American Performer...

[BassBiscuit]

Have Fender discontinued it..?

Seems to have disappeared from site...

[HeadlessBassist]

I noticed over the last few weeks that when you go to select 'Series' on the Fender site, American Performer isn't in the list anymore, but the basses are still listed as available at around the £1400 mark. I hope they carry on, as they're great basses, especially if my American Performer Mustang is anything to go by.

[Stub Mandrel]

Hopefully this means they plan to reissue the real Performer.

[HeadlessBassist]

That's the weird looking mid 80's John Page designed one, isn't it? They only made them for about a year if I remember rightly.

 

 

 

[snorkie635]

This arrived in my inbox this very morning.

 

 

[neepheid]

1 hour ago, snorkie635 said:

This arrived in my inbox this very morning.

 

 

 

Yeah, bass players, know your place... at the back.

[Alanko]

It would be cool if they made an honest one-pickup American-built Mustang bass rather than the hybrid thing currently on offer. Maybe go back and take the geometries from a vintage Mustang rather than relying on the redrawn geometries seen on the CIJ reissues and everything else since, regardless of country of origin.

[Stub Mandrel]

2 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

That's the gorgeous looking mid 80's John Page designed one, isn't it? They only made them for about a year if I remember rightly.

 

 

 

 

Let me fix that for you

 

 

[HeadlessBassist]

27 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Let me fix that for you

 

 

 

I see you've just blown your cover as one of the Geurrilla Skeptics 😎

Edited 21 hours ago by HeadlessBassist

[BassBiscuit]

Mmm. So Fender won't show 'em to you on the site but you can order one.....

And then Snorkie gets an email showing 'em as still being buyable...!

 

Would any one else deduce they are in fact discontinued... Fender floggin' off remaining stock?... Cos there is a new one due...??

[gjones]

16 hours ago, snorkie635 said:

This arrived in my inbox this very morning.

 

 

 

I wonder what 'Handcrafted' means. I'm pretty sure it means, assembled in California from parts made in other countries. 

[nige1968]

I don’t think they’re allowed to say ‘made in USA’ any more unless every component is made in USA. 
 

But yes, probably not much craftsman carving going on.

Edited 4 hours ago by nige1968

[HeadlessBassist]

4 hours ago, BassBiscuit said:

Mmm. So Fender won't show 'em to you on the site but you can order one.....

And then Snorkie gets an email showing 'em as still being buyable...!

 

Would any one else deduce they are in fact discontinued... Fender floggin' off remaining stock?... Cos there is a new one due...??

 

The series before was called the American Special, wasn't it? There will probably be another similar product with a couple of small improvements and something taken away (my bet is truss rod above the nut and skunk stripe on the back of the neck, like the cheaper Mexican instruments and the newest American Ultra II.)

[Geek99]

4 hours ago, gjones said:

 

I wonder what 'Handcrafted' means. I'm pretty sure it means, assembled in California from parts made in other countries. 

That’s what the special was

[snorkie635]

8 hours ago, BassBiscuit said:

Mmm. So Fender won't show 'em to you on the site but you can order one.....

And then Snorkie gets an email showing 'em as still being buyable...!

 

Would any one else deduce they are in fact discontinued... Fender floggin' off remaining stock?... Cos there is a new one due...??

The e-mail came from Guitar Guitar, might I add.