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Fender's new "design your own" option...


Philip_
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Hours of fun, have a go at designing your dream Precision or Jazz.

[url="http://www.fender.com/american-design/instruments/"]http://www.fender.co...gn/instruments/[/url]

You can create a P with a J neck on it, which is suddenly making me want to find the £1250 they are asking for one.


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[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1397887088' post='2428185']
Sandberg did it first :P
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There's a certain irony in that when you take the bigger picture into account. :D

I agree that it's too limited to get really excited about, even if they did ship to the UK. Sandberg's is far better.

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[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1397893845' post='2428245']
There's a certain irony in that when you take the bigger picture into account. :D

I agree that it's too limited to get really excited about, even if they did ship to the UK. Sandberg's is far better.
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got to say, sandberg's California (the one without the bridge pup) is RIGHT up my street and i may well buy one within the next few years.

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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1397899683' post='2428315']
That was massively disappointing.
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it's useful if you're trying to design a fairly standard fender and want to know what looks right to you before you start browsing for pickguards.

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[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1397904084' post='2428412']
Plus 1. Poor execution of what could have been great.
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yes I must admit i'm only really interested in the P body + J neck option.

seems more interesting for guitar players - more necks to choose from + various pickups

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[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1397917220' post='2428614']
Aimed at Fender! Sorry.
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Noooo - I didn't think you were having a dig at me, just everyone seems to be getting rather serious about it.

I just thought it was something nice to play with :)

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One day Fender will offer a new service by which they start making basses that are actually made properly. You know, where the neck fits in the neck pocket properly and that kind of thing.

I shudder to think what kind of Frankenstein's monster might eventually arrive on your doorstep if you actually ordered one of these creations. Fender seem to have a hard time knocking out consistently-made basses when [i]they[/i] are in control. If the customer gets any degree of autonomy then anarchy could easily ensue.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Wish they would stop messing about and offer all the main body shapes with whatever neck you want, whatever pickups (within reason eg you can have the traditional single coil P), blocks/binding, ashtrays, and DECENT COLOURS.

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH COLOURS? It's 2014; just offer normal customers a bass in classic colours like sonic blue and surf green.

The latest two colours in the American Standard range are absolutely awful. Cheap red and blue. Nice one.

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