When mere words fail...Fender Custom Shop

[Katoosie]

The hell. Get bent, Fender.

 

[sleddogn]

Don't like, then don't buy, someone did or will....why the anger, i know why, fake madness drives the day...

 

[pbass2]

I'm waiting for the $16K Balsa wood version. Elegant simplicity.

Now that would be a bass for the Weight Weenies!

 

[India_Sierra]

They look like something that has been hammered together in a highschool workshop class. Are Fender having laugh?

 

[Shawn Luckman]

$12,000 should buy you a ouple of nice vintage Fender basses .

 

[Kubicki Fan]

Warmoth.

Much rather.

 

[Freekmagnet]

Meh. Nothing to see here.

15 minutes on Instagram will find you maybe a dozen small builders cranking out “rustic” Fender clones for a quarter of that price.

 

[metron]

Don't like, then don't buy, someone did or will....why the anger, i know why, fake madness drives the day...

Correct. Just because I don’t have enough money does that mean these aren’t at least interesting.

I personally don’t love them because they couldn’t be bothered to put countours on them. What about my arm?

Nah. These are cool.

 

[Admiral Akbar]

The $12,000 has me on its one advantage over any other bass I’ve ever heard of:

It “emits a mesmerizing fragrance known for its calming effects. The thin finish applied allows the natural aroma to permeate through the knots of the wood.”

No tort, no sunburst… but it’s got the ‘mesmerizing fragrance’!



I mean, they are definitely cool and I must admit I’d totally love to get a whiff of the $12K one.

 

[ctmullins]

Ridiculous.

No Fender that exists anywhere in the known universe is worth $12k.

 

[Matt R.]

Ah, the triggering effect of Fender Custom Shop basses on this forum.
Nobody’s forcing anyone to buy them, so don’t despair. The cargo short fund is safe for now.

 

[sleddogn]

The cargo short fund is safe for now.

And more money for all the Foderas and beard trimming accessories, croc's etc....lol

 

[MultiScaleMale]

These basses are advertisements for a brand and a cause more so than anything else. Kinda like an Orange County Chopper when they were a thing.

 

[pbass2]

And more money for all the Foderas and beard trimming accessories, croc's etc....lol

At first I thought you wrote "Fedoras"......but well, actually, those too....

 

[sleddogn]

I did type that word first and had to think it for a sec, lol, just poking fun at our hat and beard crowd

 

[BuddhaFingas]

I will take both.
Oh, wait... no left handed models...

Boned yourself again, Fender.

"Street wood" probably pre-inpregnated with carcinogens anyway.

 

[getBAK]

Fender just laid off most of their Custom Shop staff. I wonder who's making these?

 

[2saddleslab]

Cool but pricey.

 

[sleddogn]

Otto's moon bass, only 50k

 

[Crackle]

Regardless of the price, I don't like the look of either of those basses.