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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:10 pm
by jagsonic
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Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:08 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
this thread makes me want to be japanese.

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:34 pm
by Dave
Seriously amazing choice in Japan - aside from every guitar with brown tort should have not-brown tort because it looks rubbish on every one of those pictures. Apart from that it's 100% schwing all the way

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:37 pm
by SKC Willie
hotrodperlmutter wrote:I think I'm turning Japanese

Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:37 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
i really think so.

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:36 am
by Ankhanu
robroe wrote:robroe dump

the plant is working overtime overthere putting out new shit
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Very curious about the switching here. Looks like the bastard child of a Mustang and Cyclone II
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With a slanted single coil in the bridge?? Would be all over this shit.

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:10 am
by jumbledupthinking
Mages wrote:
jumbledupthinking wrote:Anyone else noticed that the Vintage White Pawnshop model on the Fender Japan site has a decent looking decal too? (unlike the "mustang special" ones that felt like an afterthought on the models I've seen over here)
well, mustang special is better than just mustang. it's not a mustang.
I can appreciate that - I'm more referring to their choice of typeface and layout than the wording to be honest. It doesn't even follow the shape of the headstock.

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:56 am
by ultratwin
That CySLOAN II-looking thing with Mustang bridge/trem is hot stuff!

CIJ Fender totally on a roll with the shorties.

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:02 pm
by BillClay
robroe wrote:robroe dump

the plant is working overtime overthere putting out new shit

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I really need someone to explain to me how this shit works out. I think there are more shorstscale models in that post than the entire fucking offering of guitars and basses from fender U.S. and Mexico. Does every Japanese person buy 4 new guitars a year? How the fuck is this wealth of awesome shit justified in only one market?

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:10 pm
by cur
BillClay wrote: I really need someone to explain to me how this shit works out. I think there are more shorstscale models in that post than the entire fucking offering of guitars and basses from fender U.S. and Mexico. Does every Japanese person buy 4 new guitars a year? How the fuck is this wealth of awesome shit justified in only one market?
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Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:28 pm
by Viljami
But everyone is a total stranger, avoiding me like I was a Cyclone ranger.

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:19 pm
by Mages
apparently mustangs are like as popular as strats in japan. people say that shortscales have always been really popular there because a lot of people have small hands.

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:12 pm
by 71Smallbox
Mages wrote:apparently mustangs are like as popular as strats in japan. people say that shortscales have always been really popular there because a lot of people have small hands.
If that were the reason that mustangs were popular, then why would strats be so popular too?

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:53 pm
by honeyiscool
Also they have a boatload of Jazzmasters, which are big and heavy guitars that are larger than most Japanese people.

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:11 pm
by 71Smallbox
I think they just really really like cool guitars.

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:28 pm
by Ankhanu
71Smallbox wrote:I think they just really really like cool guitars.
+1

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:37 pm
by stewart
71Smallbox wrote:
Mages wrote:apparently mustangs are like as popular as strats in japan. people say that shortscales have always been really popular there because a lot of people have small hands.
If that were the reason that mustangs were popular, then why would strats be so popular too?
he didn't say they ALL had small hands.

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:56 pm
by Mages
strats are popular there for the same reasons they're popular here. swiss army knife of guitar tones, all your guitar heroes have played it, etc. I don't know anything about jazzmasters being that popular, I guarantee mustangs are more popular than jazzmasters though.

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:13 pm
by Fran
Them Duo's look ace, but i still think the pawnshop 'Stang is vile.

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:09 pm
by honeyiscool
Mages wrote:strats are popular there for the same reasons they're popular here. swiss army knife of guitar tones, all your guitar heroes have played it, etc. I don't know anything about jazzmasters being that popular, I guarantee mustangs are more popular than jazzmasters though.
My point is that popularity or not, Fender Japan seems to have diversity in all their models. Their Jazzmasters come in several different trimmings, all of seemingly very good quality and close-to-vintage specs, whereas we're limited to models separated more by budget and features than by cosmetic variety.