A Fender dealer website accidently published a list of upcoming Fenders.
– 1954 P Bass w/ maple board (2-colour sunburst, vintage blonde)
– 1960 P Bass w/ rosewood board (daphne blue, black)
– 1966 Jazz Bass w/ matching headstock, blocks and dots (3-colour sunburst, Olympic white, seafoam green)
Article here if you want to see the guitars too…
LEAK: Fender American Vintage Series II coming - gearnews.com
Forgot to add the price… 2600 euros!
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Barney
September 29, 2022, 3:41am
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eric.kiser:
1966 Jazz Bass w/ matching headstock, blocks and dots (3-colour sunburst, Olympic white, seafoam green)
Sea foam Green
Having to remove the neck to adjust the truss rod
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Just added the price in the original post. 2600 euros!
Oh man. I would send it back.
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That would be the Tele Bass. Me likee. But a lot of money
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howard
September 29, 2022, 10:29am
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Why bother leaking upcoming Fenders? They only make like 6 things, again and again, forever
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You say that like it’s a bad thing.
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howard
September 29, 2022, 1:11pm
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It’s not bad for them. It’s just what they do
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Barney
September 29, 2022, 1:33pm
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I think they’re up to 7 now with the Meteora (until they discontinue that line after no Fender aficionados buy it!)
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So glad I bought my American original p before it got discontinued
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MikeC
September 29, 2022, 3:09pm
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Koldunya:
Nope.
Abso-tively, posi-lutely nope.
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Blimey, that’s a lot of cash
Sea foam green always makes me twitch though
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You can get a Squier 70s P in Seafoam for a lot less and it’s pretty nice
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Very true. And even more truer, is that i could just pickup my sea foam vintera p bass!
Or the surf green performer jazz
Its just GAS. Again. Damn thing
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As the owner of an MIJ '62 Reissue Jazz bass, I can confirm that this really really really sucks.
That may not be enough really’s. I’m all for vintage reissues but… do we have to reissue the design flaws that have zero impact on tone or playability???
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I hear that @JoshFossgreen . If I could only make one adjustment and put it back together, it could be tolerable. That is not my experience, I usually make micro adjustments (plural) per setup. That is why I stick with the modern:
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Dude. That thing has a flux capacitor in it.
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Good eye Tim. The only lowtech in it is the ziptie…
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JustTim
October 4, 2022, 10:03pm
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Yeah. Stay away from 88 BPM.
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