fronobulax
Bassist, GAD and the Hot Mess Mods
- Joined
- May 3, 2007
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- Location
- Central Virginia, USA
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[url=http://www.fender.com/support/articles/fender-special-run-fsr-products said: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.