Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Nippon family

These are the 2 Jap Fenders I currently own, the ST-72 & Jaguar Special HH. My current Fender tally:
  1. American Standard Telecaster
  2. American Series 50th Anniversary Strat
  3. Highway 1 Stratocaster
  4. American Special Stratocaster
  5. ST-72
  6. Mustang bass
Japanese Fenders are definitely value-for-money instruments but too many critics measure them up against the Americans. When we invest in these Fenders, we have to keep in mind they have no obligations to conform to American specs. The common grief here would be the instrument's basswood body for selected Strats/ Teles. Also, by virtue of the models' numerical appointments, some people deem the Japanese models to be reissues & we often see ads offering them as such which is a grave misrepresentation. 

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sub, is it the picture? Or does the bottom 2 string saddles on your ST-72 looks different to your Top 4 strong saddles?

subversion.sg said...

he he... it's just the lighting. in fact, it's a reflection of my black bag.

Anonymous said...

Hey sub,

Is it true most strat players will put on .11 strings instead of .10 and tune it half step down?

What's the purpose of that?

subversion.sg said...

i equip all my Strats with .009s + standard tuning he he...

the thicker strings give Strat players that twang & much feel especially when digging in & bending. tuning is strictly preference.