Fender Japan Smart Size series

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 5:52 pm

BillClay wrote:WOULD YOU TAKE A FUCKING LOOK AT HOW SMART THE SIZE OF THESE FICKING GUITARS ARE!?!?!

+11111111111 for max intelligence1!

It's a little like using the term "Fun Size"

robroe wrote:I WANT TO FILL IN THE TUNING MACHINE HOLES ON THE J AND PUT GUITAR MACHINES ON THEM

KILLER IDEA!

mixtape · Post by **mixtape** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:17 pm

Clearly you are all much taller than I am.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:30 pm

A BASS VI IS A SMART SIZE FOR ME

Addam · Post by **Addam** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:50 pm

Sparky wrote:Wait what?

SCALE: 285mm
285mm = 11.22"

So the length from nut to bridge is less than a foot? How? Why? The basses are 14" scale. Pretty cute though.

I think this has been encountered before with Fender Japan; the measurement is half of the scale length.
The basses are 28" and the guitars 22.5" scale.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 9:01 pm

... why???

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:17 am

Ankhanu wrote:... why???

BECAUSE ASIANS ARE SHORT, AMIRITE?!

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:21 pm

ekwatts wrote:
Ankhanu wrote:... why???
BECAUSE ASIANS ARE SHORT, AMIRITE?!

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:36 pm

shart size.

so1om · Post by **so1om** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:09 pm

So... 22.7 for my MIM Duo Sonic is about like this.. Ok. that gives me a comparison. that's a lot of stuff on a small guitar.

when they did it w/ duos and musicmasters, maybe less pickups and controls made it all seem more reasonable?

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:12 pm

so1om wrote:So... 22.7 for my MIM Duo Sonic is about like this.. Ok. that gives me a comparison. that's a lot of stuff on a small guitar.

when they did it w/ duos and musicmasters, maybe less pickups and controls made it all seem more reasonable?

It's exactly the same as a Squire Mini, which is perfectly reasonable, IMO.

http://www.fender.com/en-CA/products/mini

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:46 pm

This is probably an Asian-only thing, I don't see the downside to it at all... not everyone finds normal guitars and basses to be comfortable to play, and if they're calling it "Smart Size" and that's stupid, well they're Japanese so...

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:37 pm

All I want for christmas is a to-scale 24" strat made out of anything except cardboard and tears.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:46 pm

honeyiscool wrote:This is probably an Asian-only thing, I don't see the downside to it at all... not everyone finds normal guitars and basses to be comfortable to play, and if they're calling it "Smart Size" and that's stupid, well they're Japanese so...

I didn't post it to ridicule it. I think they're neat. Great for little kids, people with small hands, and people who like to tune up.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:13 pm

I still say they're called "smart size" because they're travel guitars which fit in an overhead bin.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 2:20 pm

They're smart size because, if you have big hands, you can do like 10 fret stretches and shred like an asshole all fucking day, no problem. GENIUS

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:08 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:They're smart size because, if you have big hands, you can do like 10 fret stretches and shred like an asshole all fucking day, no problem. GENIUS

This is getting sig'd. Hard.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:07 am

Baby guitars!

FreeBird · Post by **FreeBird** » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:47 pm

Those Smart Size series look interesting, especially the 29.4" (373.5mm*2/25.4) Jazz Bass (JB62SS).

Leather Jacket · Post by **Leather Jacket** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:28 pm

I've wanted a miniature Strat for a long time now....

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Fine Swine · Post by **Fine Swine** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 3:51 pm

That would be very interesting to me in HSS configuration.

Fender Japan Smart Size series

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