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Would you pre-purchase a Fender FSR Lounge Guitar
YES 26%  26%  [ 29 ]
NO 24%  24%  [ 27 ]
DEPENDS ON PRICE 50%  50%  [ 57 ]
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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:17 pm
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Ceri wrote:
Hey, seriously though, as a way forward howsabout thinking in terms of an existing model but with a non-standard finish? ... Pick a guitar: choose a finish. Slap a Forum logo on the back of the headstock and trick it out with a Forum COA signed by Brad - and away we go. That way the price is done and dusted without a hundred more pages of negotiation. ... Cheers - C
    This option is certainly expeditious and would also provide the opportunity for members to try the guitar before committing.

    However if the only specs distinguishing this guitar from other Limited Edition runs are a non-standard finish, forum logo, and a COA, then I would be happy to go along on the
    Group Hug side of the price range but moving up the slider, it would take more to make me pull the trigger.

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:30 pm
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Ceri wrote:
Hey, seriously though, as a way forward howsabout thinking in terms of an existing model but with a non-standard finish? A factory line Clapton Strat in Fiesta Red, say? Or at a more affordable price point, a Jimmie Vaughan Strat in Silver Sparkle? Or Midnight Blue? Or...

Pick a guitar: choose a finish. Slap a Forum logo on the back of the headstock and trick it out with a Forum COA signed by Brad - and away we go.

That way the price is done and dusted without a hundred more pages of negotiation.

(Odd how I keep picking maple neck models...)

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:35 pm
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(Odd how I keep picking maple neck models...)
Cheers - C

Do continue doing so. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:49 pm
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I'm liking this recent conversation between bm and Ceri. These "slider" ideas reflect my feelings on the matter as well but with one difference. I still prefer a group hug price in the $800 suggest list range. I don't think I want a Squier or a Chinese Fender if those are still being made. I see group hug as MIM Deluxe or some kind of MIM Vintage style model or better. In my mind if we're going to try to do something special or unique then I wouldn't want to see it be something I would never buy for myself ... all else being equal.

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:25 pm
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I still prefer a group hug price in the $800 suggest list range... I see group hug as MIM Deluxe or some kind of MIM Vintage style model or better. In my mind if we're going to try to do something special or unique then I wouldn't want to see it be something I would never buy for myself ... all else being equal.

And once again, these are good thoughts. Totally agree.

...In fact, we all agree on so much, how is it we haven't got this thing built and sitting in our hot little hands yet? :lol:

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:34 pm
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By the way, BMW, either of those guitars in your current sig photo would make a good Forum FSR. A Tele with a maple fingerboard and a bound body is a rare and beautiful thing. And would that be the Special Edition Koa Top Strat from around 2006/7-ish? A Forum logo would go nicely on that headstock...

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:27 pm
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The Tele is an American Deluxe. Year = 2000. Not sure if you can make out the abalone dot markers in that small pic. I'd guess that guitar might be just a tad out of our group hug range.

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The Strat is a Koa Top but I don't know about it being a special edition. Actually I don't know very much about it at all. The one thing I am kinda sure about (but not completely sure) is that I think I bought it before 2006. I'm at work in McMurray right now so I don't have access to my filing cabinet with my bills of sale for gear purchases. I'll double check that next week when I go on furlough.

It is definitely a pretty guitar and I could easily find a use for a second one.

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:48 pm
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BMW-KTM wrote:
I'm liking this recent conversation between bm and Ceri. These "slider" ideas reflect my feelings on the matter as well but with one difference. I still prefer a group hug price in the $800 suggest list range. I don't think I want a Squier or a Chinese Fender if those are still being made. I see group hug as MIM Deluxe or some kind of MIM Vintage style model or better. In my mind if we're going to try to do something special or unique then I wouldn't want to see it be something I would never buy for myself ... all else being equal.
    I think we're all on the same page. It's just that you may have a bigger heart or bigger wallet or both. :wink:

    As for a Squier, I don't think this was ever a serious consideration. The assumption, at least on my part, has always been a MIM-MIA standard of quality.

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:54 pm
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...In fact, we all agree on so much, how is it we haven't got this thing built and sitting in our hot little hands yet? :lol: Cheers - C

Wait'in on Brad who's wait'in on us whose wait'in on Brad who's wait'in on us and so on and so on and so......

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:04 pm
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Ceri wrote:
...In fact, we all agree on so much, how is it we haven't got this thing built and sitting in our hot little hands yet? :lol: Cheers - C

Wait'in on Brad who's wait'in on us whose wait'in on Brad who's wait'in on us and so on and so on and so......

And there's the rub. I don't think we're going to get many commitments to a price point without knowing what kind of guitar we're talking about. I also don't think we're going to get many commitments to a design without a price point. We've been discussing this for 46 pages and I'm not sure we're any closer than we were in the beginning. About the only things I can see we've arrived at is the consensus that a Bigsby puts too much strain on the price point and that an Esquire may not attract as many takers as a Tele or Strat.

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:25 am
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The iconic Stratocaster has barely rated a mention in this whole thread.
Why? Maybe because we each already own the perfect Strat. I know I do. (In fact BMW-KTM has a poster of it). Even before the Esquire idea began to snowball, a Telecaster based guitar has overwhelmingly been the choice.

I'm on the same page as most of you regarding group hugs/pushed buttons, but I doubt that I'd invest in another Strat. I don't see the list growing much more from here and further discussions will only highlight our differences.
At this stage, I'd really like to see some designs and prices from Fender.

Or ..... Let the polls begin. Week 1 - Body shape. (can't wait 'til week 3 - Maple or Rosewood :D )

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:06 am
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boxbang wrote:
The iconic Stratocaster has barely rated a mention in this whole thread. Why? Maybe because we each already own the perfect Strat.

The idea was to give the nod to nostalgia, recognizing Leo Fender's first design, Mike Eldred, who plays such an instrument, by incorporating the circuit he conceived of, and to Brad and his work on the Forum.

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:15 am
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I still love that idea doc. 8)


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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:26 am
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I still love that idea doc. 8)

Agreed. IMHO the design issue had sifted down to an Esquire with a maple neck, [fretwire not yet determined], finished in either vintage butterscotch or blond, with an Abby wound twisted Tele pickup, the Eldred circuit and the question of the Bigsby which appeared to be a 50/50 go/no go issue. The matter of tagging it as a Forum FSR guitar remains to be decided....logo, neck plate, both??? Then it took on a new life and another direction so presently we are looking at costing range with respect to propective participants ability to cover.

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Post subject: Re: FSR Fender Lounge Guitar
Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:04 am
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BMW-KTM wrote:
... I don't think we're going to get many commitments to a price point without knowing what kind of guitar we're talking about. I also don't think we're going to get many commitments to a design without a price point. ...
    Agreed. However the purpose and value of the Group Hug/Button Pressing price range is not to get a "commitment" on price nor a specific design but rather to help establish a price point. This seems to be very important for FMIC as Brad's latest comment clearly indicates.
      "Keep this latest 'roster' going, please. This is really the info most needed to realistically start a feature set discussion. Good format."

    My assumption is that the Group Hug / Button Pressing figures will be subjected to some highly advanced statistical Kung-Fu magic and the result will be the purchase price. Then a design or designs will be put forth - either by us or by FMIC - which are feasible given the established purchase price. It would be at this point, when we have a design and price, that members will have to make a commitment and back it up with prepayment.

    Cheers!
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