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Fender Bass prices???

Metalbasspro

Metalbasspro

Feb 9, 2009
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Why are they so high. They are so high if you buy one and are not a professional you'd not want to play the things so as not to degrade their value.

1300 to 1500 and more.

Then how is it Fender can offer the Fender American Special Precision Bass for a reasonable 799.99?


What's the difference?
 
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Metalbasspro said:
Why are they so high.
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Why not? Fender likes money.
Metalbasspro said:
They are so high if you buy one and are not a professional you'd not want to play the things so as not to degrade their value.
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Some might not want to play the thing. I buy basses to play. I never buy new, but if I did, I'd play the thing whether it cost $200 or $2000. That's just me.
Metalbasspro said:
Then how is it Fender can offer the Fender American Special Precision Bass for a reasonable 799.99?


What's the difference?
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It's not really being offered anymore. I don't think they're still making them. GC still sells them for now. Some Sam Ash stores. It's a great bass. If you google the difference btw the American standard and special you'll find lots of results. It's a great deal but just not very popular. Oddly enough, the special jazz body has no routing under the guard so it can go without whereas the standard has a cnc hole.
 
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Fender USA is making better instruments today than any time that I can remember in 29 years of playing. When I started playing, no one was buying American Fenders - most folks knew that the MIJ's were far superior. Fender has messed with a lot of different ideas in the American Standards. The ones I pull off the racks now (both guitar and bass) have all been consistently very good. They're still normally half the price (or less) than an entry-level boutique instrument. Maybe not the winner of "Best Value EVAR" prize, but a solid choice that will provide decades of service for multiple owners.
 
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Metalbasspro said:
... They are so high if you buy one and are not a professional you'd not want to play the things so as not to degrade their value....
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... if you are willing to swing for a new one, you might as well enjoy playing it, because if you want to move it along you are going to eat at least $3-400 whether you play it or not ... or, you could pick one up used if there is concern for maintaining value ... ;)
 
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hopsbb said:
$1300-1500 is reasonable imho for an American made bass.
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I don't know. When KXK guitars started making guitars they were charging about 1,500 per guitar. After about two years of lack luster sales he raised his prices to about 3,000 per guitar. The price raise had zero to do with costs but all to do with perception of the product. Once prices raised the guitars started selling more.

This is custom shop mind you. Fender is mass manufacturing these basses and they can't put them out to the point the average worker can afford one? The math is not adding up.
 
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Metalbasspro said:
Fender is mass manufacturing these basses and they can't put them out to the point the average worker can afford one? The math is not adding up.
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It's irrelevant if the average person can afford them. They're not a charity, they're a business. The aim of a business is to make as much money as possible. Fender has worked out that by selling at their current price point they will make the most profit.
 
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