Come on another expensive Fender

[bassplayeroreo]

Yep another Fender rant.

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Come on!!! I mean Probably sounds great and all but they not only butchered it they also made it 3 times as expensive as than it should be.

 

[Burlington]

Omg, that looks awful

 

[dalkowski]

P.T. Barnum should be here...

 

[rimtism123]

eh..just another collector's item

 

[Daveomd]

That's going a little too far. Ridiculous.

 

[atheos]

Whoa, that has to be one of the worst relic jobs I've seen.

 

[eqvolvorama]

This is just me, but shouldn't a relic job look like someone's been "playing" the instrument for a long time, not actively "abusing" it?

 

[4stringman]

BURNT 3 tone sunburst

 

[Stranger Danger]

Fender Chernobyl Bass.

Ha!

 

[Bassmanbob]

OK. Let me get this straight.

This is a new Fender (recently made) that looks like an old Fender... for $7500?

This is a prime example that some people have much more money than brains.

 

[gully_P]

yeah that's nasty looking

 

[Marginal Tom]

Five to one that bass never gets played on a stage. Some rich a**clown will buy it and store it in a humidity-controlled room so he can show it off to his friends. What a waste of the time of a master builder.

 

[Din Of Win]

Out of curiosity... is Fender the only brand that really sells new 'relic' basses?

This price gouging is worse than ol Gibby

 

[jmattbassplaya]

"This highly collectible Fender Jazz bass has had heavy relic treatment to show how much abuse these basses can take, and still sound as amazing as the day you first got it. The road-worn finish on the Fender Mastbuilt J-bass makes it look like it has seen decades of hard-rockin', or that it looks like it's been pulled from the depths of Chernobyl. Still, nothing stops the Fender Jazz bass; it's an instrument that truly gets better with age."

LOL!

 

[bassist4dalord]

Oh wow... That is pretty awful.


EDIT: Whoa whoa whoa.. They ACTUALLY referenced the Chernobyl accident AS A SELLING POINT? I'm sorry but that's just horrible.

"Look at this Fender Jazz Bass! It looks as though it survived 9/11 in the basement of the North Tower!"

or

"This Fender Jazz Bass survived the ovens at Auschwitz!"

Seriously.. Just awful, insensitive.. I can't believe they would use such a horrible accident as a selling point. That's just low.

 

[SpamBot]

It looks like someone relic'd a small child.

 

[JTE]

Maybe they're trying to get Joe Osborn back in the Fender fold. It looks a lot like his ancient Jazz bass. But then I can still get a Lakland JO (or a 44-60 until the new owners get the endorsement deals straightened out) for a whole lot less than $7K, and I'll be able to destroy the finish myself!

John

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

That is flat-out idiotic. I want to meet the guy who pays for that and *slap* him.

 

[artdrtr]

The price includes matching stage wear: ripped to shreds Rico Suave® jeans, fringe white cowboy boots and a ripped mesh half tank top ...

looks like that bass lost a bar fight with a belt sander and pack of matches.

 

[P-oddz]

That is terrible! I guess you are supposed to believe that an aged Fender looks like your arm spontaneously combusted leaving your pickguard, pickups, bridge, and control plate completely untarnished?

I pity the fool who falls for this one...