Is this a thing?
https://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/msg/d/malverne-fender-bass-telecaster/7367394220.html
Is this a thing?
https://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/msg/d/malverne-fender-bass-telecaster/7367394220.html
Im always skeptical when I see something on Craigslist so, (shrug).
After a little looking, turns out they did make some Fenders in China.
I had no idea.
Which begs the question, were they / are they any better than a Squier?
Not sure if they made others than this tele, certainly interesting, no clue if any good, not my thing.
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Yeah it’s a thing. I have a white Tele.
LoL! I dont know wherethe seller got those specs from but it isn’t that bass.
The serial number decoder says
Serial number: CGF1205355
Production year: 2012
Made by AXL, China
On another note, why are the pups jammed against the fingerboard and bridge?
Aren’t some of the Player series made in China?
I have two MIC Squier basses, theAffinity Jag and Paranormal. Both are well constructed.
I had found those specs somewhere else as an example.
Correct. That’s what I found.
It’s a thing!
An identical tele bass showed up in my local music store.
Plays great.
Pretty thick neck radius for me, but had a real cool thick, growly sound.
I asked the shop owners about it and they were saying that when Fender started making “Fender” label products in their Squier facilities, the shop didn’t go for it.
It didn’t make sense to try and sell a Fender next to a Squier both made in the same factory, both made in China.
Didn’t matter if the specs and ingredients and quality was a shade better - it just didn’t have a reason to exist in the spectrum of Fender products.
I’d have to agree with that stance.
Though… it was a real cool bass…