"Limited Edition"??!!?! Really?!? Slight Squier Rant upcoming.....

[Lance Bunyon]

If you wait long enough, everything becomes a "Limited Edition".
Eventually, the builder either dies or goes out of business. Or discontinues the model.

 

[Lance Bunyon]

We used to have a Chrysler Grand Voyager Limited; it was a great car and we used to see lots of them about.

All MOPAR vehicles are limited...

 

[knumbskull]

Bad luck! Same thing happened to me with a jar of hotdogs.

 

[cxc]

I was under the impression these GC/MF limited edition models were simply variations on the standard version that were exclusive to them. Primarily so they could put them on sale periodically without getting Fender in hot water with other dealers selling the standard product line. No scarcity or limit to production, aside from how many GC/MF can order and sell. I’ve actually wondered if these exclusives ever used substandard materials to keep costs down. Net/net: If you like it, buy it, and nothing more.

 

[skycruiser]

I was under the impression these GC/MF limited edition models were simply variations on the standard version that were exclusive to them. Primarily so they could put them on sale periodically without getting Fender in hot water with other dealers selling the standard product line. No scarcity or limit to production, aside from how many GC/MF can order and sell. I’ve actually wondered if these exclusives ever used substandard materials to keep costs down. Net/net: If you like it, buy it, and nothing more.

Limited distribution, not limited quantity.

 

[Bob Coldwell]

The McRib wasn't ever coming back either, you know....

But I love McRib.

 

[Stranger Danger]

I bought a "limited edition" MIM P that was finished in a color called Ocean Turquoise with a tort guard and maple neck. My local GC had one that had a few dings but said they could order me a new one. It was a limited run of 242 basses, never to be repeated, etc. I think this was 2018 and they had the exact same "limited" bass for sale a few more times since then.
Turns out I ended up buying the one they had in stock and it turned into a really nice instrument.

Oh you thought I was responding to you and not the OP. Yeah I hadn’t even read your post. I was responding the OP

 

[Jason Sypher]

The whole premise is ridiculous. Buying a cheap instrument hoping it will be worth something someday. You’re not wrong, it will be worth something, but you will be long gone.

 

[Tim Skaggs]

Ford LTD = Ford “Luxury To Drive”

Squier LTD = Squire “Lost Those Dollars”

 

[Bassdirty]

Now that's funny!

I just wish she didnt keep calling it "Muh CRIB".

But she's kinda right. What is Thanksgiving without a 50pc Nugget and 10 Muh-CRIB sandwiches?

T$

 

[Plain Old Barry]

All that to ask the question: At what point does a manufacturer draw the line on the classification of "Limited Edition"?

It's limited to as many as they can sell.

 

[Bass Viking]

From a buyer's perspective: I would never buy a Squier used unless it came crazy cheap.

New Squier instruments aren't expensive, so there is never a lot of money that I could save buying used in the first place. But, buying used, I can't return it if there is something wrong with it, and, although Squier makes very solid guitars these days, there is a fair chance that a cheaper instrument has some kind of fault. AND there is a fair chance that this is exactly the reason why this specific instrument is being sold. So, I'd rather pay a few bucks extra for the option to return it if it isn't up to standard.

I would only willing to pay a higher price if the instrument offered was in some way special. Squiers are not special. Again, solid guitars, good players, but ultimately they are just more of the same FSOs. They may sound good and play well, but other guitars do, too. And paint it however you want, they look like any other FSOs as well. Unless they have little Mona Lisas as fretboard dots, I won't be paying premium because the body is yellow instead of red.

I agree, the extra money spent on a new Squier gives you peace of mind and is $$ well spent. On the flip side, I’d sooner give away a Squier (donate to a high school music department) than go through the hassle of selling it.

 

[tpaul]

This whole thing reminds me of the DOD Meatbox reissue, which was supposedly limited because they had discovered a small cache of new old stock chips, which weren't being made anymore.

Now there's suddenly an unlimited supply...

 

[dhagopian]

I just put in a "limited edition" smoking parlor I'm hoping will triple the value of my house.

 

[BadSanta1281]

I'm a limited edition myself...

Limited prospects, limited income, limited abilities.

 

[Matt R.]

You bought a Squier as an investment?

 

[RichardW]

I feel the same way about "artist" basses.

Hey, guess what, you can buy all the Geddy Lee Fenders you want--you ain't gonna sound like Geddy Lee.

 

[PhillipHolbrook]

I bought a MM 30th Anniversary 5 string Stingray a few years ago and sold it at a small profit. It is a unique build with a custom ivory color, bright red tort pg and roasted maple neck and fingerboard. It also had a ceramic PU and a custom preamp designed to be a little darker than a regular Ray.

 

[bigdaddybass12]

I had a bass friend who bought some Yamaha 6 string that he paid about $2300? 20+ years ago. A few years later he saw it on clearance at Mars music? (Now GC?) for $699. So, at least fenders, squiers don’t go on clearance!!

 

[bigdaddybass12]

I agree, the extra money spent on a new Squier gives you peace of mind and is $$ well spent. On the flip side, I’d sooner give away a Squier (donate to a high school music department) than go through the hassle of selling it.

Yep. Every fender I have sold went pretty easy. I sold a Squier VM jag I had to almost give away. I have a great LTD B205 I have owned for years and a Ray4 that I would like to sell & buy something else. But both are great basses, especially the LTD, ray4 has been my main player, they have no resale value. I am on my 3rd or 4th fender p bass, buy one, don’t like it then sell it, later buy another, don’t like it, sell it, trying to keep one one I currently own!