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In that case this guy did way good. It looks 100 times better than a 69RI.

Thats cool. There is THIS one as well. A '65' ri in daphne blue. No white button tuners though, no control plate gap. Does have the slab body though, without contours.

Btw when did Fender go back to MIJ?

DanHeron wrote:Thats cool. There is THIS one as well. A '65' ri in daphne blue. No white button tuners though, no control plate gap. Does have the slab body though, without contours.

it does have a gap at the control plate. its right here.


who ever selling this thing is a fucking moron.
it says in the title MIJ when he posts a photo of the decal that says CIJ


it says in the description not once, but twice that it comes with tuners with white plastic buttons when the photos show chrome.

fender japan never went back to making MIJ guitars, its just people like this guy selling shit he knows nothing about that confuses the issue


by the way WHAT IS THAT WHITE SHIT AROUND THE SS # ?

It's just an old '65RI from before they released them to the rest of the world, presumably? Hence no white button tuners.

It has a gap, but not like the gap on this:

How much do Cij/mij Mustangs usually go for anymore?

Josh wrote:How much do Cij/mij Mustangs usually go for anymore?

£400-£800 Over here

brand new at the store they are at least 1000 i think

Its Fucked up innit

I ended paying 465 shipping and tax because I am California, not too bad, beats paying close to 1000 for a new one...can't wait..

Noirie. wrote:Btw when did Fender go back to MIJ?

it's never stopped. Fender Japan has been running since 1982. They make all the Fender guitars for the domestic Japanese market and are allowed to export a few select models.

Last time i was in brighton like mid 2008 the Fender Jaguars and Mustangs had crafted in Japan on the heels of the necks. I was down there recently and they had made in Japan instead. These were brand new ones aswell.

Ah, yeah I think they've switched between CIJ and MIJ a few times,

i had an epiphone dot that had a label over the serial number like that one.

don't remember where it was made, but what makes them do that?

found the original label: 311475188

WTF?

It means it's a fake. Worse still, it's the worst type of fake, and is likely to give you cancer.

oh, yea, I should probably actually read the thread before responding. sorry about that. I thought you were asking about MIJ in general...

it got home today!!




here it is resting with her sister

tasty!

At some point in 2008, Japanese Fenders reverted to being "Made In Japan" as opposed to being "crafted". As far as I know, they're still made in the same factories, so I don't know why they switched. My Mustang bass says "Made In Japan", it was bought new in December 2008.

Incidentally, I never understood why they portray the Japanese 69's as being reissues of the 1969 Mustang. They're different in so many ways, it just doesn't make any sense. First of all, weren't all Mustangs competition models by 1969? Plus these have chrome button Klusons, incorrect headstock decals, basswood bodies, and completely different colours. Considering how fanatical about details the vintage guitar fans can be, it's a weird marketing decision to release a reissue that bears so little resemblance to the originals.

Of course, that's not to say that the 69's are bad guitars... far from it. Apart from mediocre (I wouldn't go as far as to say "shit") pickups, they're wonderful guitars. Mine rocks, and I wouldn't mind having a million of its babies.