Fender Jaguar bass in 5 strings?

bongostealth · #1 03-01-2013, 02:46 PM

Does anyone know why Fender doesn't make the Jaguar bass in a 5 string configuration? I used to have a red one. Absolutely loved it, and I'm not a Fender guy at all. But I ultimately sold it because I just couldn't get used to playing four strings anymore. Is it something that can be done through the Fender Custom Shop?

But if Fender made at least a 5-string version, I would be all over it like a Filipino single mom on a U.S. Marine.

**awilkie84** · #2 03-01-2013, 03:02 PM

No real market for them. Fender doesn't sell many 5 strings, at all. Hell, already have 9, 5 string basses in their production list. This includes the Squiers, Artist models, MIMs & MIAs.

That's quite a few models, and are you even going to be able to do anything with a 5 string Jag that you can't with an Active Jazz?

hdracer · #3 03-01-2013, 03:10 PM

Heck,
They don't even give you any color choices in the ones they do sell.

Fender is a 4 string company.
The Jag is their slowest moving bass as it is. They do not even make a USA one.

topo morto · #4 03-01-2013, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bongostealth

I would be all over it like a Filipino single mom on a U.S. Marine.

Stories please.

bongostealth · #5 03-01-2013, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by topo morto

Stories please.

How many times have you seen a regular run-of-the-mill white guy with a gorgeous super-long haired Filipino or other Asian woman??? LOTS OF TIMES!! Turns out, most of those guys are former military guys who happened to bring over a Filipino stripper who happens to be a single mom to a little boy. Asian ladies love going for military men. These guys hook up with the strippers and dancers because most of the time they are the only ones that speak English. I don't really think these military guys are scavenging the Asian countryside for the wholesome girls especially if they don't speak English. Anyways... no offense to any of you who are ex-military and brought over an Asian woman or brought her over through the typical Filipino mail-order bride system. If this is you.... then I'm not surprised.

This is the analogy I was trying to make regarding jumping at the idea of having a five string Fender Jaguar.