New Fenders coming. Tele Bass, Comp Mustang and

[Chris P.]

I can't share anything but some Fender news was leaked. This fall some nice new models will hit the market as the Vintera II series. Besides a '60s J and '50s and '60s P there will be:

- A Vintera II Bass VI in  Lake Placid Blue and Fiesta Red

- A Tele Bass with Wide Range Humbucker in Vintage White and Surf Green

- A Competition Mustang with lollipops in Competition Orange and Competition Burgundy (so yes, that's blue!)

All Vintera's come wioth a Gigbag. Prices around 11/1200 euros, which will be the dollar price too, I guess.


There will also be a new acoustic bass, and some P-style bass ukes (hollow)

[morrow]

More new old stuff I guess.

[4stringer77]

I had to look up why competition burgundy is actually blue. Do you know if this new Fender will have the purple burst on the edges too?

[Chris P.]

No, i think it's just LPB with stripes.

[Chris P.]

More new old stuff I guess.

Nope, the uke basses are totally new and so is the Mike Kerr Signaturen. But yes, the Vintera is a reissue series! 

[ilan]

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[4stringer77]

Yes, clearly burgundy. 
We really are living in 1984.
Winston what color is this bass?
Blue?
Wrong! Red! Now  time for the two minute hate against Gibson.

[Chris P.]

[4stringer77]

The burst on the competition burgundy looks nice although not particularly red. Slab rosewood fret boards are a nice feature. The Desert Sand color on the 50s Precision is a very fetching shade of beige.

[ilan]

On the Mustang they messed up the racing stripes and the tug bar angle. This is really annoying. How difficult was it replicate correctly? They also moved the bridge up and effectively changed the pickup location in relation to the string.

[Chris P.]

The burst on the competition burgundy looks nice although not particularly red. Slab rosewood fret boards are a nice feature. The Desert Sand color on the 50s Precision is a very fetching shade of beige.

Burgundy has always been blue at Fender's!

[Chris P.]

On the Mustang they messed up the racing stripes and the tug bar angle. This is really annoying. How difficult was it replicate correctly? They also moved the bridge up and effectively changed the pickup location in relation to the string.

I get my orange tomorrow and I'll check. First pics were mock-ups, they had lollipops - as was stated in the dealer e-mail - so I'm curious about the real deal.

[ilan]

First pics were mock-ups

The orange is a screenshot from the Fender demo.

[ilan]

The MIJ Mustangs from 20 years ago were correct. Just needed an antique pearl guard instead of the stock bright white pearl.

[Chris P.]

I got a CIJ too. I will compare 'm!