Fender CS prices

Three-ColourSunburst

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Meanwhile at the CS....

https://i.imgur.com/qhcZudM.png

This photo is probably no more than a bit of clever marketing along the lines of the old slogan "It's the fish that John West rejects that makes John West, the best."

In any case, when they are making over 200 'custom shop' guitars a week, that is hardly a lot of waste to be hanging around.

meltedbuzzbox

Three-ColourSunburst said:

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Meanwhile at the CS....

https://i.imgur.com/qhcZudM.png

This photo is probably no more than a bit of clever marketing along the lines of the old slogan "It's the fish that John West rejects that makes John West, the best."

In any case, when they are making over 200 'custom shop' guitars a week, that is hardly a lot of waste to be hanging around.

It's also probably cheaper to do that than try to rectify them

guitars4you

Strat54 said:

guitars4you said:

Strat54 said:

guitars4you said:

Also take into account that Fender do not carry any stock in the USA, EU or UK warehouse (or indeed throughout the world) - Every guitar that is built, is already assigned to an appropriate dealer somewhere in the world - As such it carries an invoice and Fender will be paid within 7-10 days in most instances - So it is not a case that they have warehouses full of guitars they can't sell

Whilst the days of CS sitting in the wharehouse may have gone, Fender still produce large quantities of CS guitars ad lib and sell them to dealers at events like the one taking place in Holland tonight. Have you not gone to the event @guitars4you ? I've seen the pics and there's an awful lot of guitars there being snapped up by dealers from around the EU. 

Just chatting with the UK C/Shop team today about the recent event in Holland - As per the NAMM show and the various CS Road Show events they often run in the USA, Fender will produce and commission additional promo stock for the event - Like the SRV model you mentioned - Fender EU + UK did not even get any indication of such stock until the event opens - It is no use to turn up to the event with another 'run of the mill' 62 sunburst Strat that every dealer already has in stock - So yes 'tasty' stock is commissioned for such events, to entice the dealer to spend more - They also had special deals on some of the unsold Master Designed models from the Roadshow they ran in the UK + EU last year 

 But no CS stock is now held in the warehouses - Up to 2 years ago I could see a stock list of 40-60 CS Guitars in the UK + EU warehouse - The UK CS manager would drive up to the dealers stores every couple of months, with 10-15 guitars on board, so we could hand pick some additional stock  - That has all now gone

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If I owned Fender I would push up CS price just a little to make the truly stunning  guitars from my new venture (The Mexico Custom Shop) seem more affordable.