Fender wrote:Dimension basses (2004-2007). A mid-2000s entrant in the “other� 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 player’s instruments in the $1,000 range, and while they certainly weren’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 “other� 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.
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 1:35 pm
by Awstin
That honey burst with a black guard and stock setup would be sweet.
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:45 pm
by NickS
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...
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:00 pm
by BearBoy
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:07 pm
by StevePirates
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:58 pm
by robroe
just find some old shitty car that the auto companies forgot to keep the copyright on
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:08 pm
by NickS
Allegro? Javelin? Edsel?
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 9:20 pm
by StevePirates
The Fender Melody to Good Morning To You Slash Happy Birthday
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:14 pm
by robroe
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CADALAC ALLANTE
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:54 pm
by dots
it doesn't HAVE to be a car name, does it? telecaster, stratocaster, jazzmaster, musicmaster, duo-sonic. . . jag-stang (lol).
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 3:15 pm
by Cymbaline
These new ones were all beaten with an ugly stick!
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:27 pm
by Dillon
So...more Squier guitars posing as Fender guitars, except not as good as Squier. I do love that honey burst finish though.
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:16 am
by mkt3000
I just had a mental image of that honey burst mustang with some mini hums... me gusta
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:40 am
by Boddah47
ALL MADE IN CHINA？
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:55 am
by SKC Willie
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.
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:03 pm
by BearBoy
Andertons have posted details of the full range. There is also an HSH Strat and a satin finished 5 string Jazz Bass.
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:27 pm
by markarkark
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(!)
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:15 pm
by Noirie.
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.
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:34 pm
by dots
yeah, so a bunch of these fenders have indeed leaked suck all over the jank. that jazzmaster is a trainwreck.
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:53 pm
by benecol
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.
