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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:08 pm
by Progrockabuse
Mike wrote:I'm all about the MIM Fenders.
+1. though i do love my MIJ mustang, they got that one perfect, to me at least.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:19 pm
by aen
Mike wrote:I'm all about the MIM Fenders.
Is that because they make the best guitars of all time?
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:25 pm
by Mike
'72 Telecaster Deluxe RI
'72 Telecaster Custom RI
Baja Telecaster
Classic Player Strats
Classic Player Jaguar
Classic Player Jazzmaster.
Pretty much. Some more colour options and they'd be perfetc.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:26 pm
by aen
50s classic tele, yo. You left out the KANG!
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:29 pm
by Mike
Yeah that thing is fucking brilliant aswell.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:39 pm
by timhulio
AV Jazzmasters are at least twice the money better than CIJ Jazzmasters. The materials, pickups, fit and finish, sound, trem action, feel... yadda yadda, basically everything that's been gone into a thousand times before on this site and others... everything that could be better on the made in USA models is.
However, I am certain if Fender Japan were asked to make a Jazzmaster that cost £1299 new rather than £579 (GAK prices) they could make one just as good.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:51 pm
by jcyphe
I have Fender Jazzmaster(in storage) neck and body(cij) with avri parts and it feels no different than my friends sunburst AVRI Jazzmaster, no difference.
The paint is bit more "poly" but the AVRI is also partly a poly finish so that's a stupid thing to nitpick about.
I don't care about Poly vs. Nitro finish just about a good finish.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:54 pm
by Mike
The Nitro thing is so stupid. It's just something for weekend warriors to get into a froth about.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 6:40 pm
by timhulio
Perhaps tonally it doesn't matter, but the finish on my CIJ jazzmaster was plasticy feeling and bothered me.
I had a CIJ tele and the poly finish felt better- was thinner I'd guess.
With regards to necks, the edges are smoother on the AVRI and the fretboard edges are rolled better (is this the right term? They slope-off more comfortably.)
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:09 pm
by jcyphe
The thing I really used to like about AVRI Fenders is that they use darker rosewood but it seems they don't even do this anymore because I saw some recently and they had a very porous grain and lots of reddish brown streaks. I don't know if they did anything on the AVRI but all the ones I played like 5 years ago usually had very slick and dark fretboard with a tight grain.
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:30 pm
by mezzio13
Nick wrote:Who do they think is buying this shit?
I remember going on a big long rant a while back that I don't have time to repeat, but basically, Fender needs to be more like Gibson. They need to make more stuff in America, and price it accordingly. Anything with a poly finish made overseas with different pickups should be a Squier and also priced accordingly.
I won't pay USA prices for a Japanese fender with a poly finish and lame pickups. To me anything of the sort is an inferior product to the original and should not be priced as a pro level instrument.
Anyone who used to think Gibsons were overpriced must be discovering the taste of their foot right now
Guitar-related post of the year!