Dear Fender

[GreyBeard]

Fender has carved out a huge chunk of the bass guitar market with their Precision and Jazz basses. I don't have any idea what the numbers are but I wouldn't be surprised if it was 60 or 70 percent. However, bass players don't seem to have much interest in Fender basses that vary much from their classic designs.

 

[Dincrest]

If you want a 24-fret 5-string from Fender... buy a Jackson. FMIC owns Jackson, so if you buy a Jackson, a portion of your money goes to Fender.

 

[mapleglo]

This is perfect.

I would like a few different color options though.

 

[Auer]

Nothing is perfect

 

[mapleglo]

It's perfect for me.

 

[Turnaround]

Dear Fender,
If you're going to insist on keeping the truss rod adjustment at the heel please put in a route for access or wheel adjustment like other manufacturers have been doing for decades.

Dear unhappy customer,
We acknowledge the logic of your design change, but people continue to buy our basses the way we make them. We're not going to mess with success.
Yours truly FBCD (Fender Bean Counter Department)

 

[wintremute]

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

 

[Mastermold]

I'm not a fan of Fender's fivers so their four string offerings are all I need.

 

[Paul New]

I want 26. 24 is too limiting.

Also, I want to adjust my truss rod and saddle heights from my phone. It’s not 1951 anymore, dear Fender.

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

dear fender users that want a 24 fret 5 string get a yamaha TRB5 signed ME

 

[HP Hovercraft]

I just want more classic colors

 

[Auer]

34" 5 strings are not great

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

5 strings have never really been Fenders strong point. Nostalgia is their ticket.

 

[Iridescentone]

Dear Fender,
If you're going to insist on keeping the truss rod adjustment at the heel please put in a route for access or wheel adjustment like other manufacturers have been doing for decades.

I suppose that might make some Fender antagonists happy, but I doubt it.

Fender did the truss wheel years ago on the Dimension Am Deluxe (along with a buncha other cool neck features). It didn't sell. Like other Fender models that departed from their standard (read; extremely successful) format....the Dimension was discontinued for lack of sales, despite its extensive feature set and powerhouse electronics. Evidently, even the much-vaunted wheel truss adjuster couldn't sway the myopic contrarians to like the poor Dimension. Nice try Fender, but I bet the old bulls in the marketing dept were thinking all along..."told ya it wouldn't sell".

Much like the failed Fender Roscoe Beck, I won't be surprised if someday, the Dimension gets "discovered" as the well built classic it actually was. And then I suppose we'll be reading threads like... "why doesn't Fender reissue the Dimension?"

 

[MtManiac]

Every 5 string player except me

Do people who post these “Dear <insert company name>” threads ever contact the company in question? I doubt Fender's marketing department has a guy reading TB every day…

No, but Gary in shipping, he’s on here all damned day, $hitposting and cruising the Classifieds I bet.

 

[BAG]

Dear unhappy customer,
We acknowledge the logic of your design change, but people continue to buy our basses the way we make them. We're not going to mess with success.
Yours truly FBCD (Fender Bean Counter Department)

Too true.

I suppose that might make some Fender antagonists happy, but I doubt it.

Fender did the truss wheel years ago on the Dimension Am Deluxe (along with a buncha other cool neck features). It didn't sell. Like other Fender models that departed from their standard (read; extremely successful) format....the Dimension was discontinued for lack of sales, despite its extensive feature set and powerhouse electronics. Evidently, even the much-vaunted wheel truss adjuster couldn't sway the myopic contrarians to like the poor Dimension. Nice try Fender, but I bet the old bulls in the marketing dept were thinking all along..."told ya it wouldn't sell".

Much like the failed Fender Roscoe Beck, I won't be surprised if someday, the Dimension gets "discovered" as the well built classic it actually was. And then I suppose we'll be reading threads like... "why doesn't Fender reissue the Dimension?"

I've never understood the "not buying that new Fender that has improvements over the old ones..... it's just not authentic" attitude.
Take that attitude with just about anything else, cars, motorbikes, homes, etc etc and you'd sound like a complete idiot.

BUT..... they still manage to sell a s***-ton of basses and guitars every year.... go figure.

 

[MtManiac]

Ill meet the OP halfway: a normal passive Boxer? No...but if they ever remade a 5 String Version of my active Power Jazz Special, I'd be all over it

Charvel Pro Mod San Dimas.

 

[Five or Six]

I suppose that might make some Fender antagonists happy, but I doubt it.

Fender did the truss wheel years ago on the Dimension Am Deluxe (along with a buncha other cool neck features). It didn't sell. Like other Fender models that departed from their standard (read; extremely successful) format....the Dimension was discontinued for lack of sales, despite its extensive feature set and powerhouse electronics. Evidently, even the much-vaunted wheel truss adjuster couldn't sway the myopic contrarians to like the poor Dimension. Nice try Fender, but I bet the old bulls in the marketing dept were thinking all along..."told ya it wouldn't sell".

Much like the failed Fender Roscoe Beck, I won't be surprised if someday, the Dimension gets "discovered" as the well built classic it actually was. And then I suppose we'll be reading threads like... "why doesn't Fender reissue the Dimension?"

I like my Dimension. Don't really care who doesn't. The true to Fender people will never like anything out of the ordinary. And yes, I own older Fenders, just not brand specific.

 

[Rib 13]

Charvel Pro Mod San Dimas.

I saw that awhile back and thought it would be similar, including the Reverse P......but it's the Pre plus controls (switch, the TBX tone, Q sweep) that makes my Power Jazz Special growl like a grizzly......I'll be sure to check out the Charvel if I ever can get my mitts on one

 

[MultiScaleMale]

Dear Fender:

I would like X, Y and Z in a bass

Signed,
Someone who will never buy it unless it's $300 or less.