Members Jan Deal Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Here is my Fender Stratocaster. It has a 90's MIJ '57 reissue neck, a late 80's Squier JV body and I've fitted lace sensor pickups (red, silver, blue) to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Barryj61 Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 In............................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LameAim Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Thread is bad news. I have been gassing for a CIJ Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass (the non-export model with pick guard) something terrible lately. Anyone know where I can snag one for semi-cheap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheBlueStrat Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 I SO WANT THAT VINTAGE 50S FIESTA RED STRAT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Macintoshmaster Posted October 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Hi there,I will add you in a few mins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rick 381 Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 I'm in. I have, This, 62 RI. And this, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Love that! Is that a scalloped fret neck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hrcnsfan Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Why not...I'm in. My CIJ 62 RI. ('07-'08?) Now with mint green pg and Fralin Vintage Hots in neck/mid and an SP43 bridge pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Love that! Is that a scalloped fret neck? Yeah, I bought it on a whim, plus I got a great deal on it. Sold the pickups out of it, traded the neck for an unloaded Marshall 1922 cab and I'm refinishing the body to a Montery Pop Festival strat. It was VERY scalloped: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Perioman Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 I worked the checkout all summer '89 to buy mine. Cost me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jgyn Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Have a couple '67 reissues (big headstock, small logo.) One sunburst (ash), the other olympic white, both with maple capped necks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MattKirkcaldie Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Just in case anyone is reading this for info about MIJ vs CIJ - it refers to the manufacturing partners. The first Fender Japan contract was with the Fuji-Gen Gakki (Fuji Stringed Instruments) company and those are labelled MIJ. In the 90s, manufacturing switched to Dyna Gakki and Tokai Gakki. Those instruments are labelled CIJ and there are differences like pots, shielding, etc but the overall quality is essentially the same. More recently Fuji-Gen Gakki have been producing again so there are 2008-2010 Japanese Fenders with MIJ on them again. These all have T serial numbers and the font used is somewhat bolder than the pre-90s ones.Lastly - the Fender website is a bit misleading about some of the FJ serial numbers. Most of the info about letter prefixes is correct, but if someone tells you a Telecaster with an A serial number is from 1985, make sure you get lots of additional evidence. Tele bridge plates with A serial numbers were used throughout the 80s, 90s and 00s, so for instance there are CIJ guitars with A serial numbers. Mostly, otherwise, the serial numbers are reliable for dates. Lastly, MIJs from the 1980s nearly always have a date written in pencil on the neck heel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slvrsrpnt Posted October 15, 2010 Members Share Posted October 15, 2010 I have one I bought in 1987, it used to be silver, it's now a greenish color with age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cosmikdebris Posted October 15, 2010 Members Share Posted October 15, 2010 My '96 MIJ Foto Flame. I've thought about refinishing it and remember a thread a couple of years back where somebody removed the foto flame as it fades (went from Green to Purple??) and refinished it but I've never been able to find the thread. Anybody remember? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rog951 Posted October 15, 2010 Members Share Posted October 15, 2010 I've got two Japanese teles, a '52RI CIJ and a '62 Custom RI MIJ, both with updated electronics (Fralins and Lollars, respectively) and a MIJ Jazz Bass on which I put a Badass II bridge. They are all fine instruments but that '62 Custom is my baby. I can't imagine a scenario where I'd get rid of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikethebike500 Posted October 15, 2010 Members Share Posted October 15, 2010 Just in case anyone is reading this for info about MIJ vs CIJ - it refers to the manufacturing partners. The first Fender Japan contract was with the Fuji-Gen Gakki (Fuji Stringed Instruments) company and those are labelled MIJ. In the 90s, manufacturing switched to Dyna Gakki and Tokai Gakki. Those instruments are labelled CIJ and there are differences like pots, shielding, etc but the overall quality is essentially the same. More recently Fuji-Gen Gakki have been producing again so there are 2008-2010 Japanese Fenders with MIJ on them again. These all have T serial numbers and the font used is somewhat bolder than the pre-90s ones.Lastly - the Fender website is a bit misleading about some of the FJ serial numbers. Most of the info about letter prefixes is correct, but if someone tells you a Telecaster with an A