I came across a rare beast last night a fender MIA neck that’s MIM, I bought the stock out and will release them slowly, pls see phographic evidence below
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Fender neck made in Mexico or US ?
- Thread starter Huw Phillips
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Sorry, I must be missing something... How is that MIM when it's made in Corona?
Well Corona is a Mexican beer and I guess he was having one while he was posting this thread maybe.
The headstock ?Well Corona is a Mexican beer and I guess he was having one while he was posting this thread maybe.
So it's an MIM neck made in Mexico?
No idea some kind of screw up in coprate America, no doubt some one will be working as a tea boy/girl for the foreseeable future, the thing I miss the most about England is the cheese, Lancashire and Lester and others
Well in this case, the person that put the stickers on the neck or who wrote the neck info in the ad had a Corona too many...
How does a 9.5" radius and medium jumbo frets qualify as geniune vintage-style and give you a classic 1951-style feel???
Fender never seems to understand their own history. See it time and time again with their reissues. The Fender Custom Shop is no exception either.
could be Fender posted the wrong picture for the ad
So you bought a bunch of MIM necks because the website says it's MIA?
I don't understand. The OP bought a bunch of $250 necks for $250 each. Congrats I guess?! I don't get what the big deal is? Obviously the reference to Corona CA manufacture is wrong. Probably the ad writer will get a bonus for the most effective ad this quarter - and an afternoon off for a tea luncheon...
Generally in Fender's online store, the bodies and necks are usually about 200 bucks apart between the MIM and Cali-built pieces. Either this is MIM and set with the wrong caption in the description, or it's made-in-Cali at a hell of a price. My guess is the former rather than the latter.
In either case, the Fender online shop is a great deal if what they have works for you, and you get to skip sneaking fake Fender decals onto your Warmoth neck ! You could build a genuine Fender 'parts bass' . . . . .
In either case, the Fender online shop is a great deal if what they have works for you, and you get to skip sneaking fake Fender decals onto your Warmoth neck ! You could build a genuine Fender 'parts bass' . . . . .
What does "release them slowly" mean? Are these bass necks or butterflies ?
Not surprising that Fender has the wrong description for that neck. The Fender website has always been sort of a mess with outdated or simply wrong information.
Maybe they're bass necks that identify as butterfly.
