Fernandes Guitars files for bankruptcy

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国産エレキギターブランド「FERNANDES」販売の（株）フェルナンデスが事業停止、破産へ - ライブドアニュース

（株）フェルナンデスが事業を停止し、破産手続きを弁護士に一任した。国産エレキギターブランド「FERNANDES」の販売を中心に事業を展開。著名アーティストとライセンス契約を結ぶなど、ブランドの知名度は高い

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Shame to see that this company has come to an end. They had some great instruments.

I might have to snag myself one of those JDA sigs at one point.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

I feel like this has been some time coming. When they pulled out of the US market it seemed like the end was near.

RIP

End of an era.

 

[narad]

Sad news. I'm not sure exactly what there is to be sad about though -- can't really think of a single Fernandes instrument worth owning.

 

[Thesius]

Sad news. I'm not sure exactly what there is to be sad about though -- can't really think of a single Fernandes instrument worth owning.

RS-1800 is cool as hell

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Sad news. I'm not sure exactly what there is to be sad about though -- can't really think of a single Fernandes instrument worth owning.

Which is probably why they're out of business.

But for a long time they were a staple of keen-eye bargain hunting at used shops and such.

I don't think they ever made the best guitars, but for a long time they made the best guitars for $200 that some lazy shop owner was too stupid to Google before letting go.

 

[narad]

RS-1800 is cool as hell

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While that is definitely different, I have no idea what it's really doing.

 

[narad]

Which is probably why they're out of business.

But for a long time they were a staple of keen-eye bargain hunting at used shops and such.

I don't think they ever made the best guitars, but for a long time they made the best guitars for $200 that some lazy shop owner was too stupid to Google before letting go.

Yea, I had one of those Fernandes Aldrich sigs, and it looked pretty awesome, but I didn't like it much as a guitar. If it was still $200, sure, but the paint made it more like $1500.

 

[Nightside]

I wonder who will buy them. FMIC? Gibson? Esp?

 

[Damon67]

Gillis had a few nicely built custom Fernandez guitars. One was a doubleneck Flying V with Bartonlini's on the 12 string and one of the original Floyds (pre fine tuners) on the 6. It was for the Ozzy tour and auctioned off after he left the band. A friend ended up with it. It was stolen years ago. A picture popped up on the internet from some dude in Europe maybe 20 years ago, but the lead went dark.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

I wonder who will buy them. FMIC? Gibson? Esp?

 

[Nightside]

Sad news. I'm not sure exactly what there is to be sad about though -- can't really think of a single Fernandes instrument worth owning.

 

[narad]

You guys are just making me glad they went out of business.

 

[TimSE]

The best LPs ive ever played where Burnys. Big sad for this one RIP

Big regrets letting this tobacco burst go

 

[STRHelvete]

Damn..them motherfuckers ain't gone already? I thought they were already dead.

 

[ctgblue]

I owned a couple, they were GOOD guitars, but reminded me of when Jackson DK series went from Japan to Korea and had big chunky necks for a few years.
Never LOVED them, but the sustainer was really cool on a $300 guitar.

 

[Nightside]

Yeah what does this mean for the Fernandez sustainer?

 

[eaeolian]

Yeah, this does raise the questions of what happens with Burny and the Sustainer? I suspect they'll be sold off. Given that a prominent endorser (Collen) has a production guitar that comes with a Sustainer, FMIC seems a logical buyer.

I always thought the Fernandes line were a good "step-up" guitar with a penchant for the odd, but they became just another company making stuff in Korea and then Indonesia/China.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Yeah what does this mean for the Fernandez sustainer?

Yeah, this does raise the questions of what happens with Burny and the Sustainer? I suspect they'll be sold off. Given that a prominent endorser (Collen) has a production guitar that comes with a Sustainer, FMIC seems a logical buyer.

I always thought the Fernandes line were a good "step-up" guitar with a penchant for the odd, but they became just another company making stuff in Korea and then Indonesia/China.

Fernandes and Sustainiac are different companies with competing systems.

If I were Sustainiac right now I'd be celebrating.

 

[Concerto412]

Agreed, it seems like this has been written on the wall for some time now. Nevertheless, sad to see them go.
There were some truly GAS-worthy Revolver models, and the Ravelle was an interesting take on ‘not-a-LP’, though not really to my tastes. I’ll always want to try one of the Kitamura sigs, painted neck and licensed FR aside.

 

[eaeolian]

Fernandes and Sustainiac are different companies with competing systems.

If I were Sustainiac right now I'd be celebrating.

I keep forgetting that. Thanks for the reminder.