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Re: Japanese Strat question

10/2/1999 6:35 AM
Ted Matsumura	Re: Japanese Strat question I've got a great early '80s MIJ '54 reissue strat, body is sen (natural), and pickups were made in US. Very authentic, even a 3 way only selector switch. I was in Japan in '95 and '96, and sure wish I had gotten more of these, as they seem to be about double the price now, just a few years later. I also picked up my Am. Std. in Japan, paid equiv. ~$900 for it, a couple/few hundred more than US discount prices, but at that time, the quality of the US fenders shipped to Japan was higher than the ones you'd buy in California. It's also slightly custom, made in '95 in US, it has gold lace sensors, but it is not a strat deluxe. It's an N5921xx model, tbx passive, am std hardware, but there is a chain in Japan called "key guitars" that like guitar center, gut some custom products for their all US made floors. By '95/'96 Fender Japan was making all kinds of reissues and guitars not in the US line. I have a catalog, and it details the woods used and pickup details. Let me know if you have questions on Fender Japan guitars, I may have some answers in my stack of Japanese Fender literature.

10/2/1999 6:35 AM

Ted Matsumura

Re: Japanese Strat question

I've got a great early '80s MIJ '54 reissue strat, body is sen (natural), and pickups were made in US. Very authentic, even a 3 way only selector switch. I was in Japan in '95 and '96, and sure wish I had gotten more of these, as they seem to be about double the price now, just a few years later.

I also picked up my Am. Std. in Japan, paid equiv. ~$900 for it, a couple/few hundred more than US discount prices, but at that time, the quality of the US fenders shipped to Japan was higher than the ones you'd buy in California.

It's also slightly custom, made in '95 in US, it has gold lace sensors, but it is not a strat deluxe. It's an N5921xx model, tbx passive, am std hardware, but there is a chain in Japan called "key guitars" that like guitar center, gut some custom products for their all US made floors.

By '95/'96 Fender Japan was making all kinds of reissues and guitars not in the US line. I have a catalog, and it details the woods used and pickup details. Let me know if you have questions on Fender Japan guitars, I may have some answers in my stack of Japanese Fender literature.

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JC Ted.Thanks for your... -- 11/8/1999 3:46 AM