ampage Tube Amps / Music Electronics	For current discussions, please visit Music Electronics Forum.

ampage archive

Vintage threads from the first ten years

previous: JohnC BTW, I forgot to mention that it is... -- 8/1/1999 11:52 PM

Re: Japanese Strat question

8/3/1999 5:34 AM
Hi	Re: Japanese Strat question I met a guy in Nashville last Christmas who has an early MIJ Squier strat, he put EMGs in it and likes it better than any US made strat he's ever played (including any vintage). I have recently played a Fender Japan '60s r.i. that I thought was terrible, but I had a '50s r.i. that had THE BEST playing neck of any guitar I've ever played, bar none (Ibanez, Fender, Gibson, Aspen, Martin, Huss & Dalton, Taylor, ANYTHING)... sold it to my brother-in-law, I really miss it, but he's a great guy... The Fender MIJ strats were made for years at a plant where the same assembly line turned out Gibson and Ibanez guitars. Fender has shut down all asian manufacturing is my understanding, even though I think the really good ones were far superior to any Mexican-made Fender I've seen (BUT I haven't seen 'em all...). I think spotty quality control was a problem. The p.u.s on the one I sold were great, not high output, but beautiful sound. They were as far as I know supposed to be made in US '57/'62 r.i. pus, but sounded far better than any recent stock pus on those models ("recent" meaning since the first year or so, '82, '83), maybe the basswood body was the difference? I've played others that weren't so nice, though. Seems like everyone I've talked to with a MIJ '50s r.i. was very happy, though. Hi

8/3/1999 5:34 AM

Re: Japanese Strat question

I met a guy in Nashville last Christmas who has an early MIJ Squier strat, he put EMGs in it and likes it better than any US made strat he's ever played (including any vintage). I have recently played a Fender Japan '60s r.i. that I thought was terrible, but I had a '50s r.i. that had THE BEST playing neck of any guitar I've ever played, bar none (Ibanez, Fender, Gibson, Aspen, Martin, Huss & Dalton, Taylor, ANYTHING)... sold it to my brother-in-law, I really miss it, but he's a great guy... The Fender MIJ strats were made for years at a plant where the same assembly line turned out Gibson and Ibanez guitars. Fender has shut down all asian manufacturing is my understanding, even though I think the really good ones were far superior to any Mexican-made Fender I've seen (BUT I haven't seen 'em all...). I think spotty quality control was a problem. The p.u.s on the one I sold were great, not high output, but beautiful sound. They were as far as I know supposed to be made in US '57/'62 r.i. pus, but sounded far better than any recent stock pus on those models ("recent" meaning since the first year or so, '82, '83), maybe the basswood body was the difference? I've played others that weren't so nice, though. Seems like everyone I've talked to with a MIJ '50s r.i. was very happy, though.

Hi

Replies:

Liam I can't believe they're so rare eve... -- 8/3/1999 4:59 PM