Fernandes Guitars files for bankruptcy

[MaxOfMetal]

I keep forgetting that. Thanks for the reminder.

I forget most of the time too. It's not like "Sustainiac" was very original.

 

[Spinedriver]

Ever since I got my Ravelle (used on Reverb), I noticed that they kind of disappeared except for Japanese imports. I kinda figured something was up with the company but had no idea what, so now it kinda makes sense. Not unlike Randall in the US, I bought a T2 back in '07-'08 and after that they just kinda went *poof*.
Not gonna lie though, I'm still super chuffed at scoring a Ravelle Deluxe for $400 on Reverb (including a hardshell case).

 

[cardinal]

I would love a top-end MIJ Ravelle or Hide sig. I'm sad to see them fold.

 

[Shawn]

This is unfortunate. I’ve never had the pleasure of playing one of their guitars but have always heard good things about them.

 

[The Monster With .]

Their start copies from the 90's were legit. Made at the same factory as Fender Japan.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I'm surprised they were still around lol. Dead in the states for a decade+, minimal presence in Japan, and one of their biggest claims to fame was pretty much taken over by another company. From what I can tell everyone that used Fernandes sustainers (Vai, Kerry King, etc) swapped over to Sustainiacs. So there was pretty much nowhere to go for them.

Also speaking of Fender; wasn't the Jackson PC1 's Sustainer made Floyd Rose/Schaller? Every other time I've seen a FMIC guitar use a Sustainer, it's a Sustainiac, so I don't think it's in-house.

 

[B.M.F.]

This was peak Fernandes right here for me. LP copies so good they were Fripp-approved. RIP to another cool company.

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

This was peak Fernandes right here for me. LP copies so good they were Fripp-approved. RIP to another cool company.

He still uses those Fernandes guitars too. Iirc his main guitar is the Fernandes goldtop.

 

[DarkstarII]

Th

RS-1800 is cool as hell

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That thing looks a hell of a lot like my ‘95 Peavey Impact Milano…except for that weird piece on the back

 

[spudmunkey]

My one knowledge of Fernandes are the Riggs and Blasko ads from the first Rob Zombie album era, the Ravelle shape, and the travel guitar with the built-in speaker...but in my 35-ish years of playing guitar, I've never even touched a single one.

 

[Crungy]

Tbh, I didn't know they were still around. I've played a couple of Revolvers years ago, never owned anything Fermandes. The Sustainer pickup was fun to play around with, I might pick one up if it came around and was a decent price.

 

[Moongrum]

I had an entry level tremor bass like this with the mm pickup:

It was a good little bass. By the way finding a good pic of this model that I could download was pretty hard, and each result on Google Images would take me to websites with expired certificates or would redirect to weird foreign cooking or IT websites.
I think that is oddly representative of how irrelevant the brand became.

 

[Seabeast2000]