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Fender japan! Share the basses!!!!!

#42
Hi, Sort of new here. Is there a CIJ club? This is my CIJ Aerodyne 32" scale J-J DiMarzio 123 pup's factory.
 

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#52
Ankhanu said:
I love Fender Japan. The build quality is the most consistent of the factory groups. American and Mexican Fenders leap all over the place in terms of quality; you can get amazing Mexicans and garbage Americans, but Japanese, you know that they're going to be decent all the way through; very little variation instrument to instrument within the same model.

That said, they are kinda cheaper, in terms of the hardware used, so that's a downfall. But with a little extra cash, you can buy a cheap instrument and upgrade, say, the pickups or a switch, and have a very solid instrument for a fraction of the price.
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The tuners were sh%#t on mine. The first to go. The '62 re-issue P neck is beautiful.
 
#54
pedrodelawasp said:
I don't get the 'made in' as opposed to 'crafted in' thing either.

Perhaps 'made' insinuates that completed bodies and necks come in from elsewhere and are assembled in japan, and the 'crafted' basses have all the shaping, routing, etc done in Japan...?

In any case, here's my made in Japan bass (pic taken from the ebay auction where I got it)
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So is that a Geddy color pattern without the Geddy neck? See, I would have bought that over a Geddy signature bass instead of making 1, soon to be 2, of my own. I do not care a ton for the Geddy neck, but do love the look of the bass!

So assuming that is as I say above, Fender you lost, what, 1500-2000 dollars from me alone? Let's go a step further based on what I have said earlier -

Now do that times a percentage of all bass players who like that specific model but not the neck, and do that in a certian percentage of all bass players who had another company make a bass in the color pattern they wanted, but you (FMIC) did not offer...can you handle knowing you lost maybe a couple million bucks in sales?

And while I am at it, I am now building most of what I want, in the colors I want, with the options I want. So how much ya think you are gonna lose from a gear hog like me over the next 40 years? (God willing I live so long) And how much will companies that make bodies and necks get that you won't? Even if they pay a license fee to you, you still get a fraction of what I alone will spend. And what if I build one or two a year? And I will be selling some of what I build so I took even more cash out your pocket.

Same goes for you policy on releasing certain Artist lines only on certain continents with Squier....boy that cash keeps adding up, don't it?

I'm not trying to post to be an idiot about it, nor to cop some attitude that I'm out to hurt your (FMIC) business. Hell, you have made a good deal of money off me already with 2 Squiers and a combo amp. But I hope you see how not making certain things available is costing you customers and sales as a company.

Peace
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#55
dannster said:
[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]: just email them and get what you want. they also have an amazing used section.

The yen rate is down around 90 these days which is pretty awful. When I was living there in 1985 it was averaging 240 and it has been fairly steady around 110 until recently.

Shipping is usually $125-$150. But with the yen rate as it is it more like $177.
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yikes. screw that, better to fly to japan, buy the bass, then bring it back on the plane. (course this costs a lot more but you at least get to go on vaca in japan :) )
 

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