All user reviews for the Fender Stratocaster Japan

Made in Japan Fender Stratocaster's are almost identical to the US-made fender Stratocaster guitars. There's not a whole lot of difference in feel and balance and tone between these instruments. It's not like the US built compared to Mexican built where you can definitely feel the cheapness and the overall unfavorability in the Mexican made guitars, but the fender Japanese made stratocaster's are pretty much equally well built as the US made.

UTILIZATION


If you've ever played Fender Stratocaster then you know exactly what you're to get with this guitar. You have three single coil pickup with a volume control knob and two tone control knobs. You also get a five way pickup selector and that's pretty much about it as far as features go. In addition to that you do have a tremolo system which allows you get this nice vibrato tones. This guitar features a blue paint job with a cool rose wood fretboard.

SOUNDS


The Fender stratocaster tone is just as solid tone that's really built for any type of music. These are very versatile guitars and the playability factor is what stands out with these instruments. These are one of the most favorable guitars in existence because of the overall tone and balance. They work well with any amplifier or effects pedals board or racks that you might half. They go with pretty much any style of music.


OVERALL OPINION


At new you can find these guitars for little less than a US built Fender Stratocaster guitar. Overall if you're looking for a great instrument that's going to be extremely versatile and very well-built and have a great feel then this is a great guitar to own. They're a little bit cheaper if you can find them compared to the US built but in my opinion I would much rather just have a US built Fender Stratocaster and pay a couple hundred extra dollars for it.

This is an old school Fender CIJ guitar that made its way into our store. It's not often that you see these guitars as they tend to be only for the Japanese market, but in the past, you could buy them from stores like Ikebe-Gakki and Ishibashi without much of a problem. I'm not sure if they still sell directly like they used to, but you can still get them through various shipping companies. The guitar had an alder body, a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, 21 frets, dot inlays, a Schaller floyd rose, three single coils, one volume, two tones and a five way switch.

UTILIZATION

This guitar had been modded for a Schaller Floyd Rose. This is just a guess, but I almost think this guitar was bought directly from a Japanese auction site. I seem to recall seeing this exact same guitar being sold awhile back with the same floyd equipped on it. The Japanese really like their floyds on their strats, and you see a lot of them with this modification. The Schaller floyd is a very high quality floyd. This was the lower profile kind of model with the shorter screws that Jackson in Japan and Caparison utilize. The fretwork on the guitar was good, but there was some fairly strong wear going on. The rest of the guitar was pretty good, though.

SOUNDS

This had three Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders installed in it, and they were pretty noisy. The guitar almost had a Ritchie Blackmore vibe going on, so I think the guy was a fan of him. Anyway, the bridge was very high output, and you could get a pretty cool metal tone with this. It wasn't super tight, but it handled high gain well enough. The middle pickup was pretty useless to me, and I didn't even care for it that much when it came to mixing it with the neck or bridge. The neck was great for leads, as it was very powerful. I could get a pretty cool legato sound going on without too much effort. Cleans were a bit bland, though.

OVERALL OPINION

This guitar had a lot of mods done to it, so it's hard to say exactly how good these guitars are, but judging from my previous experience with the MIJ/CIJ guitars, I'd say you shouldn't have too much of an issue if you decide to buy blind. They're high quality guitars for the price.

crafted japan, that is to say in japan assembly (manufacturing us)
my guitar is equipped with a microphone set us

UTILIZATION

is a strato finely crafted, very good for me intrusment while comparable to one hundred percent american strats but half as expensive

SOUNDS

ultra versatile guitar for all types of amplifiers, the fact ca ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it in spare (backup) on stage but also as a studio when I need a sound fenderien
2 times cheaper than American, more and more rare to find on the market, replaced by series of mexico, which for me are a notch below the serie japan (violin finish)
I would do the choice of Acquisition of this model without hesitation if the need to have a good strat it was felt

Japanese-made, quality of a violin with scabies sries amricaines, much better than the Mexican

UTILIZATION

Complies what is expected of a stratocaster

SOUNDS

The original pickups are good, I've replaced by noisseless and I end up with a quality worthy of a signature amricaine
clear sounds fabulous funk and crunch sounds exceptional to play blues and rock, but not at all to play metal

OVERALL OPINION

She fifteen years, and the violin and mcaniques did not move a hair
pity that the Japanese manufacturing t stop to promote Mexican are of poorer quality

This is a guitar made in japan in 1986 (best year in Japanese).
team is a standard Fender bridge.
3 micros simple boninage (fender I think!), 2 tone, volume and microphone 5-position selector.
Channel type "maple neck"

UTILIZATION

The neck is super fun! a sliding alone!
Access to acute is asser ais.
easily obtain a good sound with this guitar! It sffit plug it into an amp and it is happiness!

SOUNDS

This guitar is suitable for almost any style of music (metal refrain!) One can easily obtain the punk, grunge and his more jazzy! I find this guitar very versatile! I think this guitar has a terrible osn dasn treble distortion and have a sound phnomnal (warm clean ..) dasn the grave!

OVERALL OPINION

I have used it for 6 years and I would not trade for anything! Before this guitar I had a lot of the other guitar but this is it they I Prefair !!!!!!

Japanese manufacturing in 1994
21 jumbo frets medium rather
Floating Fender
1 volume and 2 tones 5 way and slecteur
Saddle sleeve with button pallisandre

UTILIZATION

Super comfortable handle and very comfortable in any style of play
Accs super easy to acute (Lo thank you for the strat Sessin!)
Lger weight in relation to other mahogany (alder body).
The sound very strat of flt!

SOUNDS

From blues to rock it provides.
RIVERA Clubster has a 25-watt lamps.
The sounds of Fender strats trs flt!
Very well in blues, rock, crunch, brit, but not mtal!

OVERALL OPINION

6 years.
Like everything in my registry and music is perfect.
Yes, I have a Les Paul for also sounds a little small but pchu prf for my Start!
It is excellent!
Without hsitations!

Japanese model, instrument making more cheap US.On that feels straight to the jack hand. Good finition.Strat classic.

UTILIZATION

Good handle. Pickups entry level economic and without personality. Gain and lack of grain.

SOUNDS

His skinny and unusable bridge pickup into overdrive. Bunched

OVERALL OPINION

neck to certain assertions: I played it, following a loan for one month, to see.
Severely below a Mexican classic type 60 Player. And nothing to do with my Start Plus Deluxe that I use in studio and on stage for 13 years.
A guitar cute, well finished, but nothing beats a real Start.
No, it is not a U.S. or a Mexican-style Classic Player.