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I don't mind if fender bring anything back since anything can be had from a huge number of builders,building basically the same instrumenrs, so if fender do it doesn't matter at all to me.
Woofer said:
Sorry
i forgot to put an option - rosewood fretboard...
Wooh and i want aerodyne in alder or ash body
did anyone get the guitar center flyer this week. there's a seafoam p/j precision with maple neck and black blocks. looks amazing.
I would like to see them offer Rosewood and Maple fretboards on all of the MIA basses. I hate that I can't have a Maple fretboard on a Sunburst or White American Deluxe V. And bring back Aged Cherry Burst...
I wish they'd re-issue the Coronado II with a Squier decal on the headstock. For under $400
A Squier Coronado Bass, yes, yes, yes.......30" scale.
Short scale Tele bass, the real Tele body.
Bring back Blue Agave and Teal Green Metallic.
Guild Starfire hollow body electrics. The 6 string and the bass. Done properly, with the choice of Bisonic or the Guild Humbuckers. Offered in the style of the III or the IV.
Done Correctly, not the half@$$ed releases like the De Armands.
Done Correctly, not the half@$$ed releases like the De Armands.
Would dive at 34". Won't sell (as much as they'd like) for this same reason. Maybe 32"
They'd have to spend more money and time on wood selection and matching. The cost would be passed on to the buyer.
They made their bones selling passive fourbangers with 20 frets. They're already in competition with luthiers who've built improvements in quality and/or componentry- now you want them to try to hang with guys who've been doing what they do for a lot longer?
The Custom shop will build what you want, as exemplified by their Alien Ant Farm beauty. I figured the guy had a Fender endorsement. But I dont think it's fair to ask Fender to get into waters as deep as what you're describing. It goes against what made them rich and what makes a certain kind of bassist refuse anything else but that design.
Fender's in a perfect place- very little looks exactly like a Fender body that costs the same. Low end, you've got SX, Squier, Turser, etc, and on the high end, you've got the big boys- Grosh, Lull, Sadowsky, Low End, etc. Not much in the middle but Schecter Diamonds and maybe one or two other factories.
Right now, if you've got $500-$1300 to spend on a Fender-style bass and you want
1) new and already built (the latter excludes Warmoth)
2) to play it before you buy
then Fender is the best option.
Raise that upper price much at all and people would just go buy a used or new Lakland Skyline instead. They're all over the 'bay for less than $1200.
I don't care what Fender do because..... There are so many Fender clones!
Sandberg - Hand made, hand crafted, hand finished, by Germans, in Germany.... For a lower price?! I'll probably visit the Sandberg factory and get me one when I get work in Germany.
Sandberg - Hand made, hand crafted, hand finished, by Germans, in Germany.... For a lower price?! I'll probably visit the Sandberg factory and get me one when I get work in Germany.
While I'm more of a precision guy, as someone said I would have spent all of my money to buy a seafoam green jazz with inlays on the neck, I'm really obsessed with the one owned by Dan Andriano by Alkaline Trio.
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Look for a Mexican Standard FSR Natural Ash Precision that Fender made for Guitar Center a few years ago. They were around $500 new, you may find one for $300 to $400 used.
Roger
5 string P/J bound and blocked in both Jazz and P bodies
5 string single coil precision (in both Jazz or P bodies)
5 string P deluxe (see above parentheses)
Bass V reissue with a low B (this one an exact replica except available with BEADG or EADGC).
If I wait long enough Squier VM and CV might just cover all those basses (bases).
5 string single coil precision (in both Jazz or P bodies)
5 string P deluxe (see above parentheses)
Bass V reissue with a low B (this one an exact replica except available with BEADG or EADGC).
If I wait long enough Squier VM and CV might just cover all those basses (bases).
On the American instruments (Special or Standard, your choice Fender):
Matching headstocks on Jazz basses
Shoreline Gold!!!
Fiesta Red
Foam Green
Daphne Blue
...did I mention Shoreline Gold?
In the meantime, I like the looks of a new AmStd P in Jade Pearl Metallic. Well, at least in my head I do. It would be nice if Fender would actually put a photo of the thing on the website. . .
Matching headstocks on Jazz basses
Shoreline Gold!!!
Fiesta Red
Foam Green
Daphne Blue
...did I mention Shoreline Gold?
In the meantime, I like the looks of a new AmStd P in Jade Pearl Metallic. Well, at least in my head I do. It would be nice if Fender would actually put a photo of the thing on the website. . .
