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Made in vs Crafted in

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Apple is the one that cracks me up...

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Oh brother :rollno:
 
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Old Blastard said:
Made in Japan indicates that the guitars were made by the Fujigen factory. When Fender changed factories, the contract with Fuji required the change in wording to Crafted in Japan. I have 3 MiJ and have played CIJs and they are of like quality, very high
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I was going to respond in much the same way, but include Dyna Gakki with Fujigen in terms of being "MIJ", though I'm not 100% certain. Those two were exclusive at first (as part of the Hoshino and Yamano contracts signed with Fender), and then later on they started to sub out things like necks or bodies - perhaps entire instruments - to additional factories and that's when the CIJ label started.

Fender Japan would source necks and/or bodies from outside Japan as well, though I don't know if those instruments were ever US bound or were of the non-export variety.

In any case... both instruments are of a quality that would often rival US made products.
 
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tg42 said:
Are there any technical differences between these two? And no, I don't mean the timeline. I mean why are American and Mexican built ones have Made in USA and Made in Mexico while the basses built in China for example have Crafted in China label on them?
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It is purely marketing - it sounds better.

Interestingly, I just bought a Japanese Fender (2014) and they have gone back to MIJ.
 
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tg42 said:
Are there any technical differences between these two? And no, I don't mean the timeline. I mean why are American and Mexican built ones have Made in USA and Made in Mexico while the basses built in China for example have Crafted in China label on them?
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marketing term... to give you that "Hand made" feel when you're buying a lot cheap stuff being made in sweatshops in Asia (mainly China).. oddly, Japan is probably the only odd exception to this with the "Fender" line..

Not sure, are there any "Crafted in the USA" bass/guitar gear being sold?
 
#33
Rocky said:
Not really sure if it applies, but back when I was a kid "made in Japan" carried a negative image of inferior products., Maybe this attitude influenced the marketing people at Fender?
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I think by the time Fender outsourced to Japan, the Japanese were already 'made' and universally respected for the quality of their manufacturing.
 
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MegaSwing said:
I think by the time Fender outsourced to Japan, the Japanese were already 'made' and universally respected for the quality of their manufacturing.
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For the most part I guess your correct.. Ibanez, and other brands were popular back then, but I think some prople from my generation, and earlier generations were still sceptical of products made in Japan, and were still a big part of the target demographic... Pure speculation on my part
 
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As said marketing. Crafted evokes a more hand built aspect, while made is an assembly line. Crafted implies hand fitting by skilled worker who take pride and are more skilled in their craft, while made suggests drones on an assembly line doing the same thing over and over each day, no hand fitting or finishing required. Even the best mass produced crafted instruments are still basically made on an assembly line.
 
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