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A New Fender Coronado Bass?????

#45
birdman14 said:
While there have certainly had some innovation recently, it seems that in general, fender has begun to rest on it's traditional models. They have like 25 separate models of precisions and jazzes, 3 mustangs, 2 telecasters, and 2 bass vi. I think the most original bass fender has come out with in the past few years has been the pawn shop reverse jaguar bass, which people seemed to bash. I'm glad fender are beginning to give new life to old models, but what I really want to see is some innovation and passion. Hopefully fender will see that investing in some R&D once they see that people want new and exciting basses, not just their 7th p bass (this one has flat wounds AND 500k pots).

Edit: I just remembered the dimensions bass was just released, that's more what we need.
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And the Cabronita, and the Modern Player series. While you're right about the many different P and J models, it's because they sell while most of the other sits on the shelves. But it has never once been for lack of trying. Ever.
 
#46
JimmyM said:
And the Cabronita, and the Modern Player series. While you're right about the many different P and J models, it's because they sell while most of the other sits on the shelves. But it has never once been for lack of trying. Ever.
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+1. P & J sell for Fender, and that's why they make them more than anything. The variations are what are tickling people's imaginations more, but Fender is very careful not to stray so far because they don't want to lose money.

For other Fender models that discontinued that were more modern (and largely didn't sell so well), see the HM, MB-4/MB-5, Prodigy, Prophecy, contemporary series Precision Bass (MIJ), Jazz Bass Special, Dimension (MIM older model)...
 
#51
I owned a Cornado II a 67, sunburst...it is what I learned on for a year or two before buy a P bass. I paid $150 used for it in 1978 and when it was stolen in 2008 got $1200 from the insurance company.
I would love to have one again but not for anything over $400. I love all the idea of all the modern players. We get Fender playability with a variety of looks and tones.
 
#54
JimmyM said:
Actually, Fender has always tried to bring more innovative products to market but none of them have really caught on in a big way until the Jaguar. Here's a couple really cool articles from fender.com:

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And those articles leave out a few as well, including the P Lyte and the Roscoe Beck sigs. So the idea that Fender has ever rested on its laurels seems kind of silly to me. Obviously it's not true.
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Don't forget part III:
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#56
JimmyM said:
Well at least they covered the Roscoe, but they still left off the P Lyte.
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Yeah, well they're still calling them a Precision Bass, so I guess despite the departure in almost all but name, it's still a P Bass.

Ditto the Precision Plus, P Plus Deluxe, Jazz Plus, Jazz Special (which is more P than J), and the MIJ contemporary series Precision. Oh, and the boner basses.
 

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