return of the MIDGE

Darth Stang · Post by **Darth Stang** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:49 pm

Is Fender Japan still making das Mustang? It would appear so.

Darth Stang · Post by **Darth Stang** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:53 pm

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:08 pm

They should never stop making Mustangs in Japan, it would be wrong. It's an important part of the history of that model.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 5:22 pm

I don't think they ever did stop. They're just not exporting them (or any other MIJ models).

http://shop.fender.com/ja-JP/electric- ... n-mustang/

That blue one is ugly IMO. Looks like a cheap knockoff. I like the green one but a pre-shrunk pickguard on a brand new guitar looks so wrong.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:35 pm

They have some at Thomann.

blue

red

The CAR one wasn't even on the Japanese site.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Apr 04, 2018 8:46 pm

jcyphe wrote:They should never stop making Mustangs in Japan, it would be wrong. It's an important part of the history of that model.

I've always thought that for everything Fender. Like, there's the custom shop in USA where you can get any configuration, well made, for a huge fee. And there's Fender Japan, who are probably making every configuration anyway, well made, for a bargain.