This is the thread of Fender Japan guitars that you covet and can't get here!

[honeyiscool]

As you know, Fender Japan makes a lot of different guitars that never make it out of Japan. Here are some of my favorites:

 

Jazzmaster w/ ivory binding and block inlays

 

Hollow body Jazzmaster:

 

F-hole Jaguar:

 

Jaguar, bound neck:

 

Jaguar, matching headstock:

 

Competition Mustang:

 

Competition Mustang Bass:

 

Awesome Ash Strat:

 

Paisley Tele:

 

Jaguar Bass, left-handed so you lefties don't feel left out (hehe)

[honeyiscool]

Oh {censored}, they have a matching headstock version of the pink Strat:

 

 

And for you old-fashioned guitar lovers, how about a taste of this:

 

 

God, this kind of {censored} just makes American guitars boring.

[xrleroyx]

WANT ALL.

[aclarke]

Albert Collins model - on the lookout for one of these:

 

Black hollow jag:

 

nice green with matching headstock:

 

Always been a sucker for those metal covers:

 

want

 

these are pretty cool, had one for a while a couple years back. kind of regret selling it, might buy another:

 

rosewood topped strat:

 

Always loved the look of these:

 

want.

 

New budget model:

[honeyiscool]

rosewood topped strat:

Amazing. I love how it gives you a little flavor of the Telecaster in a Strat format by having that slab body. Best of both worlds? I think so.

[aliensporebomb]

Christ, between the two guitars with matching headstocks, the rosewood topped strat and the other strat with the SSH configuration with the Gotoh it makes most strats here seem bo-ring.

 

Excellent.

[honeyiscool]

How about some bass love:

 

 

 

Aside from the bling, these just seem so eminently playable.

 

 

And wait... is that a scallop?

 

 

It looks like a scallop.

[kayd_mon]

 

WANT ALL.

 

 

+1

[aclarke]

 

Christ, between the two guitars with matching headstocks, the rosewood topped strat and the other strat with the SSH configuration with the Gotoh it makes most strats here seem bo-ring. Excellent.

 

 

I think if you order 25, Fender Japan will build anything you want. A lot of the really cool stuff comes from limited runs like that. Musicland (large chain here) does this a few times a year.

[honeyiscool]

 

I think if you order 25, Fender Japan will build anything you want. A lot of the really cool stuff comes from limited runs like that. Musicland (large chain here) does this a few times a year.

 

 

GRRRR WHY DO AMERICANS LIKE BORING GEETARS.

 

I'm not a Japanophile or nothing, but Fender Japan is the best of America made better, period.

[*BLEEP*]

And wait... is that a scallop? It looks like a scallop.

 

 

 

Yup (!). It's scalloped.

[honeyiscool]

It looks like a very tasteful, light scallop. I can only imagine it's the best neck I've never played.

[aclarke]

And wait... is that a scallop? It looks like a scallop.

 

Trick of the light.

 

Just found this one:

 

Got to stop this, can't afford a new guitar right now...

[cratz2]

I'm not drooling over any of them too much, but that candy red Jag with the matching headstock... not too shabby.

[honeyiscool]

So I was shopping the other day, thinking how come Fender doesn't make many FR guitars with maple fingerboards?

 

I guess they're all in Japan.

 

I'm not drooling over any of them too much, but that candy red Jag with the matching headstock... not too shabby.

 

Ha, I had one and sold it. It sure was a looker but it was getting no action in my castle.

[*BLEEP*]

 

As you know, Fender Japan makes a lot of different guitars that never make it out of Japan. Here are some of my favorites:...

 

 

 

I used to see the Competition Mustang guitars and basses around a couple of years ago. In fact, I know someone locally who bought one at Geetar Center back then.

[*BLEEP*]

 

It looks like a very tasteful, light scallop. I can only imagine it's the best neck I've never played.

 

 

 

Probably an extra run of necks off of the Yngwie signature model.

[honeyiscool]

Well, you can get these, just hard. Some of these were offered in America for a while, and there's always people like me who want a guitar enough to import it.

 

I'd love a Compstang guitar and bass, matching set, white with blue stripes. Will be hard unless I do the work myself.

[Alecto]

There were a couple of Fender Japan versions of this pair in a local shop:

 

 

I was strongly tempted to get them for myself and the wife (she plays bass) so we'd have matching instruments.

[the_gunslinger]

So I was shopping the other day, thinking how come Fender doesn't make many FR guitars with maple fingerboards? I guess they're all in Japan. Ha, I had one and sold it. It sure was a looker but it was getting no action in my castle.

 

Just buy a Charvel. Fender owns Charvel, is the same damn thing nowaday's. And they're MIJ.:idea:

[akapuli]

Albert Collins model - on the lookout for one of these:

 

Always wanted, but I only have seen one on the eBay and it was gone really fast.

[Spike Li]

These (Aerodynes) are MIJ but ive actually seen then in person here in Oz. Passed up the strat for a p90 guitar but still kinda wish i bought it :\nAnd the P-Bass is just

 

 

Funnily i never saw these in Japan

[Strat87]

rosewood topped strat:

 

OH MY GOD

[twotimingpete]

 

 

 

I swear to god, those mustang guitars and mustang basses with the stripes and colored headstocks are just absolutely to die for. I don't get why we can't buy those here. I'd probably drop money I'd have no business dropping.

[Argh! Zombies!]

The translucent pink with the maple neck would get my seed.

 

+1 on the Charvel. Fender already makes several fantastic FR/maple superstrats, with unbelievable necks and price tags, they just don't print Fender on the headstocks.