elduave 1,213 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Please place your order before the end of the year. No more Crowns after 12/31/07. Yup, even on Standards. This message approved by the home office. Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Haynie 12,205 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Let me guess... Fender does not want to be responsible for guitars that have an inlay pattern that is virtually exclusive to Gibson. Link to post Share on other sites
kizanski 15,324 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Oh Christ... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pirateflynn Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 In under the wire. Link to post Share on other sites
silentman 128 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 End of an era. Maybe 10 years from now you can order them for $1000 upcharge a la boomers. Link to post Share on other sites
Devnor 388 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Bleh No Boomers either...BTW Link to post Share on other sites
BubbaVO 3,516 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 So the Fender era begins ... Link to post Share on other sites
atquinn 2,211 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Hmm, I'm kind of surprised they didn't do this right after they came up with the Victory inlays. Victories look surprisingly sweet on my Studio, but I still think they look a bit funny on Standards and Vectors. -Austin Link to post Share on other sites
seeker 305 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Hmm, I'm kind of surprised they didn't do this right after they came up with the Victory inlays. Victories look surprisingly sweet on my Studio, but I still think they look a bit funny on Standards on Vectors. -AustinI like em on Studios also. Agree that Victories might look a bit odd on a Standard. Have always thought that parallelogram inlays that match the body's angle direction would be kinda cool. Link to post Share on other sites
sirDaniel 382 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Postfender HAMER rule list:1. No Crown INLAYS2. tba3. tba4. tba5. tba6. tba7. tba8. tba9. tba Link to post Share on other sites
atquinn 2,211 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Hmm, I'm kind of surprised they didn't do this right after they came up with the Victory inlays. Victories look surprisingly sweet on my Studio, but I still think they look a bit funny on Standards on Vectors. -AustinI like em on Studios also. Agree that Victories might look a bit odd on a Standard. Have always thought that parallelogram inlays that match the body's angle direction would be kinda cool.Personally, I think Boomers look sweet on both Standards and Vectors due to the body angles, but I guess that's just me.-Austin Link to post Share on other sites
DavidE 46 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Please place your order before the end of the year. No more Crowns after 12/31/07. Yup, even on Standards. This message approved by the home office. The Home Office in Scottsdale, AZ? Link to post Share on other sites
BCR Greg 724 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 No more boomers, effective NOW. I was just told that on the phone yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites
cmatthes 20,326 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Except on Watsons... Link to post Share on other sites
Devnor 388 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 No more boomers, effective NOW. I was just told that on the phone yesterday.A small part of me died yesterday... Link to post Share on other sites
elduave 1,213 Posted November 1, 2007 Author Share Posted November 1, 2007 Except on Watsons... You are correct, sir. Link to post Share on other sites
Feynman 2,634 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I was sort of hoping a victory inlay SC would pop up on my WTB thread. Maybe I should switch to crowns. Pre-Fender, indeed. Link to post Share on other sites
atquinn 2,211 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 No more boomers, effective NOW. I was just told that on the phone yesterday.Now that is ridiculous! -Austin Link to post Share on other sites
AdmiralB 13 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Why does everyone assume this is a Fender mandate? The other thread is full of "Hamer USA is a pimple on the ass" posts, now everyone assumes that the first action by FMIC after a very large acquisition is to dictate a change to the option list at Hamer USA? Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Haynie 12,205 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Any other guesses as to why there will be no more crowns? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Meshuggah Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 I blame Bush. Link to post Share on other sites
AdmiralB 13 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Any other guesses as to why there will be no more crowns?Why would Fender would tell them to stop? And why no more boomerangs?Since Standards are the only guitars that have crowns as, well, standard...I'd posit that they're narrowing the inventory. Link to post Share on other sites
Feynman 2,634 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 It's much more fun to assign blame. Who needs facts? I blame Fender. I bet all those crown inlay offerings I have so far all just shot up in price. Link to post Share on other sites
DavidE 46 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Why does everyone assume this is a Fender mandate? The other thread is full of "Hamer USA is a pimple on the ass" posts, now everyone assumes that the first action by FMIC after a very large acquisition is to dictate a change to the option list at Hamer USA?Because it's something other than Britney Spears?Actually, it makes sense from a Gibson-Fender intellectual property point of view. Link to post Share on other sites
murkat 5,130 Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Why does everyone assume this is a Fender mandate? The other thread is full of "Hamer USA is a pimple on the ass" posts, now everyone assumes that the first action by FMIC after a very large acquisition is to dictate a change to the option list at Hamer USA?Actually, it makes sense from a Gibson-Fender intellectual property point of view.^ if that was the case... no more standards, Vee's, double cuts........ the handshake deal is no longer.... Link to post Share on other sites
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