I had serious GAS for a natural hotrod P when they were out, but also had a serious case of LoCash at the same time.
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Poll : Fender Free?
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I got mine really cheap, I think I paid 1200 bucks for it brand new when they were listing for something like 2299.00 new, was a left over, that bass has the best neck I've ever played, mine's black.
True enough. I'm open to a difference of opinion. I just find it interesting that the fender Corp feels it cannot put the Fender logo on the bass where there's so many other corporations that will gladly have an entry level line.
The fact that you are even thinking about it shows that Fender's branding strategy is effective. Implicit in your comment is the idea that the Fender logo is more desirable. They do have products that sit between Squier and MIA Fender with the Fender logo. If they put the logo on everything they would have a much harder time distinguishing between their $300 and $700 instruments.
But Fender is fairly unique that they use the same platform across the lines. They have P and J basses at every level. Contrast that with say Ibanez who puts their logo on everything, but has a markedly different platform at the entry level.
They were expensive, top of the line or close to it. My impression is they weren't a big seller or they wouldn't have dropped it. Hold onto yours, it might become a collectors item.
I chose no fenders but not no fender related because my two carvins are a p clone and a j clone.
I know I'm not the only one. I personally prefer the Squier I have over any of the fenders I have owned. But it is not a "fender".
I don't own any Fenders or Squiers. Nor even any copies of them.
Spector is my main, and the one i started learning on is a Yamaha. Only thing I'm really gassing for eventually is a Ric
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Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
1. Fender - '75 J body, '73 P neck. Recently restored. Been mine over 30 years.
2. Lull P4 - wonderful P bass
3. All Parts build of a '51 P - Butterscotch Blonde Bulldog Bass
Bass theway doG meant it to be.
2. Lull P4 - wonderful P bass
3. All Parts build of a '51 P - Butterscotch Blonde Bulldog Bass
Bass theway doG meant it to be.
I am down to 2 P's 2 SB-2's and a 5 string project bass with jazz pups Leo in all of them.
AS Jaguar body with Moses graphite neck. I hate P and J bodies; I'll never have one.
2 peaveys, a custom Clement, and an incoming Roscoe. No Fender here. I'll probably end up with another P though. The Celemnt is a PJ, and better than any Fender I have touched, so my Fender GAS is basically nonexistent.
Since squier DO say fender on the headstock (at least the ones I owned, the affinity might not iirc), I have never been fender free.
My first guitar was a squier II strat in 91 (new MII) and my first bass was a squier II p in 92 (used MIK). Despite some wood being cut off, and it being in pieces awaiting a refinish almost 20 years, I have always owned it. Also in 92 the truss rod on my first strat broke and fender replaced it with an MIM fender neck, which eventually got moved to a guitar I had custom made, but later sold. The strat body is still mine with an aftermarket (Lasido neck).
If squier does not count, my first full fender that I can remember was the mim duo-sonic in 93 (December holidays gift), and I still own that too. In early 97 I got my first fender proper, an MIM jazz bass, followed shortly after by another. Both of those got sold when I got my first MIA fender in 1998, which I still own. I currently also own a 1998 geddy Lee I got around 99, and a 2000 Mia P I got in 2001. Guitar wise I also have have a 95 mim deluxe tele, and briefly had an 89 USA strat a few years ago, but I had to sell it (to be fair I also had to sell a les Paul special around the same time).
I really got into Warwick's around 2000, and ended up with 3 by spring 2001. So I still own 3 Warwick's and 3 "good" fenders, and don't plan on selling them. I am not playing them currently, but when the need arrives they are just a trip to "the vault" away.
Currently using 90s USA peaveys and some epiphone thunderbirds. I certainly don't say they are "better" than fenders, but the peaveys have some characteristics that are hard to.find in most fenders (that thin 2pc neck!), and are much better bang for the buck (2 furies and a foundation). And when you need a Thunderbird for the authentic look in a tribute, there is no substitute, and the inexpensive epiphone bolt ons do the trick.
I will never be fender free, but right now my fender (basses) are out of sight, out of mind (but the telecaster is in rotation, and the duo-sonic might come out as well)
My first guitar was a squier II strat in 91 (new MII) and my first bass was a squier II p in 92 (used MIK). Despite some wood being cut off, and it being in pieces awaiting a refinish almost 20 years, I have always owned it. Also in 92 the truss rod on my first strat broke and fender replaced it with an MIM fender neck, which eventually got moved to a guitar I had custom made, but later sold. The strat body is still mine with an aftermarket (Lasido neck).
If squier does not count, my first full fender that I can remember was the mim duo-sonic in 93 (December holidays gift), and I still own that too. In early 97 I got my first fender proper, an MIM jazz bass, followed shortly after by another. Both of those got sold when I got my first MIA fender in 1998, which I still own. I currently also own a 1998 geddy Lee I got around 99, and a 2000 Mia P I got in 2001. Guitar wise I also have have a 95 mim deluxe tele, and briefly had an 89 USA strat a few years ago, but I had to sell it (to be fair I also had to sell a les Paul special around the same time).
I really got into Warwick's around 2000, and ended up with 3 by spring 2001. So I still own 3 Warwick's and 3 "good" fenders, and don't plan on selling them. I am not playing them currently, but when the need arrives they are just a trip to "the vault" away.
Currently using 90s USA peaveys and some epiphone thunderbirds. I certainly don't say they are "better" than fenders, but the peaveys have some characteristics that are hard to.find in most fenders (that thin 2pc neck!), and are much better bang for the buck (2 furies and a foundation). And when you need a Thunderbird for the authentic look in a tribute, there is no substitute, and the inexpensive epiphone bolt ons do the trick.
I will never be fender free, but right now my fender (basses) are out of sight, out of mind (but the telecaster is in rotation, and the duo-sonic might come out as well)
You mean the name he signed on the contract that stipulated it keep his name when he signed it? In that case, might as well lump Music Man and G&L basses into that statement as well. I think it's signed, sealed, delivered at this point.
If I went Fender-free, I'd have to give up about four basses, parts of another five or six basses, three amps, two strats, one Tele, an acoustic Newporter, a leather jacket and about seven T-shirts.
Nope, never gonna be Fender-free.
Nope, never gonna be Fender-free.
