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Fender American Design Experience
- Thread starter ShoeManiac
- Start date
The same people who are complaining about this are probably the same ones who don't understand why they can't get a Shelby engine in their show room six cylinder Mustang. Or why the leather seats cost more. Or why even though lime green may have been available as a paint option in 1986, it isn't today ... Unless you pay extra for it.
Is it too much to ask for symmetry in the options? If you're going to have upscale Jazz necks, why not upscale P necks?
Because other than the historically inaccurate Classic 70s p bass, Fender never made a p bass neck with blocks and binding.
True, but why should this endeavor be about historical accuracy?
Why can't we just have blocks with a wider nut without having to buy a MIM or a CS?No likey, no buy. Simple stuff, really. All they're doing is assembling off the rack stuff with a few fancy paintjobs.
For the purposes of THIS endeavour, Fender seems to be limiting the pool of parts to the following series:
-American Special
-American Standard
-American Vintage
The P-Bass neck with a maple fingerboard and black blocks is not offered in ANY of those series. It's part of the Classic series, IIRC. Hence it's not part of the American Design Experience. But you're certainly free to go to a parts dealer like Stratosphere on eBay and buy that particular neck if you like.
Just ordered mine and got a personalized email from them within hours. I confirmed the order and asked a questin or two. Got this response immediately:
Correct! I show you having ordered an Alder-Bodied P Bass with our American Standard Rosewood Jazz Neck!
We definitely plan on continuing to expand this concept in the next coming months – offering new hardware options, neck and body options, and more finishes!
Correct! I show you having ordered an Alder-Bodied P Bass with our American Standard Rosewood Jazz Neck!
We definitely plan on continuing to expand this concept in the next coming months – offering new hardware options, neck and body options, and more finishes!
Great! Definitely excited to see some alternate finish options that may not have been part of the line previously. FWIW, I'd love to see Firemist Silver or Sherwood Green added to the color pallette.
Great news and a dilemma... I was planning on ordering in about a month's time but now I guess I should wait it out and see what new options will be available.
FWIW, I was mostly happy since I was going to get a Standard P-bass but wasn't really in love with the finishes. Hopefully they will have something like.... Fiesta Red. *crosses fingers*
FWIW, I was mostly happy since I was going to get a Standard P-bass but wasn't really in love with the finishes. Hopefully they will have something like.... Fiesta Red. *crosses fingers*
I got a similar message... it's nice that they said that they "definitely plan on continuing to expand this concept in the next coming months," but the simple fact of the matter is that if they don't get enough orders to justify expanding the selection, then they simply won't... and will most definitely pull the plug on this thing altogether.
If everyone waits for exactly what they want, they'll probably never get it.
Not trying to be the harbinger of doom or anything, but this is Fender after all... they change their minds like they change their underwear.
If everyone waits for exactly what they want, they'll probably never get it.
Not trying to be the harbinger of doom or anything, but this is Fender after all... they change their minds like they change their underwear.
I actually just fired off an email to make sure they knew I was ready to buy a p/j. I told them I was sure they had a ton of mail about more options but to let them know I'm a buyer when they have what I'm looking for and I hope they take it another step further.
Here's hoping they do keep expanding. If the general consensus is what it is here, ADE won't last long
Ok, I get that. Next question is why can't I put a maple non-pearl block jazz neck on a Vintage spec bass? I want the high mass bridge that the vintage spec has, but the neck options don't allow for that. Why not just 1 big pool of all the parts? Why split it into 2 limited categories?
Here's hoping they do keep expanding. If the general consensus is what it is here, ADE won't last long
It's not for everyone. I'm willing to pay a little more for a color I can't get and a neck body combo that doesn't exist in American Standard.
I think your right, they need to see some sales numbers to make it worth there dime to continue the program. Its business 101, you start with an intial offering to guage interest, if thats successful than you can afford to offer more options, pretty simple really. So show some interest with your pocket book and maybe we'll get all the wishlist stuff in time, money speaks the loudest
