front of my friends, I still want a “Lenny”, I love the song with all my heart, isn’t that enough for me to qualify to have a tribute to the man, the woman, the guitar and the song?

By: Rob Marfleet

Rob Marfleet — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:45:17 +0000

I totally agree with the comments vis-a-vis pre-distressing guitars to make them look somewhat like one played by someone famous and then charging an arm and a leg for them. How sad and honestly somewhat pathetic from world class guitar makers. Everytime I dent or chip my 30yr old Ibanez Artist it hurts. Fortunately I don’t play well enough for some marketing genius to reissue a series of perfectly good guitars and then beat the hell out of them to make them “relics” like the one I play.

By: Mad Stratter

Mad Stratter — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:41:02 +0000

IG>> Like taking your buddy’s girl out on a date? The way I’d play that thing if I had the chance would definately bring to mind dirtier analogies…

but like you said, never in public. There might be children around.

By: A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan’s ‘Lenny’ Guitar : Guitar Lifestyle

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:42:32 +0000

[...] been fairly well reported that Fender is going to be issuing a tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan’s guitar named Lenny, but [...]

By: Dave C.

Dave C. — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:00:22 +0000

Weeeeeeeak. Just shameless. No doubt they’ll release “Charley” in another 10 years.

By: ig

ig — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:25:52 +0000

I would never, ever, walk into any bar or ice-house or other gig, and use a guitar that has the “SRV” initials on it. Never. Just doesn’t seem right to me. I understand an artist series that is not relic’d, but one that also has the guitarist’s initials? No way. It’s kinda like taking your buddy’s girlfriend out for a date. She’s taken, you know? That’s not your name on that girl.

But, I agree with Eddie and Gary, most of those 150+ folks who will buy the guitar just have enough cash around to buy it for a nice piece to hang on the wall. I doubt any hardworking, regular giggin’ musican who’s saving pennies for band gear will ever come close to touching it, and I don’t think they care anyway. Certainly SRV wouldn’t have bought some $17,000 guitar with Jimi Hendrix’s initials on it back in his hard working days.

By: Eddie Rios

Eddie Rios — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:44:37 +0000

Basically,

This guitar will little than a museum piece. It will just sit in a glass case and be sold for twice the amount it was bought for, making it a nice investment for the coniseur antique electric guitars.

I surely would not be interested in an antique; nor do I spend money on musical instruments that I don’t intend to play. Besides, I can find better things to invest my money in that would yield a more lucrative return.

Eddie

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:05:28 +0000

I never really could understand the whole interest in these ‘Relic’ type models. I would rather purchase something new and wear it in based on the way I play rather than have someone do it for me. I like when they make models based on Artist guitars but give it to me new and let me put out my own cigarettes on the headstock, if I smoked. I agree with Steve, the people who can afford these won’t play them anyways for the most part and isn’t that what SRV was all about, just playing.

By: Steve W

Steve W — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:25:22 +0000

I don’t think this guitar should be reproduced. It’ll never have the same meaning to any person but Stevie. Whatever, it’s anyway to make a quick buck.

By: Guitar Find It

Guitar Find It — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:36:05 +0000

Guitar News:…

I was reading a the Electric Guitar Review and wanted to share this news:
Fender has announced it is introducing The Stevie Ray Vahun “Lenny” Stratocaster!
The Electric Guitar Review had a great story about the guitar as well as a link to t…

By: Tom L

Tom L — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 22:01:08 +0000

How does Fender spell “profit”?

L-E-N-N-Y

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:28:18 +0000

Yeah, Modernguitars.com just indicated the same price, $17,000.

By: dbell

dbell — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:31:48 +0000

someone on the musictoyz.com forum said it would be $17,000

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:00:57 +0000

Would anyone hazard a guess as to what the cost will be?