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Re: Japanese Strat question

8/4/1999 9:32 PM
david	Re: Japanese Strat question it may be a bit off topic since you already have the guitar, but i agree with most of what is said here about the japanese strats. i bought one new in 87 because at that time fender wasn't making hardtail strats, but i could get a japanese hardtail. for years this was my primary instrument. it is a basswood body, and i'm not sure how this effects the sound, but this guitar has a gorgous ring unplugged, almost as loud as an acoustic guitar. the high strings continue to ring on this guitar and don't "buzz out" like they do on some of my other guitars-the high strings continue to ring with their own strident voice. the neck on the guitar is perfect, and has taken on a nice yellowish tint (i didn't notice until i removed the neck for a truss rod adjustment and the wood that never saw the light of day was white). the tuners are gotoh and have been fine. the pickups and switch have to go. the pickups that were in there were very harsh sounding, any quality replacement will be better. david

8/4/1999 9:32 PM

david

Re: Japanese Strat question

it may be a bit off topic since you already have the guitar, but i agree with most of what is said here about the japanese strats. i bought one new in 87 because at that time fender wasn't making hardtail strats, but i could get a japanese hardtail. for years this was my primary instrument. it is a basswood body, and i'm not sure how this effects the sound, but this guitar has a gorgous ring unplugged, almost as loud as an acoustic guitar. the high strings continue to ring on this guitar and don't "buzz out" like they do on some of my other guitars-the high strings continue to ring with their own strident voice. the neck on the guitar is perfect, and has taken on a nice yellowish tint (i didn't notice until i removed the neck for a truss rod adjustment and the wood that never saw the light of day was white). the tuners are gotoh and have been fine. the pickups and switch have to go. the pickups that were in there were very harsh sounding, any quality replacement will be better.

david

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