Some new Fenders seemed to have leaked...

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:16 pm

NickS wrote:
Fender wrote:Dimension basses (2004-2007). A mid-2000s entrant in the â€œotherâ€� Fender bass arena was the Dimension IV Bass and its five-string version, the Dimension V Bass, both released in 2004. Like the concurrent Zone basses, the two Dimension models were designed as yet another more contemporary alternative to the omnipresent Precision and Jazz. The Dimension basses were playerâ€™s instruments in the $1,000 range, and while they certainly werenâ€™t the first Fender basses to have two-octave necks, active circuitry, no pickguard and tuners on both sides of the headstock, they were unusual among Fender basses of any era in that they had tilt-back headstocks. As was the case with several previous â€œotherâ€� Fender basses with modern looks and features, the Dimension IV and V were solidly built, smooth-feeling, good sounding instruments that never really caught on. After three years, they were discontinued in 2007.
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Yeah, I saw that after I poasted about it being "new". The new one looks nothing like that one though. Weird to have recycled the name.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:35 pm

That honey burst with a black guard and stock setup would be sweet.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:45 pm

BearBoy wrote:Yeah, I saw that after I poasted about it being "new". The new one looks nothing like that one though. Weird to have recycled the name.

Well, they did it with the Marauder...

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:00 pm

NickS wrote:
BearBoy wrote:Yeah, I saw that after I poasted about it being "new". The new one looks nothing like that one though. Weird to have recycled the name.
Well, they did it with the Marauder...

Haha. True. But the Marauder had some cool mythology around it from Fender's golden era. That's just a wank looking bass that's less than ten years old. They need to employ someone to think up new names. It can't be that difficult to think up something new.

StevePirates · Post by **StevePirates** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:07 pm

BearBoy wrote: They need to employ someone to think up new names. It can't be that difficult to think up something new.

It can be pretty hard to come up with good acceptable names. Look at the Broadcaster. Or the history of the various Captain Marvels.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:58 pm

just find some old shitty car that the auto companies forgot to keep the copyright on

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:08 pm

Allegro? Javelin? Edsel?

StevePirates · Post by **StevePirates** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:20 pm

The Fender Melody to Good Morning To You Slash Happy Birthday

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:14 pm

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CADALAC ALLANTE

Post by **dots** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:54 pm

it doesn't HAVE to be a car name, does it? telecaster, stratocaster, jazzmaster, musicmaster, duo-sonic. . . jag-stang (lol).

Cymbaline · Post by **Cymbaline** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:15 pm

These new ones were all beaten with an ugly stick!

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:27 pm

So...more Squier guitars posing as Fender guitars, except not as good as Squier. I do love that honey burst finish though.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:16 am

I just had a mental image of that honey burst mustang with some mini hums... me gusta

Boddah47 · Post by **Boddah47** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:40 am

ALL MADE IN CHINA？

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:55 am

The teles look like they're made in Mexico. Everything else looks just like the new Made in China Fender stuff, which is actually decent but would be much better with $100 knocked off the price.

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:03 pm

Andertons have posted details of the full range. There is also an HSH Strat and a satin finished 5 string Jazz Bass.

markarkark · Post by **markarkark** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:27 pm

interesting selection of body woods - all the bass guitars are alder, but the strat and the jazzy are mahogany (won't this be heavy?) and the mustang is pine(!)

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:15 pm

othomas2 wrote:Didn't know about these despite working in a guitar shop, maybe I missed an email....

This would be so much better with a rosewood board and black pickguard.

Post by **dots** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:34 pm

yeah, so a bunch of these fenders have indeed leaked suck all over the jank. that jazzmaster is a trainwreck.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:53 pm

I think "seeped" would be more apt than "leaked" in this context. Comes to something when, as a Fender customer and fan, I'd want precisely none of these new guitars.