New Fender Bass?

[remcult]

anyone know anything about these? looks pretty cool

 

[2saddleslab]

Binding, check.
Original P bass headstock, check.
String thru, check.
Relic, check.
Modded single pickup in sweet spot, check.
No top horn? What the???

 

[Bass V]

sounds great, looks terrible. costly, waiting for the Squier...

 

[mikewalker]

ooooooohhh... razor sharp binding to dent my forearm!!! (PASS)

 

[FRoss6788]

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[FRoss6788]

Bridge and pickup look cool though

Too bad they threw basic design principles out the window...

 

[Tad]

Doesn’t Abuelo mean grandfather?

 

[melloncollie]

I really hope they make this a regular model. I love the shape.

 

[jd56hawk]

I like everything about it except that horrible color.
Now, if they'd painted it the same color as that guy's hair...
Other than that, nice tone variety...the best-sounding Fender I've heard lately. I like what he does with Blackbird.

Best thing about it?
The Fender detractors can't say "What, another take on the Precision/Jazz bass?"

 

[M.R. Ogle]

I think it's an attractive looking bass.
However... sharp binding, and it LOOKS like a neckdive extravaganza. I'll wait until I actually get my hands on one before I pass final judgement... buuuut... I'm highly skeptical.

 

[melloncollie]

I like everything about it except that horrible color.
Now, if they'd painted it the same color as that guy's hair...
Other than that, nice tone variety...the best-sounding Fender I've heard lately. I like what he does with Blackbird.

Best thing about it?
The Fender detractors can't say "What, another take on the Precision/Jazz bass?"

Yes I hate 3 tone burst with a passion. Anything else please

 

[bovinehost]

I think it's nice that they're stepped out a little bit. Of course, none of us will buy it because (a) it's a CS model and probably costs more than one of those snazzy Buick SUVs and (b) it's not a Precision or Jazz.

It reminds me of something. Didn't Ibanez have a body shape vaguely like that?

 

[DJ Bebop]

Guild Bi-Sonic pickup copy?

Curtis Novak's apparently

I'd roll wit it

 

[baxter_x]

I would have to be paid a huge amount of money to play that bass! It looks absolutely awful to me.

 

[Volker Kirstein]

Is it available in anything besides SB? Not black, either. I'd like a banana yellow one, please!

 

[DJ Bebop]

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[Naviiin]

I'm into everything this bass does, except for the unergonomic shape...

Oh, and it seems like it would be better off being short scale.

 

[iunno]

Don't like it. Ugly, and it has that crappy semihollow sort of tone. Cool that Fender is trying something "new", but I can't see this lasting long.

 

[J Gold]

Not my bag but I’m happy they’re trying something new. I could see it selling a few if they keep it around $1200 tops.

I still don’t understand why relic is a thing though.

 

[primusfan1989]

I like it, better than another variation on the same thing (thats getting pretty old). Especially with a Bisonic, Id try this thing out