Fender Rascal Bass

[SoVeryTired]

But of course, in the real world, it would proably cost $7-8k as all things Fender are more expensive in Europe.

 

[Chef]

E7,999=$10,425.90, at the moment

So:
For that price, I get 4 Sadowsky Metros.

-whatevz-

 

[Tx Basser]

OK, it is a pretty bass guitar with a pretty price.

But not for me. WAY over what I would pay for it. I could buy 4 or 5 (or more) bass guitars that I do want, for the price of that guitar.

 

[nukes_da_bass]

$453 over it for the... erm... currency impaired.

The 7,999 had no currency symbol in front of it!

 

[Chef]

Sure it did.

€7,999

 

[nukes_da_bass]

Sure it did.

Not on the iPhone app, chef! I am going to check it on the PC later when I get home because I'm kind of anal about these things...

 

[Chef]

Doh!
I just checked my iphone: it doesn't show there!

It does on my PC I'm typing from.

 

[TN WOODMAN]

No symbol on the phone app. To me the Danelectro reference illustrated what a value and how cool Danos are.

 

[Nobody]

That looks pretty cool imho. But it has an exaggerated boutique price with none of the attributes of a boutique instrument.

 

[GreaserMatt]

That's a lot of money for a Danelectro. Yuck...

LOL

 

[Double E]

I believe the price is what it is because it is the only one and may likely not be duplicated. This is going to be a rare piece going forward even if they decide to do a production run. Sure a Sadowsky Metro is 1/4 the cost, but there are plenty of those to be had with no shortage in sight.

 

[Iridescentone]

Fender Rascal Bass OCT MBJS, 4 string e bass, Masterbuilt by Jason Smith, alder body, 62 Jaguar style maple thomann neck (Quadersawn), rosewood frettboard (round laminated), 52er Style "U" neck shape, 9,5" radius, 4,13cm nut width, 21 medium jumbo frets, white dot inlays, 1ply white moto 62 Jazzmaster Style pickguard, nickel hardware, 3x handwound Lipstick SLS pickups, colour: Ocean Turquoise satin NOS thomann finish. incl. black tolex case

I'll bite, what exactly is a thomann neck and a thomann NOS finish supposed to be?

 

[cnltb]

Fender Rascal Bass OCT MBJS, 4 string e bass, Masterbuilt by Jason Smith, alder body, 62 Jaguar style maple thomann neck (Quadersawn), rosewood frettboard (round laminated), 52er Style "U" neck shape, 9,5" radius, 4,13cm nut width, 21 medium jumbo frets, white dot inlays, 1ply white moto 62 Jazzmaster Style pickguard, nickel hardware, 3x handwound Lipstick SLS pickups, colour: Ocean Turquoise satin NOS thomann finish. incl. black tolex case

€7,999

Ah ok.
Another $300 bass for which they obviously made a mistake with the price tag.
I'm sure they'll spot the mistake soon and correct it.

 

[Davo-London]

Looks like a bass a guitarist would chose!

Davo

 

[Munjibunga]

Not an ad- that's what they're priced at new at Thomann.de

I see. Good thing I don't need one.

 

[Iridescentone]

No doubt there is someone out there who will gladly pay the price for that guitar and think they stole it. More power to them.

For the rest of us non-billionaires, $10K-ish for a bass can't be easily justified.

That said, if I were in the market for a bass at that price level, it certainly wouldn't be a Fender. I'd be looking at Alembic and a few other builders that offer the utmost level of artful craftsmanship. Which is way beyond anything that will ever roll out of the Fender Custom Shop.

Not knocking the FCS, they make fine "Fender" instruments. But that's where it ends. At some point you stop paying for great materials and workmanship, and begin to pay for marketing hype. This Thomann Fender looks like a perfect example of the latter.

 

[Chef]

Concur:
I paid far less than half that for my Alleva, and my Nord; both of which were about as "craftsman" as you can get in terms of made by more or less one guy.

whatevz.
you like it, you got the coin, rock it.

 

[bkbirge]

Divide the price by 10 and it'd still be too expensive. Pretty cool design though. Not interesting enough to dump my Danelectro 6 string tic tac bass though. For that scratch I'd probably be looking at a custom Wal (or 2!) or a decent carved upright.

 

[Nobody]

Yep, one should never question anything Fender does on talkbass.

 

[bkbirge]

That bass would EAT your Dano tic-tac for breakfast!

I'd like to hear clips for sure. And I'm not saying I'm not interested in trying one in my hands at some point. But no way in hell would I pay that much for it.