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> Having said that, if you can go $300, a good mid-late 80's Japan
Strat is mighty hard to beat!
>
> Bruce D
Oh yeah! Hell, the 80s Jap Strats even blow the latest *AMERICAN*
Fender products out of the water quality-wise. The level of quality
in the Japanese Stratocasters of that era is simply amazing. I have
an '85 Fender Contemporary Stratocaster MIJ, and it has never not once
ever failed me, and it's been beaten to death. The tone and sustain
are magnificent.
It was the quality of the Japanese production models that shamed
Fender America back into better quality control. Dan Smith, Director
of Marketing, Fender Electric Guitars at the time :"Everybody came up
to inspect them and the guys almost cried, because the Japanese
product was so good - it was what we had been having a hell of a time
trying to do."
The Fender Japanese product is *so* good, they don't even sell them in
America anymore, you have to settle for an American made model.
Actually, you can still order new Fender Japan guitars
from Ishibashi Music in Japan.
I have purchased three guitars from them and am
extremely pleased. The exchange rate is working
against us, but you can still get one for ~$600
delivered air mail.
--- red_thundr <> wrote:
>
> >
> > Having said that, if you can go $300, a good
> mid-late 80's Japan
> Strat is mighty hard to beat!
> >
> > Bruce D
>
> Oh yeah! Hell, the 80s Jap Strats even blow the
> latest *AMERICAN*
> Fender products out of the water quality-wise. The
> level of quality
> in the Japanese Stratocasters of that era is simply
> amazing. I have
> an '85 Fender Contemporary Stratocaster MIJ, and it
> has never not once
> ever failed me, and it's been beaten to death. The
> tone and sustain
> are magnificent.
>
> It was the quality of the Japanese production models
> that shamed
> Fender America back into better quality control.
> Dan Smith, Director
> of Marketing, Fender Electric Guitars at the time
> :"Everybody came up
> to inspect them and the guys almost cried, because
> the Japanese
> product was so good - it was what we had been having
> a hell of a time
> trying to do."
>
> The Fender Japanese product is *so* good, they don't
> even sell them in
> America anymore, you have to settle for an American
> made model.
>
>
>
>
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While this is true, the original post implied "conventionally
available".
If you want a new one, you cannot buy one off the shelf from your
local Fender dealer. It must be specially imported. They are
otherwise unavailable in the States so as not to compete with the
American Fender line.
--- In , B Parrott <brenparrott@y...>
wrote:
> Actually, you can still order new Fender Japan guitars
> from Ishibashi Music in Japan.
>
