Okay, contrary to my hopes when I titled this article, Fender’s new American Design Experience build-your-own-guitar website won’t let you build anything as joyously stupid as we found when Halo guitars put their build-your-own site online. No “Inception” or “Inexplicably Inverted Birdman,” unfortunately. I guess Fender have a reputation of quality that they want to maintain or blah blah blah. Come on guys, you’ll never go viral with a “blonde vintage Telecaster.” Put a bird on it.
Well fine, let’s all be buttoned up and proper. For those of you who want a very nice guitar and not some dumb bullshit, head over to Fender’s website and start customizing an American-made Fender to your exact specs. Some of the options seem a little limited, like for example I might be missing something but I can’t find any option for a 5-string bass. I also would have loved to see a non-glossy natural wood option.
But small nitpicks like that aside, it’s a useful page for those of you in the market for a USA Fender but want it to your own exacting specifications. Got a few minutes to mess with options on a website? Take a look.
