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Fender N.O.S

#6
To be more precise it describes the new finish of the Time machine series of Custom Shop instruments, as opposed to Closet Classic (slight relicing, usually only some imitation crazing 0n the finish, and lightly worn parts) and Relic (heavier imitation wear, aged looking chrome, etc.). They all have the same appointments, more or less accurate to the purported year the instrument is modeled after.
 
#7
It should be noted however, that some sellers misuse the term "New Old Stock". They frequently describe a bass that is a year or two old, but has not yet sold, as "N.O.S." This can be a bit misleading in that it is not what Fender originally intended with their "N.O.S." instruments.
 
#9
Actually, NOS (new old stock) means a new bass that has been in it's box in a storage room somewhere. The bass is brand new, never used. It was just discovered in storage and taken out to be sold. It's like finding a 1970 Fender in your attic that is still in its shipping box, unopened. It's a 1970 Fender that is new in the sense that it was never used (not just built).

Ethical retailers will not sell you something as NOS if it was put together yesterday from old parts. That's not NOS.
 
#10
alexit said:
Sellers don't misuse the term, it's used throughout retail to describe older products that are in new, unopened condition.
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Fender is the one misusing the term. In 2002, I bought a brand new 1995 fretless StingRay that had been sitting at the dealer for seven years unsold.

I regretted selling that 1995, as it had the transitional bridge, but I found a 2002 StingRay I liked better. That one got sold too, because I found still a third StingRay I liked even better, the 2000 model I have now!
 
#11
amper said:
Fender is the one misusing the term. In 2002, I bought a brand new 1995 fretless StingRay that had been sitting at the dealer for seven years unsold.

I regretted selling that 1995, as it had the transitional bridge, but I found a 2002 StingRay I liked better. That one got sold too, because I found still a third StingRay I liked even better, the 2000 model I have now!
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How is the two related??:confused:

Fender does not make Stingrays, Musicman does.
 
#14
Again, fender is mis-using the term for marketing. Real NOS would have been build in the purported year, not just spec'ed to be similar. They've been using that term incorrectly for years.

I bought a NOS PRS bass...it was a 2001 that was held at an obscure shop until I bought it in 2005. Thus still new, but "old stock".
 
#15
I think this whole Fender is mis-using the NOS thing is getting kinda funny.

First, it is not like they have a whole NOS line. They have two....yes, only two NOS basses. A 62 Jazz and a 59 P-Bass.

Second, considering they are priced well below what a "real" 64 jazz and 59 p-bass go for, I don't think they are mis-leading anyone.

In a nutshell, they have three levels of relic instruments, the Closet Classic, the NOS and the Relic.
 
#17
My dad collected and restored antique Fords since I was a baby until about 5 years ago; I probably said 'New Old Stock' before I said 'Daddy'! What it means in the car world is parts that are still in the original box, never having been used. Fender is using the term inconsistently with how it's been used prior, but the term works in describing the version of the reissue bass you're buying.
 

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