Fender CIJ MIJ vs Fender US - The Gear Page Hello How good of a quality does everyone think that the CIJ MIJ Strats and Teles are compared to the US American Standard versions? Is it just the pots and metric measurements for the hardware that is keeping it lower than the US American Standard series? Most of the high end CIJ come with
Fender MIM Player Strat or used MIJ Strat? - The Gear Page I own an '86 MIJ Fender '69RI Pink Paisley Tele, '90 MIJ Fender 50's Strat, '91 MIJ Fender 50's Tele, and a '96 MIJ Fender Jagstang All of these MIJ Fender guitar are very well made guitars
mij - The Gear Page mij What's the hierarchy of MIJ Japanese Les Pauls? I've searched the internet for years on the subject, and it seems like everyone says something different I'm in the market for a late 70s to 80s mid-range MIJ Les Paul and I sort of know it goes something like this: Ibanez > Orville by Gibson > Tokai > Greco > Yamaha > Epiphone MIJ > Aria Pro
MIM Charvel\Jackson vs. MIJ Ibanez - The Gear Page IMO, the Ibanez MIJ offerings are better than the Charvel MIM offerings in terms of fit and finish MIJ Ibanez is their cream of the crop and the fretwork is usually fantastic, and Ibanez in general are very consistent
Whats the hierarchy of MIJ Japanese Les Pauls? - The Gear Page Some MIJ guitars are not to be underestimated, they are actually damn nice! Though not a Les Paul, this early 90’s Burny Jimmy Page 6 12 is very nice! Burny RSG-140 Vintage Double Neck I have a few Gibson guitars and this doubleneck holds its own This LS R9 Tokai Les Paul will give Gibsons a run for the money!
Is my MIJ Strat basswood or Alder? - The Gear Page Fender's MIJ Strat 50s-style reissues (the "Collectibles" series in Fender's ads) imported into the US between 1986 and 1996 came in two flavors -- the more numerous 1957-style with butterfly string retainer on the headstock, small trem block, large c-neck and basswood body, and the more rare 1954 reissues with round string retainer, full-size trem block, v-neck and (according to the catalog
Fill me in on the MIJ Fender Contemporary Strats The Fender Contemporary Strat, MIJ from the 80's have gone up a good bit in price System 1, 2 and 3 models and Kahler as well as Fender Branded bridge I've got 2 and really like them $599 00-$750 00 these days I got a deal on one that was "well used" at $350 00 delivered and then another that was not mint but close, was $750 00 delivered
MIJ price to quality - The Gear Page MIJ guitars aren't all the same For example, you won't get the same playability on an Ibanez RG Genesis vs an Ibanez J-Custom But bang for the buck I'd say it's hard to beat MIJ instruments