"The toan is in the nationality of your guitar, trust!!!1!!"
Are we still doing this?
Only change is the wood and the junk pickups they've slapped on the Japanese strats

Tokai's seem to get great reviews, but they don't sell them here.

>>126915618 (OP)
Fender Japan covers a wider range than Fender USA, more towards the lower end. So, you'll find fewer USA dogs. Fender Japan's upper end is absolutely primo, though.

>>126915618 (OP)
>or is it weeaboo propaganda?
Literally nobody says this. From what I have heard though, Japanese made Fenders are largely on-par with American made but are somewhat cheaper, so I guess from this perspective they are "better"

>>126915618 (OP)
MIJ = MIA + MIM

yea generally speaking the japanese cut less corners obviously there is great stuff made in america but it's not typical.

>>126915618 (OP)
For a long time MIJ Fenders were MIA quality for MIM prices.

here's the thing about Fenders specifically:
hell no
the Jap Guitars are nerfed with bad pickups and electronics by design
there was a time in the 80's when Fender USA did not make strats correctly, the Japanese "squier" guitars were better then because they were built like the old ones
but Fender realized their mistake
the best electric guitars in the world are assembled in the USA
Japan can do it too but their brands suck (Yamaha, Ibanez are nothing on Fender, Gibson)

>>126915618 (OP)
I don't think they're better quality wise but fender japan has a bunch of cool exclusive shit that you can't find anywhere else (with affordable pricings at that) while fender usa just rehashes the same shit for mega bucks

>>126916555
80's/90's MIJ Fenders are some of the best affordable used guitars you can get. Judging by their rising prices, I think the word is out.

Fenders are incredibly good guitars. I got a junior strat my mom bought as my first and it was better than some 800$ guitars I’ve played. It makes normal brands look like shit and is half the price.

>>126915618 (OP)

>>126916679
shit tard millenials are also paying a premium for 90's Fender and Gibson. i could sell my beat up squier for profit now because it has rosewood neck

>>126916555
>there was a time in the 80's when Fender USA did not make strats correctly
Just like Jaguars today.

get you an 80's mij squier lad plays like a dream idc what anyone says i like the pickups

>>126917638
speaking of offsets all the MIJ jazzmasters, jags... the pickups aren't real jazzmaster and jag pickups at all
squier VMJM has better pickups than the jap offsets

Who cares about pickups? Everybody replaces them anyway.

>>126915618 (OP)
'90s fender MIJ guitars are of superb quality, about as good as american-made fenders of the same era.

>talks so confidently about something he knows nothing about

>>126915618 (OP)
I have MIM and MIJ so beats me bro. The MIM stays in tune better but is newer.

It all depends when you buy both your USA and MIJ (or CIJ). If you get a USA pre 1983, you've got a great guitar. If you get a JAP guitar between 1983 to 1989 (some say early 90's) you've got an great guitar. If you've got a USA from 1950's or 1960's or a JAP guitar from 1983/84/85, you've got an outstanding guitar. It's all got to do with the moving of the Fender factory and giving the rights to Japan to make Fender guitars during this move. Any other guitars made (if not custom) relatively in modern times doesn't compare. Apparently, in 1983 when the first shipment of guitars came to the USA from JAP, the USA guitar makers said "we can't make guitars this good". I've heard that first hand from guys who worked at Fender and read about it. But this isn't true for every guitar from that era. I collect MIJ's from the 80's most are outstanding, but there are some with things I need to improve on. I can't afford a USA from the 1950's or 60's, so MIJ 1980's is the next best thing.

>>126916060

Plenty on reverb