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Red and blue.
Whoopdeefuckindoo!
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| Author: | Addison [ January 7th, 2013, 10:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Drumroll please... ... ... ... ... Red and blue. Whoopdeefuckindoo!
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| Author: | Basshappi [ January 7th, 2013, 10:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Ohhhh I'm inspired! Where's my checkbook?
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| Author: | Matt R. [ January 7th, 2013, 10:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Basically Candy Apple red and lake placid blue, right? |
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| Author: | gravesbass [ January 7th, 2013, 10:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
That red is sick!!! Hope they have one to demo at NAMM in a few weeks. 
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| Author: | velalv [ January 7th, 2013, 11:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Well, it seems like a big move from them. Personally I was hoping for a white bass. Will these be American standard, or or MIM? I imagine they will keep black and sunburst as well right? |
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| Author: | Matt R. [ January 7th, 2013, 11:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Those are American Standard |
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| Author: | andrew [ January 7th, 2013, 11:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Good for them to offer something besides burst and black though. |
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| Author: | Stingray5 [ January 7th, 2013, 12:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
I'm so confused, and maybe I'm just being naive or uninformed, but why can't they offer any color for a lefty bass? I can see machinery issues as far as making the bass, but once the body is ready for paint what does it matter what the shape/orientation of the body is?? 
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| Author: | Addison [ January 7th, 2013, 1:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Matt R. wrote: Basically Candy Apple red and lake placid blue, right? According to the website, it's "Mystic Red" and "Mystic Blue." MYSTICAL!!!  andrew wrote: Good for them to offer something besides burst and black though. True, but god forbid that they decide to go with a couple of classic Fender colors that people REALLY want like Surf Green, Lake Placid Blue, Coral Pink, Shoreline Gold, etc, etc, etc. And I know beggars can't be choosers and I should be thankful for two extra colors this year, but this company is still not getting a single red cent from me until they offer maple boards. |
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| Author: | digi [ January 7th, 2013, 4:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Where's the maple fretboard? 
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| Author: | Frenchy-Lefty [ January 7th, 2013, 4:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Same here, if they were to make a white Jazz Bass with maple neck, I'd buy it in a minute. Those 2 new colors are not exciting at all but at least we get more options. This mystic red is the same as my 1996 P-Bass and the blue is hella tacky. Looks like those early 2000's Mexican basses. Why not daphne blue and fiesta red? So much hipper. Come on Fender, where is the cool and the fun! |
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| Author: | pjmuck [ January 7th, 2013, 8:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
IMO, ditch the white pickguards and those could look a lot sharper. Case in point, I love the MIJ '62 in metallic blue: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Japan-62 ... 3ccd9d0b1f |
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| Author: | andrew [ January 7th, 2013, 10:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
pjmuck wrote: IMO, ditch the white pickguards and those could look a lot sharper. Case in point, I love the MIJ '62 in metallic blue: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Japan-62 ... 3ccd9d0b1f I remember seeing Samiam years ago and their bass player had a P-bass that same color of blue as the MIJ P, but with an anodized gold guard on it. Looked killer. |
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| Author: | Addison [ January 7th, 2013, 10:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
andrew wrote: I remember seeing Samiam years ago and their bass player had a P-bass that same color of blue as the MIJ P, but with an anodized gold guard on it. Looked killer. James Brogan from Samiam used to manage a band I was in when I lived in Oakland... I completely forgot about that until I read your post. The world just got smaller.
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| Author: | NoXX [ January 8th, 2013, 9:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Addison wrote: andrew wrote: I remember seeing Samiam years ago and their bass player had a P-bass that same color of blue as the MIJ P, but with an anodized gold guard on it. Looked killer. James Brogan from Samiam used to manage a band I was in when I lived in Oakland... I completely forgot about that until I read your post. The world just got smaller. FWIW I still have the T-shirt with the Samiam logo on the front, and the backprint that states "Eat at Billy's.....good eats". Great band! Great stuff! |
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| Author: | crabby [ January 8th, 2013, 4:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
The new colors are ok but I think a lot of us are really holding out for a maple fingerboard. I bought a Fender Special Run (FSR) lefty Strat this year and had the choice of Two Tone Sunburst or Lake Placid Blue which was cool as they are not regularly available colors. I went for the brown with a maple board and paid less then a current American Standard. Why can't they offer an FSR lefty Jazz with a maple neck or just make the maple a regular option????? Ack! |
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| Author: | Frenchy-Lefty [ January 8th, 2013, 11:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
They should have called those colors Lego Blue and Lego Red. Same for me, I will buy a Maple neck Jazz bass within minutes of it release. Especially a white one. |
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| Author: | iozz [ January 9th, 2013, 12:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
Same for me. I don't understand why they don't propose more options for us, especially maple fretboards... |
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| Author: | andrew [ January 9th, 2013, 12:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
I wonder how many orders for a maple board Fender would need to do a short run of them? |
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| Author: | velalv [ January 9th, 2013, 9:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Two new colors from Fender this year... |
I have some anecdotal evidence FWIW. The owner of the high end bass store here in DC told me that Lakland would need 24 basses of the exact same spec to do a Skyline run. He told me that he was able to secure about 18 people who wanted a five string maple jazz type, but then they told him that all needed to be the same finish, and that is when it fell apart. He is not a Fender dealer, but figured that Fender would need 125 pieces of the same color to do a limited run. He told me he would be open to making another run at it in the right circumstances. |
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