custom shop strats....

Hootsmon · May 2019

are they all ( or mostly) routed sss?

Majorscale · May 2019

yes

stickyfiddle · May 2019

Sometimes they do fun stuff that's not SSS...

https://www.coda-music.com/fender-custom-shop-jason-smith-masterbuilt-double-fat-strat-charcoal-frost-metallic.html

Image: https://www.coda-music.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/_/2/_2000262.jpg

thegummy · May 2019

Isn't it the case that the Custom Shop just make what people ask for when they order one?

Hootsmon · May 2019

thegummy said:

Isn't it the case that the Custom Shop just make what people ask for when they order one?

No, it's the case and the guitar

RandallFlagg · May 2019

thegummy said:

Isn't it the case that the Custom Shop just make what people ask for when they order one?

No, they have a set range of models each year that vary but they do also make special runs for dealers to their own specs and will also make one offs to a customers spec drawn up from the custom design guide.

Check out the Custom Shop website:

http://www.fendercustomshop.com/

thegummy · May 2019

RandallFlagg said:

thegummy said:

Isn't it the case that the Custom Shop just make what people ask for when they order one?

No, they have a set range of models each year that vary but they do also make special runs for dealers to their own specs and will also make one offs to a customers spec drawn up from the custom design guide.
Check out the Custom Shop website:
http://www.fendercustomshop.com/

I've looked at that site before but thought they were more examples.

Aren't the Custom Shop Strats sold at Guitar Guitar ones they've specced themselves and aren't available at other retailers, same with Andertons etc.?

meltedbuzzbox · May 2019

hootsmon said:

are they all ( or mostly) routed sss?

http://bfy.tw/NmEo

mburekenge · May 2019

stickyfiddle said:

Sometimes they do fun stuff that's not SSS...

https://www.coda-music.com/fender-custom-shop-jason-smith-masterbuilt-double-fat-strat-charcoal-frost-metallic.html

Bloody hell. That looks incredible.

boogieman · May 2019

mburekenge said:

stickyfiddle said:

Sometimes they do fun stuff that's not SSS...

https://www.coda-music.com/fender-custom-shop-jason-smith-masterbuilt-double-fat-strat-charcoal-frost-metallic.html

Bloody hell. That looks incredible.

For nearly 5 grand it should

RandallFlagg · May 2019

thegummy said:

RandallFlagg said:

thegummy said:

Isn't it the case that the Custom Shop just make what people ask for when they order one?

No, they have a set range of models each year that vary but they do also make special runs for dealers to their own specs and will also make one offs to a customers spec drawn up from the custom design guide.
Check out the Custom Shop website:
http://www.fendercustomshop.com/

I've looked at that site before but thought they were more examples.

Aren't the Custom Shop Strats sold at Guitar Guitar ones they've specced themselves and aren't available at other retailers, same with Andertons etc.?

Some are but not all. The Ancho Pablo Strat and El Diablo Strat were both sold at those 2 dealers and was a standard model for a whole.

Lebarque · May 2019

RandallFlagg said:

thegummy said:

RandallFlagg said:

thegummy said:

Isn't it the case that the Custom Shop just make what people ask for when they order one?

No, they have a set range of models each year that vary but they do also make special runs for dealers to their own specs and will also make one offs to a customers spec drawn up from the custom design guide.
Check out the Custom Shop website:
http://www.fendercustomshop.com/

I've looked at that site before but thought they were more examples.

Aren't the Custom Shop Strats sold at Guitar Guitar ones they've specced themselves and aren't available at other retailers, same with Andertons etc.?

Some are but not all. The Ancho Pablo Strat and El Diablo Strat were both sold at those 2 dealers and was a standard model for a whole.

And some they pick up at shows etc.

MattFGBI · May 2019

RandallFlagg said:

thegummy said:

Isn't it the case that the Custom Shop just make what people ask for when they order one?

No, they have a set range of models each year that vary but they do also make special runs for dealers to their own specs and will also make one offs to a customers spec drawn up from the custom design guide.
Check out the Custom Shop website:
http://www.fendercustomshop.com/

The Custom Shop stock you see in shops is pretty much all made to order. Yes, there is a catalogue and various limited collections each year but these are more of a showcase of what can be done. The vast majority of the instruments made are custom made to order.

guitars4you · May 2019

Part 1 - The Custom Shop web site shows models that are part of the 2019 collection - Select signature models and a few special run/limited edition models - All orders are placed by the dealer and we wait around 6 months for stock to arrive - Generally no custom options available on such models - You buy what Fender have spec'd

Part 2 - Fender will offer select Special Limited Runs from time to time - Generally via the NAMM show - Again the dealer will place an order and wait around 6 months for stock to arrive - Again we buy what Fender have spec'd - Such listings are very rarely listed on the Fender web site - There may well me 100 or so different models and colours offered as part of the NAMM Limited Run - Some are a Limited Run based on 1 of 10 or 1 of 100 etc - Others are part of a limited run, with an order book that is only available for the period of the show - As such maybe only 1 built or 55, depending on how many dealers order that exact model

Part 3 - Any Custom Shop dealer, be it me, GuitarGuitar, Coda, Peach etc, will order their 'own creations' - We spec them and order them and wait around 6 months for stock to arrive - Most stock is based on this link http://www.fmicassets.com/sites/fender.com/themes/img/customshop/2018/2018_Custom_Shop_Design_Guide.pdf - Therefore we all have similar stock yet all different - For example I order a 63 Strat in fiesta red, Doug at Coda orders a 64 version in LP Blue - So more individuality about what each dealer has in stock

Part 4 - Similar to part 3 - But you as a customer can create your own CS model - Again around 6 months delivery - See above link again for a guide line of options

Note - Fender no longer carry any stock in any warehouse be it the UK, USA or EU - All stock is now built to order

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