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Post subject: MIJ Strat
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:15 pm
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They guys new to the forum. I own acouple strats a MIM 60s reissue in 3 tone burst and mint green pickguard, a Highway one honeyblond and a rosewood board and now a MIJ strat with EMG singles a floyd rose and locking nut that my brother found at a yard sale and gave me. Any idea about these? If there good quality,rare,worth anything? thanks


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Post subject: Re: MIJ Strat
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:20 pm
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murdock2112 wrote:
They guys new to the forum. I own acouple strats a MIM 60s reissue in 3 tone burst and mint green pickguard, a Highway one honeyblond and a rosewood board and now a MIJ strat with EMG singles a floyd rose and locking nut that my brother found at a yard sale and gave me. Any idea about these? If there good quality,rare,worth anything? thanks

the only thing i know about the MIJ'S
is that there decent strats but not as good as the MIM'S


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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:46 pm
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Welcome to the Forum.

Mid 80's MIJ's are often being rated as as good as if not better than MIA's of that time frame.

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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:51 pm
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CAFeathers wrote:
Welcome to the Forum.

Mid 80's MIJ's are often being rated as as good as if not better than MIA's of that time frame.

i never heard that hum


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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:10 pm
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CAFeathers wrote:
Welcome to the Forum.

Mid 80's MIJ's are often being rated as as good as if not better than MIA's of that time frame.
Hi Chet How are you doing. I am always on the look out for a nice Made in Japan or Crafted In Japan. All the older ones say (Made in) and the newer one say (Crafted in) Japan they are the ones not for export.

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highwayoneplayer wrote:
CAFeathers wrote:
Welcome to the Forum.

Mid 80's MIJ's are often being rated as as good as if not better than MIA's of that time frame.

i never heard that hum


Chet's absolutely right, as always. It's a famous episode from Fender History.

Mid-80s CBS wanted to rid themselves of Fender, which was failing fast. They tried to off-load it onto several companies (including Kamen, who ironically were recently bought by - Fender) but without success. In the end, they approached Fender management and said that if they could put together an offer that was better than liquidation then they could have the company for themselves. Which is what happened: CBS sold Fender in 1985 for $12.5 million, as against the $13m they paid Leo Fender for it 20 years earlier. I little insight into the trouble the company was in.

However. The Fullerton factory was not part of the deal, so for a time Fender had no US manufacturing site. Production was almost entirely from the Japanese Fujigen factory for a time, which effectively saved the company - which is why Japanese production occupies a special place in the catalogue to this day. Not at all a cut-price off-shore facility.

Later in 1985 Fender acquired the Corona plant and decided to virtually start anew from the ground up, in order to build quality back into what had become their much disparaged US product. The workforce was cut from about 700 to 100 and at first they were building only around five guitars a day, in the Vintage Reissue series. The American Standard came out in 1986 - and the long road back began...


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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:30 am
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I once owned a 85 MIJ (now belongs yo my daughter) that played as good as a MIA , did not sound as good but was better than my son's MIM in my humble opinion


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Ceri wrote:
highwayoneplayer wrote:
CAFeathers wrote:
Welcome to the Forum.

Mid 80's MIJ's are often being rated as as good as if not better than MIA's of that time frame.

i never heard that hum


Chet's absolutely right, as always. It's a famous episode from Fender History.

Mid-80s CBS wanted to rid themselves of Fender, which was failing fast. They tried to off-load it onto several companies (including Kamen, who ironically were recently bought by - Fender) but without success. In the end, they approached Fender management and said that if they could put together an offer that was better than liquidation then they could have the company for themselves. Which is what happened: CBS sold Fender in 1985 for $12.5 million, as against the $13m they paid Leo Fender for it 20 years earlier. I little insight into the trouble the company was in.

However. The Fullerton factory was not part of the deal, so for a time Fender had no US manufacturing site. Production was almost entirely from the Japanese Fujigen factory for a time, which effectively saved the company - which is why Japanese production occupies a special place in the catalogue to this day. Not at all a cut-price off-shore facility.

Later in 1985 Fender acquired the Corona plant and decided to virtually start anew from the ground up, in order to build quality back into what had become their much disparaged US product. The workforce was cut from about 700 to 100 and at first they were building only around five guitars a day, in the Vintage Reissue series. The American Standard came out in 1986 - and the long road back began...

very cool thanks ceri


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highwayoneplayer wrote:
very cool thanks ceri


My pleasure, sir! I mine a deep seam of useless information...


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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:23 am
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Hey thanks for the reply guys. It sounds like im going to have hang on to this Strat for awhile. I havent gotten to play it yet cause it needs a string change and a setup and I have no idea how setup a floyd rose. any suggestions?


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