Fender needs to add more and more lines so that the meaning of the term "Fender Precision" or "Fender Jazz" becomes utterly meaningless (if it hasn't already).
Way to go, Fender.
Way to go, Fender.
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Fender Pawn Shop '72 RW
- Thread starter Stranger Danger
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I just hope it's not a bass I want to buy lol I certainly cannot afford to buy another bass! Ugh.
I would love to have a RW 60s jazz in sunburst, but I dont feel like they are worth nearly $1000 new. Back when they were $700 that was even a little high IMO.
Just to be clear, our brother 40Hz states that he has spoken with someone at Fender HQ who says that there is no Pawn Shop series bass guitar and yet it clearly exists on the Fender website.
I am a Fender geek. I love their stuff. LOVE IT. But, damn.
I am a Fender geek. I love their stuff. LOVE IT. But, damn.
Whatever this Pawn Shop bass is, I sure hope it arrives soon. I'm one of those people who's way into the looks of the Pawn Shop guitars, and will most likely be making one my next 6-string purchase. Hopefully, if and when theres a PS bass/es, itll be just as cool as the guitar set.
StrangerDanger said:
Hmm...
The placeholder page I got directed to shows:
PAWN SHOP '72 RW 3TS W/GIGBAG
Model : 02662 Series : Classic
which I read as a Pawn Shop 1972 model "road worn" 3-piece neck Thinline Stratocaster
Below that on the bottom is:
70S P BASS MN NAT W/GIGBAG
Model : 0266202321
Which I read as: 1970's series Precision Bass, maple-neck, natural finish with gig bag. (No mention of Pawn Shop BTW.)
Ok... Guitar (with incomplete model number) up on top - and a bass (shown as "other model" for a guitar???) on the bottom.
What I think Google's spider might have found was nothing more than a "placeholder" (or junk page) on Fender's gigantic website.
But rather than debate what that page may or may not mean, why doesn't somebody give Fender a call, get them straightened out about that URL, and report back on what they learn?
Their number is 480-596-9690. Press 1 and let whoever answers know you have a question regarding product announcements and availability?
Luck.
Obviously Someone at the Fender HQ won't tell a SECRET to a mortal bassist. That kind of stuff happens all the time. I'm sure there is going to be a new Fender bass soon.
Although there's no direct link in the Fender website, a quick Google search provided this link in the Gretsch (Fender subsidiary company) site. 70S P BASS MN NAT W/GIGBAG.
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Here is the Fender Pawn Shop Bass, but it also has only the generic bass silhouette (i.e. no pictures posted).
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Here is the Fender Pawn Shop Bass, but it also has only the generic bass silhouette (i.e. no pictures posted).
Hmm...
The placeholder page you get directed to shows:
PAWN SHOP '72 RW 3TS W/GIGBAG
Model : 02662 Series : Classic
which I read as a 1972 model "road worn" 3-pickup Thinline Stratocaster
Below that on the bottom is:
70S P BASS MN NAT W/GIGBAG
Model : 0266202321
Which I read as: 1970's series Precision Bass, maple-neck, natural finish with gig bag. (No mention of Pawn Shop BTW.)
Ok... Guitar (with incomplete model number) up on top - and a bass (shown as "other model" for a guitar???) on the bottom.
What I think Google's spider might have found was nothing more than a "placeholder" (or junk page) on Fender's gigantic website.
But rather than debate what that page may or may not mean, why doesn't somebody give Fender a call, get them straightened out about that URL, and report back on what they tell you?
Their number is 480-596-9690. Press 1 and let whoever answers know you have a question regarding product announcements and availability?
Luck.
If you go to Fender.com and click on basses and scroll thru to page 5, its there. 3TS may mean what you say but it also can mean 3 tone sunburst which is what I think most of us basstards probably think it is. But, like Billy Joel says: "You may be right, I may be crazy."
How about dual humbuckers, one in the traditional tele-bass location (i.e. mudbucker) and one closer to the bridge? Kind of like a bass version of the '72 Tele Deluxe/Thinline?
Speaking of which, I was hoping Fender would release a bass version of the Blacktop series.
how bout p-j-h or jph... or no neck dive (that might defeat the rw part)... or a bass that always comes pleked and set up solidly... I must be talking about another company... Anyway I play fenders 
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They could use my 74 jazz for a prototype ...i think a lot of fellow tb'ers would be happy with that sound and feel
...They could use my 74 jazz for a prototype ...i think a lot of fellow tb'ers would be happy with that sound and feel
ampegfuzz said:
How about a thru the body Jazz neck but with a thinline (not chambered) body so it's built something along the lines of a Ric 4005! Put a split coil humbucker in the neck position, a single coil in the sweet spot, and a hot stacked buck in the bridge position. Give us a flexible pickup selector and a switch for series/parallel with the two humbuckers. Toss the useless standard tone control for treble and put a varitone switch in conjunction with a passive (coil) midrange knob in there instead.
I'd buy and play something like that even if the only color it came in was lime green!
I will give my point of view as a Systems Engineer, guys. I'm not specialized in Web Design but as far as I learned things like that cannot appear in a website like magic
Someone instructed the webmaster to add that "new bass" in the classic section. And the webmaster did it. And it is no coincidence that a few hours ago the Fender website was under maintenance. Just MHO.
So again, my guess is a new bass is coming out soon. Pawn Shop, Classic, whatever... but it will be.
Someone instructed the webmaster to add that "new bass" in the classic section. And the webmaster did it. And it is no coincidence that a few hours ago the Fender website was under maintenance. Just MHO.
So again, my guess is a new bass is coming out soon. Pawn Shop, Classic, whatever... but it will be.
40Hz said:
Now you're playing along! That sounds sweet but it would have me way confused.
I'm guessing it'll be an ash p bass body with a jazz neck and pj pups with the j in the 70's position and wait here's the twist:
A selector switch!
Basically a fender p-plus with a j neck and a rw finish.
