It's the guitar that made the Fender USA engineers cry back in '82.
"Everybody came up to inspect them and the guys almost cried, because the Japanese product was so good - it was what we were having a hell of a time trying to do."
Dan Smith, Director of Marketing, Electric Guitars, Fender USA.
More Cowbell wrote:The new classic vibe tele with brass saddles pwns that thing.
It definitely doesn't.
maybe not. but aren't those squiers like shown above a ridiculous price now?
They are aye, as much as any vintage gears is at a ridiculous price. They are still top fucking drawer guitars though, and represent a high point for Squier that they have sort of been forced not to meet ever since. These Squiers were better than the American guitars remember.
DuoSonicBoy wrote:I've played a couple and they are amazing. Too bad the market caught on and sent the prices up.
Japanese guitars by and large are very good - I still prefer my MIJ Mustang to my '67 Duo-Sonic.
I saw a 1985 MIJ Fender 50's Strat at my local shop today.It is black with a V shape neck in mint condition,$599.It's nice but not as accurate a reissue as those JV Squiers.
