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Squire made in Japan
- Thread starter adam precision
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No such thing as a Squire guitar or bass. If you are refering to the Squier line from Fender, named after V.C. Squier, then Japanese production has been off and on for certain models, done by FujiGen, all the way up to 97, and supposedly some from Tokai after that, according to some reports. Squiers have been made in Korea, India, Mexico, and other places as well.
As far as the ones that are known to be the exceptionally good MIJ Squiers, I thought they ended in the mid 80's?
Yeah Thumpbass1, it may be somewhat annoying to see the name misspelled time and time again but at least it it phonetically correct with the R before the E. The only times it really hits me funny is when someone spells it wrong and also shows a pic of the headstock with the correct spelling clearly visible.
Yeah Thumpbass1, it may be somewhat annoying to see the name misspelled time and time again but at least it it phonetically correct with the R before the E. The only times it really hits me funny is when someone spells it wrong and also shows a pic of the headstock with the correct spelling clearly visible.
I thought the MIJ Squiers were done by the mid 80's before going to Korea by the late 80's, but I was wrong on that. I guess some MIJ stuff with the brand continued on. As for bagging the OP's spelling of the brand I did it for educational reasons only. I apologize to the OP for what admittedly now seems that I wanted to act like a jerk, when actually I was just messing with him a bit in good fun. It doesn't look that way on the surface, now that I think about it. For that I'm sorry, and humbly apologize to adam precision.
My friend has one of the old Korea ones (precision) and I could swear it's just a Fender with the Squier logo. It's real nice.
No worries, there must be at least 10,000 of us who notice that same goofy thing over and over and over and sometimes want to comment about it. I doubt Adam is gonna harm himself over it
Stick a smiley on there and everything's right with the world
After all is said and done my info will probably be proved wrong anyway. On noes!
as far as i know (and i know everything) 89 was the last year squiers came steady out of Japan 89 was the transition year to Korea.. so if i'm not mistaken you can find Korea and Japan basses from 89, but from 90 mostly korea and up until 88 mostly Japan...
My first bass and first guitars were old Korean Squiers. The bass was a P-Bass and the guitar was a Strat. They were actually really nice. The necks had a nice lacquer finish on them. They are of a much different quality than any Squier I have seen in some time. The ones I had must have been from the early 90s. I got both of them around 93 or so. They were used, so they were probably a few years old.
I have an 88 Korean made Squire II Strat. Other than the dreadful original nylon nut, and the wonky Fender version of a locking trem, it ain't bad for a cheap strat. The fret work is aces above many of the Mexican strats I've run across.
I thought that by the late 80's the MIJ run of Squiers was over. If any continued into the 90's as Wikipedia claims, I'm curious as to what models, and what markets they were shipped too. I have played some of the 1st era MIJ Squiers, both guitar and basses and was amazed at the quality, and still am.
On another note, Fender's Squier and other budget brands, along with it's standard series seems to deserve having the history researched and put into a book form. The MIJ Fender production alone across all lines would be a nice read in a book, for those of us who geek on Fender history.
They stopped making them in japan around 97' i believe the pro tone series came out and was kicking fenders a$$ with sales , alot of players would rather have bought the squier and a few upgrades and save hundreds of dollars. Same thing will probably happen with the CV squiers if they sell to good.
Its business.
Its business.
i believe the 89 squier II P bass etc where MIJ made... i've atleast seen a MIJ P bass from that year
I have a borrowed SQ (1983) Precision (not P-Bass) that plays as well as my CIJ Aerodyne.
I've never had an American Fender, but the ones I've dabbled on don't seem as nice to play, in terms of finish and set up.
I've never had an American Fender, but the ones I've dabbled on don't seem as nice to play, in terms of finish and set up.
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I currently have an 83 (SQ) and it has kicked out all of the fenders that I have had made within the last 15 yrs...it plays MUCH better and the action is wayyyyy down low.
Yea those Squier IIs are nice got one a few months back and have been gigging with it constantly. Its the only Squier that really feels like a weapon.
