Fernandez guitars files for bankruptcy.

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Always seen em around but never did pick one up. Seemed liked a good brand though.
 
BOSS should take on Ferdandes' debt. It would be a monster. Build a loyal consumer base for all things guitar gear related.
 
A friend of mine had worked for them making the guitars, setting them up, and even became a signed artist with them.

I remember he had a large number of their electric guitars and bass guitars.

They were some really easy playing guitars.

There was this one green guitar that I believe they had made for the Slipknot guitarist that sounded/played really killer.

It was a prototype and my buddy was able to keep it.

I think that I will have to give him a call to see if he still has that guitar and if he will part with it :)

I did purchase a few of their high-end bass guitars that were really easy to play and sounded really good and I still have them.
 
It wouldn't surprise me if they don't get picked up by another company. I think they're more prominent in other parts of the world. It's hard to guess thought whether a prospective buyer would keep the company going, or if they'd just want the name, IP, and a few other assets like that.
 
Just want to add that I had a Fernandes Revolver with the Sustainer and I really do think the Sustainer is the coolest guitar gadget out there
 
Wow, that sucks. I have a Fernandes Brad Gillis strat, and its great, plays as well as any super strat type I've ever played.
 
I still have a Fernandez 'Nomad' with the built in effects and all. Bought it around 2002. Although it eats 9v batteries like nothing else I've ever seen, it is without question the coolest travel guitar I've ever come across, and still works and plays great! I think Dave Navarro used a Nomad for a few song's on RHCP's 'One Hot Minute' record.
Sad news of the bankruptcy for sure!
 
Does anyone know how to determine what pickups Fernandes were using back in the 1980s? I have the older Function guitar from possibly 1987 and the humbucker sounds amazing.
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zosobrady said:
I’ve had the same feelings about Floyd Roses. Even with so many YouTube videos showing the easiest way to set them up, the whole process seems daunting
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Your not going to get it your first time but after 2 or 3 times it's pretty easy to figure out and no harder or worse than a 6 point once you get comfortable doing it.
 
Fender should swipe up all the trademarks and patents. They should then work with Billie Joe from Green Day and release a 88 Fernandez strat. They can go further from there and do the reliced stickered out one, after having it studied by the custom shop. Would it sell? Welcome to Paradise.
 
japetus said:
Fender should swipe up all the trademarks and patents. They should then work with Billie Joe from Green Day and release a 88 Fernandez strat. They can go further from there and do the reliced stickered out one, after having it studied by the custom shop. Would it sell? Welcome to Paradise.
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I saw one of those exact guitars on Reverb sell for $2K a while back. Billie has driven up the price of those. I liked his tone on Dookie, but it was never quite the same after that album. That modded Plexi he borrowed to record the album had a great tone.
 
Devin said:
Any markings underneath the pickups?

And are those just plastic covers or are the pickups completely sealed?
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I'm not sure, and I'll have to check later. Pretty sure they are completely sealed. They remind me a lot of the Ibanez IBZ Roadstar pickups in the 1980s, but the tone is better than what I had with those. It's hard to describe the tone, but it just sounds perfect with a high gain amp.
 
BABMusic said:
I'm not sure, and I'll have to check later. Pretty sure they are completely sealed. They remind me a lot of the Ibanez IBZ Roadstar pickups in the 1980s, but the tone is better than what I had with those. It's hard to describe the tone, but it just sounds perfect with a high gain amp.
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They kinda have that EMG select/hz vibe, but guessing they're just OEM Gotoh.
 
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