FSR

[fronobulax]

Fender[/url]]"FSR" stands for Fender Special Run. These products are specially commissioned by individual dealers and built to their specifications. As they aren't regular production models, FSR instruments and amps aren't generally available to every dealer, and Fender seldom provide specs or listings for them on its website. Your local dealer, however, should be able to provide detailed specs for any FSR products they offer.

Not that we needed confirmation but, by extension, "GSR" means "Guild Special Run", at least until Fender starts doing something similar with Gretsch.

In contrast to FSR, it seems that initiating a GSR sometimes occurs with the factory. Guild's discussions of GSR have mentioned a couple of times where they wanted to make something and floated the idea to dealers as opposed to a dealer showing up with specs and cash on hand for a minimum order.

 

[chazmo]

I don't have FSR in the glossary FAQ, but I will add it at my next convenience. GSR is in there.

 

[davismanLV]

You know I honestly could swear that I someplace read and picked up that GSR stood for Guild Sound Research.... however, now I can't find any supporting documentation of that ANYWHERE!! So I guess I was hallucinating or mistaken.... or both. I do believe that the GAD nomenclature stands for Guild Acoustic Design. But I could be wrong on that one too.

I guess my D65s is a Guild Special Run from before the time when they used that term. Or maybe I just wasn't aware of the term back in 1994. It seems there's a lot of stuff I wasn't aware of back then...... sheesh. :wink:

 

[killdeer43]

I do believe that the GAD nomenclature stands for Guild Acoustic Design.

I think GAD is merely a shortened form of eGADs! :lol:

It's raining here this morning...can you tell?
Joe

 

[davismanLV]

I do believe that the GAD nomenclature stands for Guild Acoustic Design.

I think GAD is merely a shortened form of eGADs! :lol:

It's raining here this morning...can you tell?
Joe

VERY funny, Joe. If you like you can just send the rain down here..... you can do that, right?? :wink:

 

[killdeer43]

I do believe that the GAD nomenclature stands for Guild Acoustic Design.

I think GAD is merely a shortened form of eGADs! :lol:

It's raining here this morning...can you tell?
Joe

VERY funny, Joe. If you like you can just send the rain down here..... you can do that, right?? :wink:

Would that I could....so stay tuned. I'll see what I can do.

Joe

 

[chazmo]

FYI, guys, the FAQ is : viewtopic.php?t=26266

 

[Geo]

I think GAD is merely a shortened form of eGADs! :lol:
Joe

:lol: :lol: :lol: Now that's funny!!

George

 

[fronobulax]

You know I honestly could swear that I someplace read and picked up that GSR stood for Guild Sound Research.... however, now I can't find any supporting documentation of that ANYWHERE!! So I guess I was hallucinating or mistaken.... or both. I do believe that the GAD nomenclature stands for Guild Acoustic Design. But I could be wrong on that one too.

I guess my D65s is a Guild Special Run from before the time when they used that term. Or maybe I just wasn't aware of the term back in 1994. It seems there's a lot of stuff I wasn't aware of back then...... sheesh. :wink:

I think the GSR designation is only properly or officially applied to guitars made in New Hartford.

I agree with you on GAD although GAD (and even eGAD) really sounds like a perverse tuning to me.

 

[davismanLV]

Makes sense that it would be a New Hartford thing, because I don't remember it before then. Not that I'm always that aware of what's going on around me..... as I say. I take it bass players don't do alternate tunings, right? As linear players, what purpose would it serve?? :wink:

 

[SFIV1967]

Just to make the official sources a bit more visible to all:

FSR:
http://www.fender.com/support/articles/ ... r-products

GSR:
http://www.guildguitars.com/instruments ... GSR+Series

Ralf

 

[Brad Little]

Not that we needed confirmation but, by extension, "GSR" means "Guild Special Run", at least until Fender starts doing something similar with Gretsch.

That would be a Gretsch decision, Fender only distributes them, does not own them.
Brad