There's a 7-string revival of sorts in the Fender camp. It seems that they're beta testing a proto model 7-string & they are hyping things up by saying it's been perfected in time for regular production soon. Soon here might be Winter NAMM '25 considering it's already the tail end of the year & Fender don't usually release new stuff in November / December.
Fender had dabbled with the 7-string idea before, this revival might be hoodwinking us into re-accepting a 7-string with the Fender name at the headstock. As it was, players rather go with a non-Fender 7-string. The attempt to make a Fender more accessible by subverting it into the Squier offerings didn't bode well for the manufacturer. There had been no 7-string models in both the Fender & Squier camps for a while & they should keep it that way.
Since Fender owns Jackson / Charvel / EVH - these names possess a stronger pulling power when it comes to 7-strings. Ideally, these names should handle the 7-string domain. Then again, we do not have details to see the bigger picture. The grand scheme of things might be to conceive a semi-unaffordable 7-string Fender & pushing players to buy the watered down Mexican versions of even Squiers. Ibanez, ESP, Solar are staple names when it comes to the 7-string appeal. Trying to dislodge them from the 7-string market would require a tremendous amount of inside knowledge / effort that would most likely lead to a misallocation of resources / funds.
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