Fender makes DeArmonde shtuff which is cheap as dirt and beats the snot out of their American Standard series. I really wonder what those people are thinking- their top end's gone down the crapper and they think they can get away with it... They're forgeting just why they were able to buy themselfs back from CBS in 1980 (or was it 79). Anyway, it's kinda sad and amusing all at once.