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Post subject: Re: what's your verdict on this strat?
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 7:20 pm
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FWIW the first thing I thought looking at those pics too was 'Japan'. Those are nice guitars, generally very well made. Not Fullerton guitars tho..


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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 12:00 pm
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thank you guys/gals for your input :)

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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:45 pm
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oh hell... i did it
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 2:46 pm
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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 3:40 pm
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although i have to say, instead of remains of "made in japan" words, there is "MoJ. 195... "
god knows what that is about...


Likely "Mod. 195?" where the exact year has not survived. But from your first pic, it looks like this waterslide doesn't belong on the guitar, and was added to hide the damage they did when they scratched away Made In Japan.


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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:24 pm
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ahhh yes, that sounds about right.
now then. how does the date 1974/09/08 tie in with these models being produced in '85-'86?
i might add that this guitar has been bought several years ago (10-12yrs) and spent much of its life on a wall and then in a case, never to be played. My friend is a musician and regularly jams with his friends, and they all had a shot at this strat, and nobody liked it... it has almost no sustain, the notes sound... flat and unattractive, for lack of a better word. I'm not an expert in setting up guitars but i did my best and to my eye/ear all is ok. the MIJ strat i own has very tame pickups (when compared to my LP), but when i played that other strat on the same settings as mine, there was hardly any sound comming out the speakers and there was very little bass present. i have to say though that when i crank the amp quite a bit, there hardly any distortion and the tone is very clean and certainly has that accoustic flavour to it...

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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 7:26 pm
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That date on that paper shim doesn't connect at all with that MIJ Stratocaster.
It means nothing.
It's too bad the previous owner wasn't proud enough of it not to mar it.

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