Bastards

[mayfly]

Bastards.

Bastards!

BASTARDS!!

 

[rockandroller]

Yeah, that grape flakes tele really caught my eye...
I already have enough strats and teles though - where are the fancy "other-than-FSO" offerings?

 

[AprioriMark]

Yeah, I'm trying to aggressively downsize my collection of guitars, and they made these. /shakes fist!

=Mark

 

[HumanisHappy]

Yeah, that grape flakes tele really caught my eye...
I already have enough strats and teles though - where are the fancy "other-than-FSO" offerings?

I’m not sure why but it seems like they hardly ever(last 7 months at least) have any of the other bodies in showcase or in these special offerings. The same with necks.

 

[wangle]

Yeah does anyone know is there a true pattern to when they put out special runs? I missed the spalted maple run earlier this year . Is it around every holiday?

 

[Rick]

Illegitamata Non Caborundum!

 

[teleme01]

I have found it to be "check every day "

 

[aarontunes]

...where are the fancy "other-than-FSO" offerings?

I’m not sure why but it seems like they hardly ever(last 7 months at least) have any of the other bodies in showcase or in these special offerings. The same with necks.

One reason you don't see as many original bodies in these limited runs is that we can count on the Fender-style stuff to sell. Perfect example: a couple months ago when we did the Metallic Surf Green release, we did the usual array of Fender styles, plus two Meadowhawks, two KNS6, and two Dinkycaster. All the Fender-style bodies sold, and we sold one Meadowhawk. The other Meadowhawk, both KNS6, and both Dinkycasters are still sitting unsold.

That said, we have done several limited runs of ONLY Meadowhawks that sold well, and have a few more planned.

There are lots of other factors that decide which models get included in limited runs too. One example is maybe we have a bunch of unfinished bodies that have been sitting too long, so we do a limited color or something on what already exists. IOW, nothing new gets made for the sale.

 

[aarontunes]

Yeah does anyone know is there a true pattern to when they put out special runs? I missed the spalted maple run earlier this year . Is it around every holiday?

There is no pattern whatsoever.

There are a bajillion factors that go into the release of every limited run. Literally a bajillion things that can go wrong or right, come up unexpectedly, stop things in their tracks, or go better than expected. At the end of they day, they basically get released when they get released.

Honestly, the best strategy for getting a heads up on limited releases is to subscribe to our socials and newsletter, and be active here.