Old Fender Japan Catalogs - Oddness
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Old Fender Japan Catalogs - Oddness
Found here: http://brochures.yokochou.com/en_index.html
1983 - They gave your guitar a behind-the-nut lock, but how about the bridge?
The answer: BOTTOM ROX!
Or: END ROX!
'85 - Best locking nut concept; love to explore this further:
'93 - Whoa
'94 - Cramped
Also '94 - Samurai?
'96
'96
'02
Offsets: Starting 1993 , Basswood/Sen are never mentioned in the context of the Jaguar/Jazzmaster
Unless you bought a gold hardware special:
Last - '84 . :
1983 - They gave your guitar a behind-the-nut lock, but how about the bridge?
The answer: BOTTOM ROX!
Or: END ROX!
'85 - Best locking nut concept; love to explore this further:
'93 - Whoa
'94 - Cramped
Also '94 - Samurai?
'96
'96
'02
Offsets: Starting 1993 , Basswood/Sen are never mentioned in the context of the Jaguar/Jazzmaster
Unless you bought a gold hardware special:
Last - '84 . :
King Buzzo: I love when people come up to me and say “Your guitar sound was better on Stoner Witch, when you used a Les Paul. “...I used a Fender Mustang reissue on that, dumbass!
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Re: Old Fender Japan Catalogs - Oddness
Fender Japan need to make a guitar with a rocking nut and locking bridgeDanley wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:48 pmFound here: http://brochures.yokochou.com/en_index.html
1983 - They gave your guitar a behind-the-nut lock, but how about the bridge?
The answer: BOTTOM ROX!
Or: END ROX!
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Re: Old Fender Japan Catalogs - Oddness
That Mosrite/tele hybrid is pretty freaking rad.
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I swear to god I never understand the gulf of design risk taking between Fender Japan and U.S. Fender. Colors, designs, whatever, the Japanese operation was constantly trying stuff. I remember that weird hollowbody P-bass thing when it came out. I think it also had a piezo in the bridge, but not sure. I wonder what that dual slanted pickup P-bass sounded like. I've never seen anything like that.
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Only noticed now that the 'Upper Rox' headstock lock actually has fine tuners. One thing that never gets mentioned in these catalogs is the System 2 bridge (locking version of the 'Elite' front-sprung vibrato.) Guess you'd have to use it with 'Upper Rox' since it didn't have fine-tuners. The Nokie Telecaster is pretty damn cool actually.
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Regarding the "best locking nut" concept, my father in law actually has that on an HSS Japanese Strat that he has. It's a great guitar.
He does not like that locking nut, and he's explained to me why, but I forget. He says it's quite a hassle in practice and I think he just leaves it off. I haven't used it personally.
Regarding that vibrato block, what is being locked back there?
He does not like that locking nut, and he's explained to me why, but I forget. He says it's quite a hassle in practice and I think he just leaves it off. I haven't used it personally.
Regarding that vibrato block, what is being locked back there?
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If I break out a textbook and channel me from a decade ago when I took a year of Japanese in college, I may be able to make sense of it in a day or two. Too bad the nut fails in practical terms.Larry Mal wrote: ↑Fri Jun 07, 2019 8:17 amRegarding the "best locking nut" concept, my father in law actually has that on an HSS Japanese Strat that he has. It's a great guitar.
He does not like that locking nut, and he's explained to me why, but I forget. He says it's quite a hassle in practice and I think he just leaves it off. I haven't used it personally.
Regarding that vibrato block, what is being locked back there?
King Buzzo: I love when people come up to me and say “Your guitar sound was better on Stoner Witch, when you used a Les Paul. “...I used a Fender Mustang reissue on that, dumbass!
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Well, don't place too much stock on my secondhand account here. It might be just fine for you or me, in fact, I would buy a guitar that had that on there despite his warning.
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Jeez that takes me back! What a time - before retro was cool, and everyone wanted new stuff. EMG pickups, Floyd Rose vibratos, fluorescent paint jobs....
Things have changed.
But yeah, agree that Fender Japan was fairly progressive compared to the US. Thanks for posting!
J.
Things have changed.
But yeah, agree that Fender Japan was fairly progressive compared to the US. Thanks for posting!
J.
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My Dad has one of the HSS Japan contemporary Strats from 1987, the locking nut thing works fine. The bridge system on the other hand is an absolute nightmare to setup and maintain, consequently it's been hardtailed never to divebomb again. The humbucker in the bridge kicks absolute ass though.
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Are these they (System 3/Schaller Soapbar?) I'm curious about the 'contemporary' series guitars - and the front-route System 3 vibrato pictured below in particular. Given my fascination with Offsets, I'm always up for a new challenge when setting up a vibrato as a big middle-finger to anyone who says it can't workX-Ray Spex wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 4:40 amMy Dad has one of the HSS Japan contemporary Strats from 1987, the locking nut thing works fine. The bridge system on the other hand is an absolute nightmare to setup and maintain, consequently it's been hardtailed never to divebomb again. The humbucker in the bridge kicks absolute ass though.
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Seriously.
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It very well might be, although I think my Dad's one has brass saddles etc so it might be system 1 or 2 possibly? I'll be heading over at the weekend probably so can report back here then.Danley wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 5:47 amAre these they (System 3/Schaller Soapbar?) I'm curious about the 'contemporary' series guitars - and the front-route System 3 vibrato pictured below in particular. Given my fascination with Offsets, I'm always up for a new challenge when setting up a vibrato as a big middle-finger to anyone who says it can't workX-Ray Spex wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 4:40 amMy Dad has one of the HSS Japan contemporary Strats from 1987, the locking nut thing works fine. The bridge system on the other hand is an absolute nightmare to setup and maintain, consequently it's been hardtailed never to divebomb again. The humbucker in the bridge kicks absolute ass though.
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