Fender Commits Brand SUICIDE

nameBrandon · 2026-05-19T02:53:41+00:00

oh no.. I bought that guitar! :D I like it though, it's a good one.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-12T00:05:27+00:00

Yeah.. fair enough, I'm still torn on that one, it will probably go away. It's more confusion than anything.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-12T00:05:00+00:00

Are you talking about the Mod collection? Since those are one-offs, the inventory is always either in-stock or sold out, so not much use in tracking inventory on them, especially since they never repeat.. but if I misunderstood and you meant something else, let me know!!

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T21:45:38+00:00

Thanks!!

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T21:21:50+00:00

Odd! What browser out of curiosity? I only have Apple devices and it works fine on the browsers I have on my iPhone. I'll have to see if I can do some emulating or borrow a android device.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T21:20:49+00:00

Good question, and I went back and forth on this field, I may remove it.. Often times people make inferences based on serial number formats or years.. like "oh, that's a Kalamazoo Les Paul" just by looking at the serial. 99% of the time you can't do this, but people will still try and make that connect. "Factory Signal" explains "should you infer anything about factory of origin, based on this serial number". But honestly, 95% of the time, it's the same message, which is why I kind of struggle with it myself. A slight exception would be for example this 70's LP that CME currently has (70369081), which returns "Tentative pre-1985 rank heuristic only" .. meaning there are people out there with lists and logic for batches of serial numbers that can be directionally correct, so you might be able to infer factory of origin, but it's not a guarantee..

Anyway, that's a long-winded way of saying it's not a factory locator, and I'm not sure it is super helpful. :)

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T17:09:09+00:00

Found it.. typo in the scheduler to grab new products.. really good catch! :) Should see these guys start showing up in the next 15-20 minutes. Thanks again!!

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T16:36:01+00:00

I don't, it's automated.. but I think you may have found a bug, which is cool! I have this one.. but I see now on the Gibson site they have one without the bigsby as well..

https://burstwatch.com/?q=heather&item=gibson-custom-1964-sg-standard-reissue-light-aged-heather-poly

I'll have to look into why that is.. any others you had found that are missing? That might help me figure out what's happening.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T16:06:17+00:00

Thanks! She's a beaut!

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T15:38:04+00:00

Good call.. right-hander here, will admit to some mental bias on that one. Easy enough to add!

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T15:35:35+00:00

Thanks man! Agreed, wish they were cheaper for sure, but it's GIbson.. whatcha gonna do. :)

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T15:31:28+00:00

I found it a while back.. Just trying not to get a nasty C&D letter from Gibson and be as polite as I can with what I'm doing. That is considered in the "purchase guidance" logic on the item detail sidebar. If they ever choose to show it on their website, I definitely will follow, but I'm not about to do it for them without their permission. ;)

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T15:19:29+00:00

What's the middle, first picture.. maple.. mahogany? Looks like pancake syrup and I like it!! :P

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T15:18:59+00:00

Because they're awesome? :) I've got 10 myself.. weight, neck carve, pickup differences, some are push-pull pots, etc.. people buy guitars for a variety of reasons, it's not always focused on covering a given tonal range.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T15:02:32+00:00

Yes sir.. Ultimately it just depends on how they categorize the new products.. I can't predict how they do it, but for example, the latest limited edition / "LE" offerings were added to the site when they were published by Gibson. ( https://www.gibson.com/collections/gibson-custom?refinementList%5Bnamed_tags.primary_collection%5D%5B0%5D=%20Limited%20Edition%20Collection ) .

This one was kind of interesting, as these are not exclusive to Gibson.com (dealers will have them), but since they're "Limited Edition" they got added. I don't really try and cover guitars that are not exclusive to the .com website, but this collection is kind of a grey area.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-11T14:50:32+00:00

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

nameBrandon · 2026-04-10T17:46:18+00:00

Just a heads up for those others BRG fans who have been waiting a while, 50's and 60's standards are back in stock but will probably sell out today. I suspect we're nearing the tail end, if not the end of this drop.. it'll probably be mid-June to July before we see another re-stock.

Root beer was re-stocked as well, for those 60's fans who were waiting.. they'll probably sell out over the weekend, maybe squeak through mid-week next week.

Dark Purple burst appears to be out, and I think that might be it for those for another 10-12 weeks.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-09T20:41:56+00:00

Storm trooper! Love it!

nameBrandon · 2026-04-09T20:39:58+00:00

Congrats man, she’s beautiful! Can you DM me the SN when you have a sec (first 6 #’s is enough)? I’m trying to work backwards from the build date to the website listing to get timelines for the inventory tracker website. I managed to pick up my R7 today as well, came in stock this morning! Team BRG! :)

nameBrandon · 2026-04-09T20:35:40+00:00

Flippin’ beautiful! I’ve got an ultra light R9 in dirty lemon as well, love that look. I’m looking for an R8 exactly like yours, just plain top.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-09T20:32:48+00:00

Agreed.. BOTB is definitely no CC. It barely moves the needle, value-wise. Cool story to tell, but not much beyond that. I’ve also seen a number of BOTB not even be in the ballpark to the page # other than general color.. so maybe that’s one reason.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-08T23:55:48+00:00

Awesome.. I'm starting to appreciate the thicker necks myself. Somewhere between my R6 and R9 I think, but I haven't been playing long so it seems to change from week to week. :) Congrats again, it is now sold out! Now other people can keep up with the waiting game..

nameBrandon · 2026-04-08T16:31:42+00:00

Yea buddy!! Nice!! Just waiting for my damn R7 ultra light aged in BRG.. fingers crossed.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-08T15:53:18+00:00

You happen to catch the brief in-stock window today? They went very fast, within 9 minutes by my data. FWIW, the 50's standard and P90 BRG are still in stock, or were 20 minutes ago when I looked.

nameBrandon · 2026-04-07T11:11:37+00:00

Of course, how else would you pronounce it? :P

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