Fender Dimension is Discontinued

Saw that coming

 

I never played one, but did want to check one out.

Fender is almost behaving like Gibson, in that they're discontinuing a good instrument before it really caught on.

At least Fender gave this one a few years. Does anyone know when the Dimension came out?

I guess you can't argue with slow sales.

I find it strange that the vast majority of the buying public prefer the two standards, Precision and Jazz, when a new instrument had so much to offer.

Mike

 

I thought they stopped making them a few years ago. Oops.

 

not surprised.
I have a 5 string Fender Jazz 24. I think it's a great bass but it was also short lived.
I think most people only associate Fender with Jazz basses and P basses. I'm actually surprised that Pj's haven't gone away.

 

(1) discontinue D-bass now
(2) wait until demand surpasses supply on the used market
(3) relaunch production

 

Another question: Were the Dimensions designed to compete with Laklands?

Their body style and price kind of suggest it.

I remember watching a video on them, and the 5 way switching was nice, giving a lot of tonal options.

Mike

 

Yeah, the day they first came out.
Well, they still make the Rascal and the Starcaster for those who just can't get on board with the Precision, Jazz or Jaguar, right?

 

Initially I was enthusiastic about the Dimension design, glad to see a departure from the mass of P's and J's. I tried one a few years back and found it the most disappointing Fender I'd played. Nothing about its feel really clicked with me: it seemed "lifeless" for lack of a better term. I'd say lack of sales put me in the same boat as many others.

 

To me they launched an ebmm clone and it sounded nothing like a ebmm. I played a couple out of curiosity and I never really found them so spectacularly different that they would make as much as a ripple.

 

I think it's a good idea that could us a bit of a redesign. I think they missed the mark with the styling.

 

If people aren't buying them, they won't keep selling them.

 

The price might go up on the used market in the future? For those who own them, it just might be a good investment.

 

see that's the thing if it sounded real warm like my grabber or my L2k i would have been a little more interested, it played very nice, but it didn't do what i needed it to do when i tried one out

 

The Rascal is no longer in production either....

 

Excellent basses, very underrated. The asym neck is awesome.

 

For a while they often showed up as the “Stupid Deal of the Day” and kept coming down in price. USA and MIM. I wondered if they would go away. I played a USA two pickup and though they it was a decent instrument but not my thing.