Fender 8K+ Custom Shop Precision: Yea or Nay

[Son of Wobble]

Regarding the price: Hey, it's string thru!

THE BASS DETAILS:
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender...Custom-Graphic-1500000233372.gc?source=4XBACR

 

[DeliriumTremens]

Absolutely no way. Looks tacky

 

[StereoPlayer]

No...

 

[Bassclef46]

Isn’t Santa Cruz some sort of soap opera? That bass looks like poo. For 8k at least get a design of your choice. Not some Kyle design soap opera crap.

 

[bassdude51]

Nay.

Looks like a highway bill board sign for Santa Cruz, CA.

 

[mongo2]

No thanks.

 

[JW56789]

(I LOVE that bridge).

That graphic would eliminate 95% of possible buyers for this later, and while I have no doubt it's a wonderfully built Custom Shop axe, I'd pass this faster than a kid in a tuner Acura blowing by a license plate camera.

Unless . . . . . you could broker it to the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce or Visitors' Bureau !

 

[fivestringgecko]

Pass.

I don't care for those particular graphics, but I'm not opposed to graphics on basses. And while I love the two MIA Fenders I have, you'd have a hard time convincing me to spend Fodera money on a Fender, even if it IS a master luthier built Custom Shop. I'd want something much more "custom" than a Fender for that kind of scratch.

5sg.

 

[colicchio]

It's more than custom shop - it's masterbuilt by Kyle McMillin. Probably sounds and feels great, but at that price I would rather try a Sadowsky or something comparable. Cut the price by 75%, "relic" it with some paint thinner, throw a gold pickguard on there and then we can talk.

 

[JRA]

funny stuff. leave it to fender.

 

[Son of Wobble]

Unless . . . . .you could broker it to the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce or Visitors' Bureau !

LOL

 

[charlie monroe]

Orange and purple are awesome together, just not in a sunset sticker on a $8k Fender

 

[sleddogn]

think there was a thread a year ago on it, been there that long. I believe it used to be 14,999 and now it's reduced

 

[Son of Wobble]

Orange and purple are awesome together, just not in a sunset sticker on a $8k Fender

exhibit a

 

[Son of Wobble]

think there was a thread a year ago on it, been there that long. I believe it used to be 14,999 and now it's reduced

I failed to do a search, it's true. Nonetheless, worth another go-round if we help Fender find a buyer. It takes a village.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

I mean, it isn't my thing, but I love that colour gradient on the headstock.

 

[Son of Wobble]

I mean, it isn't my thing, but I love that colour gradient on the headstock.

I thought that the most interesting element, the way the color morphs toward the headstock. "Stay in the color zone for the money frets"

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

That’s an incredible way to match a headstock! Beyond that, hard pass

 

[Hank Scorpio]

I thought that the most interesting element, the way the color morphs toward the headstock. "Stay in the color zone for the money frets"

Nice warning sign if you stray too far above the 5th fret

 

[Pings Bass]

Sure, if you paid me $8k+ I'd play that in public. I might even do it for slightly less.