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Fender Fanned Fret?
- Thread starter codycon96
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Because people have - sometimes very strong - opinions about issues that don't affect them directly and personally but do affect them ideologically. Why are so many people (males too) pro or contra abortion? They are surely not affected personally and directly but, they believe, ideologically and obviously indirectly. And this is enough for them to have a strong opinion on the matter at hand. Ideology is a very strong motivator for some people.
Fair enough. I was looking at it from a more rational viewpoint.
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I agree, and with a full scale neck. Why?
Because IMO the PU arangement would give the best EQ of the output
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Fender will make a fanned fret model after they introduce a 7 string model guitar. And make stainless steel frets standard.
Which is to say, never
Just save up for a production Dingwall Super P.
Which is to say, never
Just save up for a production Dingwall Super P.
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Only way I see that happening is a signature model of some kind that drives sales and visibility. They would probably do it via the custom shop.
Every company does not have to do everything.
Fender does well at what they do. If sales were poor and a major part of the market share was fanned frets, I am sure they'd go there. But I don't think they need to at this point. My guess is that fanned frets are a very small fraction of overall sales of all guitars and basses.
As previously mentioned, I only think it might become a thing if one of their famous endorsers requested it.
Fender does well at what they do. If sales were poor and a major part of the market share was fanned frets, I am sure they'd go there. But I don't think they need to at this point. My guess is that fanned frets are a very small fraction of overall sales of all guitars and basses.
As previously mentioned, I only think it might become a thing if one of their famous endorsers requested it.
Circa 1966. Four (of eight) made with slant frets.
I can see why people who can't give birth are against abortion. I think being against a Fender fanned fret bass is more similar to people who are against their favorite movies being remade or people who are against gyro-aiming being an option in video games. Makes absolutely no sense to Herrick.
If Fender ever made one, I'd be interested in checking one out as I never got along with their standard 5-string Pees.
if you want fanned look elsewhere i don't trust fender to do it well yamaha maybe
While I understand the enthusiasm for novel designs, this thread is overlooking a few facts about Fender and basses in general.
First, their bass business is barely a flea on a dog compared to their guitar business. We are lucky if they do anything unusual AT ALL for us. The odds of Fender getting interested in some modern bass design are vanishingly small. What is their business model? They barely care about making basses to begin with.
Second, can anyone actually ID different basses, and specifically fanned vs regular frets, in a studio blind test? I get it that players have their prefs. Good on each and everyone of us for those different prefs. But, from an audience perspective, they all sound like basses.
Third, there are already builders building fanned fret instruments. Why does Fender need to make them? If you want one, then get it from Dingwall etc. If you show up at an audition with a Fender, the players will notice the Fender on the headstock. They generally won't notice if you have some advanced design going on.
Anyhow….
First, their bass business is barely a flea on a dog compared to their guitar business. We are lucky if they do anything unusual AT ALL for us. The odds of Fender getting interested in some modern bass design are vanishingly small. What is their business model? They barely care about making basses to begin with.
Second, can anyone actually ID different basses, and specifically fanned vs regular frets, in a studio blind test? I get it that players have their prefs. Good on each and everyone of us for those different prefs. But, from an audience perspective, they all sound like basses.
Third, there are already builders building fanned fret instruments. Why does Fender need to make them? If you want one, then get it from Dingwall etc. If you show up at an audition with a Fender, the players will notice the Fender on the headstock. They generally won't notice if you have some advanced design going on.
Anyhow….
I can easily see Fender buying Dingwall... and then killing the brand, just like they've done with other companies they've acquired.