serial number is from 1985, make sure you get lots of additional evidence. Tele bridge plates with A serial numbers were used throughout the 80s, 90s and 00s, so for instance there are CIJ guitars with A serial numbers. Mostly, otherwise, the serial numbers are reliable for dates. Lastly, MIJs from the 1980s nearly always have a date written in pencil on the neck heel. thankyou for explaining that, makes sense to me:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Macintoshmaster Posted October 19, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2010 Hey people, Make sure to put the thing in your sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members akapuli Posted October 21, 2010 Members Share Posted October 21, 2010 If I jump on the Strat wagon again, I would choose the Natural Aerodyne. Or please Fender Japan, make an Aerodyne Tele with an other colour variation too (nothing wrong with the black original, I like it too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PinkFuzz65 Posted October 21, 2010 Members Share Posted October 21, 2010 Can i join? heres my CIJ '72 Reissue changed the electronics to fender standard and put in the SD hot rails. It screams. From the Serial, its a '94 model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted October 21, 2010 Members Share Posted October 21, 2010 Just in case anyone is reading this for info about MIJ vs CIJ - it refers to the manufacturing partners. The first Fender Japan contract was with the Fuji-Gen Gakki (Fuji Stringed Instruments) company and those are labelled MIJ. In the 90s, manufacturing switched to Dyna Gakki and Tokai Gakki. Those instruments are labelled CIJ and there are differences like pots, shielding, etc but the overall quality is essentially the same. More recently Fuji-Gen Gakki have been producing again so there are 2008-2010 Japanese Fenders with MIJ on them again. These all have T serial numbers and the font used is somewhat bolder than the pre-90s ones.Lastly - the Fender website is a bit misleading about some of the FJ serial numbers. Most of the info about letter prefixes is correct, but if someone tells you a Telecaster with an A serial number is from 1985, make sure you get lots of additional evidence. Tele bridge plates with A serial numbers were used throughout the 80s, 90s and 00s, so for instance there are CIJ guitars with A serial numbers. Mostly, otherwise, the serial numbers are reliable for dates. Lastly, MIJs from the 1980s nearly always have a date written in pencil on the neck heel. More confused than ever now ... my JD Tele, bought in 1998, carries an anniversary sticker on the back of the headstock, has a 'MADE IN JAPAN' decal on the heel of the neck and the serial number etched into the ashtray bridgeplate is A055437. I've always assumed it was a 1996/7 model, but where it was built I still have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 The A bridge plate number is used on warranty cards over here when there is no other number on the guitar, but it can not be used to date a Fender Japan telecaster. I am always careful about what to pass off as fact when it comes to Fender Japan, been surprised far too often to even pretend to think I know what they did. Lots of conflicting info on the web so I`ll wait until somebody who actually worked for the company writes a book on the subject, till then it`s always a bit of a risk sifting through everything that gets said about Fender Japan on the internet to get to the real facts.The telecaster bought in `98 may have been sitting around for a couple of years by the time you got it, not that unusual...got my Buck Owens tele after it had been hanging in the local Rock Inn for a few years, I bought it once they put it on sale. In this Japanese city Fender Japan is not nearly as highly regarded as it is overseas, the new stuff just doesn`t seem to move from shops, the older models have been a little more popular but only after people overseas started showing an interest and THAT only after they woke up and discovered the early guitars can be great, doesn`t mean they all are but some are. Current FJs are built in at least 3 factories with another building basses according to the former manager at the Rock Inn shop, but he wouldn`t tell me which factories...corporate secrets and all that. So careful what you believe out there, theres a lot of stuff that just does not always match the Fender Japan guitars I own...and only one of those is CIJ, the rest are all older MIJs, my personal preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aussiegooner Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 Count me in, I've got a Blue Flower Tele, and I used to have a 52RI. Will post pics when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the_gunslinger Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 In. Early 90's Foto Flame. Shitty pic is shitty, sorry but it has a nice wine red burst color. ' alt='>'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marko Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 Wow, some truly beautiful guitars! Does it count that I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tezmond Posted October 22, 2010 Members Share Posted October 22, 2010 My 2, both from the 80's the Jag was my first "good guitar" the tele is as rough as nails, but its fantastic to play, the vib through the neck is insane, you can tune it by the feel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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