The German Flag

[Chris P.]

http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1267987-flag-color-representation-parodies

http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/572760-lolgraphs

[Pilgrim]

Oops.....



On an alternative note:

[ilan]

my Squire SQ Series MIJ

I have an '83 SQ Tele, fantastic guitar. Love the 70s styling, every bit as good as the JV at half the price... paid $500, wish I cold find another one for that price.

[Granny Gremlin]

There are plenty of swastika symbols in New Mexico, of native origin. The New Mexico State U. yearbook was called the Swastika into the 1980s.

Also Vedic, Celtic, and Slavic cultures.  Almost universal in fact.

[Dave W]

More German fun.

[lowend1]

I have an '83 SQ Tele, fantastic guitar. Love the 70s styling, every bit as good as the JV at half the price... paid $500, wish I cold find another one for that price.

I found that P-Bass at Guitar Center sometime around Y2K, hanging in the "used basses" section with a $95 price tag on it.

[ilan]

I found that P-Bass at Guitar Center sometime around Y2K, hanging in the "used basses" section with a $95 price tag on it.

Wait... what?

'83/'84 SQ's are still a secret.

[lowend1]

Wait... what?

'83/'84 SQ's are still a secret.

Not hardly,lol. Almost anybody that knows Fenders well knows what the deal is with them. When I found it, I was aware that MIJ Squiers were special, but since GC had not yet started the practice of researching the trade-in stock that fell short of the Burst Brothers pedigree standards, it went out on the rack with little fanfare. It hung there, just a used Squier - lonely, forlorn and drop dead gorgeous. The glossy headstock (which was not a feature on then-current Squiers), gave it away. I couldn't get out of the store with it quickly enough.

[ilan]

Around here SQ and even low serial JV's are bought and sold below typical US prices (MIA Fenders are above). Kids here look down on Squiers, they want MIA Fenders. With Gibson there is no such snobbery - the kids like Epi's.

[Chris P.]

I know too many JV-lovers in The Netherland and imho the prices are too high.

Just too bully those guys a bit, I had the title 'JV sceptic' in my facebook name for a while  They are great instruments, similar to good Japanese ones, so also to some US ones (*). My problem is that some people almosty claim there's fluid gold coming out of the jack output or if you play one you're better than Pino, without any lessons. Okay, I'm exaggerating, but imho it's not the miracle bass some people claim. Just good to very good.


(* )I had a bad MIA Fender, an okay MIA Fender, a mediocre/bad CIJ, some very good MIMs and a great Chinese (!) Fender. So I don't really care about the country of origin.

[uwe]

As I'm sure you know, the swastika was hardly "theirs". The number of cultural variations on the theme is staggering.

The swastika (indeed an ancient symbol) on the Nazi flag doesn't bother me as much as that garish black-white-red combo, it looks trashy, cheap and totalitarian, but that kind of sums the Nazis up.