Talk:Fender Swinger

Name on head

I have yet to see a picture of a Swinger WITH "Swinger" on the head. All the pictures I have seen just say "Fender". NickS 14:27, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

RE: Name on head: Look at Ben Kweller's website. He's lucky enough to have a mint swinger, with the 'swinger' logo. --Wanderingjew (talk) 06:17, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

the Fender logo was excess stock with the name of the guitar clipper off, similar to the "no-caster" of the 50's. The Swinger name was applied with a Sticker. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.36.47.164 (talk) 18:16, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 16:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Any place for references?

I hate that 'this article states no sources or references' thing at the top of the Swinger page. Any place or book we can go to so that we can verify this data? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wanderingjew (talk • contribs) 09:30, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes, a Google Books search turns up a few interesting books. One is Guitar History: Guitars Made by the Fender Company which mentions the Swinger label being applied over the varnish but mistakenly identifies the body as from the Electric 12 stock. Two others are both by Tony Bacon but only one has any preview permitted: 50 Years of Fender: Half a Century of the Greatest Electric Guitars. I've put that into the article as a reference. NickS (talk) 15:47, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Colors available

Are we certain about the colors available? I know that musicmasters only came in red, white, and blue for a time in the '60's. I have seen somewhere that Fender sort of let up on this patriotic scheme for the Swinger just to get them out of the door. On shortscale.org, there's even a purple-burst swinger. We just need to get this color thing straightened out. 68.80.140.212 (talk) 22:26, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, mine was originally Candy Apple Red. Barry Richman's site http://www.barryrichman.com/collection_3.html shows Daphne Blue, Olympic White, CAR and Lake Placid Blue (lacquer aged so it looks green). Ben Kweller's appear to be Daphne, LPB and black (a low-res picture on WIkimedia appears to show that the surviving "Swinger" decal is on the LPB. NickS (talk) 11:43, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

I removed...

The Fender Swinger has become a vintage guitar and a collector's item.

This cannot stand without reference to some credible objective source. And pasting it blithely at the end of Development and design makes no sane sense.
Weeb Dingle (talk) 01:56, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Resolve the production claims!!

Between 300 and 600 Swingers were produced
only 250 to 300 Swingers were ever produced

If both statements are true, then EXACTLY 300 Swingers were produced!! I am inclined to simply flip a coin & make the loser disappear.

I should also note that "number produced" is going to be larger than "number sold at retail." Can anyone prove that Fender didn't simply strip a few for parts and destroy the carcases?
Weeb Dingle (talk) 02:01, 16 June 2017 (UTC)