Mmmmmm...... Fender Limited Edition La Cabronita “Porrazo” Precision Bass®

[TRBboy]

Spotted this in a GAK newsletter email; [url="http://products.fendercustomshop.com/en-GB/products/search.php?partno=1510008806"]http://products.fendercustomshop.com/en-GB/products/search.php?partno=1510008806[/url]

I think it looks awesome, but at £2799 there's no chance for me! Besides, I could buy about about 6 used Sandbergs for that!

[RichF]

[url="http://products.fendercustomshop.com/en-GB/products/search.php?partno=1510005806"]http://products.fendercustomshop.com/en-GB/products/search.php?partno=1510005806[/url]

nicer than the guitar version

[fender73]

Not my taste, i think it's hideous....as for the price.....

[merello]

[cocco]

I'm a bit torn

[KiOgon]

Mmmmmmm - - did this back in August [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/149356-the-best-p-bass-ive-seen-for-a-long-time/"]http://basschat.co.u...or-a-long-time/[/url]

[Lfalex v1.1]

Looks a bit.... Simple for that much money

[KiOgon]

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1316937536' post='1384453']

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Hey Merello,
Pray tell - how have you posted that picture? It's almost 3D to me, the head even sticks out over the 2 borders of the forum page.
I don't know if it looks the same to everyone?

Cheerz, John

[Doctor J]

[quote]has a bit more body mass for added sustain[/quote]

Can they actually prove that?

[RhysP]

[quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1316946093' post='1384561']

Can they actually prove that?
[/quote]
They don't have to - they're Fender & what they say is the absolute truth.
The only thing I thought when I saw that bass the first time was "What a waste of a really good TV Jones pickup".

[electric nate]

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1316945698' post='1384552']
Hey Merello,
Pray tell - how have you posted that picture? It's almost 3D to me, the head even sticks out over the 2 borders of the forum page.
I don't know if it looks the same to everyone?

Cheerz, John
[/quote]

I see this too! My guess is that the image has a transparent background, which is possible with .png format as far as I remember.

I want this bass quite badly, it's just the kind of thing I like, simple design, very little to it, but what few components there are, are of the highest quality. Obviously overpriced though. It'd be great if they did a jap or mex version, or even a squire, then people could buy it and put a good pickup and circuit in it themselves.

Edited September 25, 2011 by electric nate

[EdwardHimself]

Not my sort of thing. Also yeah too expensive. If i was spending that much on a bass, i would get an actual custom made one and not just a pretend custom made one from fender (tm) corp ®

Edited September 25, 2011 by EdwardHimself

[Darkstrike]

That should be unbearably simple to Warmoth up, mmm......

[TRBboy]

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1316941800' post='1384488']Mmmmmmm - - did this back in August [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/149356-the-best-p-bass-ive-seen-for-a-long-time/"]http://basschat.co.u...or-a-long-time/[/url][/quote]

Apologies, didn't realise it had been done already!

I know it's very simple folks, but that's what I like about it personally. I'm not really a coffee table sort of guy, and I like that this just looks like an out and out rock machine! I do think the price is absurd for what it is though!

It's got me thinking about doing a '51 P type of project but with a MM 'bucker and active eq.... Don't know what would be the cheapest way to do it though?

[Darkstrike]

It is very simple, but in the best kind of way. Different enough from a regular P to stand out, and I can't imagine it sounding anything besides killer.

[mike257]

I checked out the La Cabronita guitar a while back, with a view to building one similar for an old bandmate. I can't fathom what they're charging so damn much for - even if its the highest quality components, there just aren't that many components in it!

The price of exclusivity, it seems.

[hillbilly deluxe]

Yet another radical groundbreaking design from the Fender parts bin.
"a bit more mass" = un-contoured.

"unique body shape" erm,i dont think it's any more unique than any other Precision bass shape.

Edited September 26, 2011 by hillbilly deluxe

[RhysP]

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' timestamp='1317019507' post='1385414']
"a bit more mass" = un-contoured.
[/quote]

[dc2009]

How is that worth that much money, given so many luthiers could make it for so much less. You know, I sort of understand some custom shop prices, because the cost of the parts and labour is f-ing immense, but I honestly believe anyone who has the right tools could knock that up for under £200 (electronics aside).

[neepheid]

One person's trash is another person's treasure. If you like it and have that kind of money lying around in your change saucer then go for it.

I think it's a ridiculously overpriced bitsa. I wouldn't buy it if I had a full change saucer the size of the Ark Royal.

[RhysP]

[quote name='dc2009' timestamp='1317043559' post='1385834']
How is that worth that much money, given so many luthiers could make it for so much less.
[/quote]
Apparently it's because of the name on the headstock.
That little decal automatically transforms any piece of sh*t into the greatest basses/guitars in the cosmos.
The Fender marketing people must just spend all day pissing themselves laughing at the stuff they can get people to buy.

[charic]

I think it would better in white personally but I'm still not really a fan

[charic]

Infact any of you photoshop wizards fancy giving that ago. It could be a trebor bass

[BigRedX]

What's up with the finish on the upper horn?

[Guest]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1317069848' post='1386454']
What's up with the finish on the upper horn?
[/quote]

It looks like most of the Fender shop pressed their fingerprints onto it, then dinged it a few times