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Beautiful 2004 Crafted in Japan Fender Stratocaster in 3 tone sunburst. This is a fantastic sounding and playing guitar that is top of the spec for Japanese made guitars. It’s got the alder body and American Texas special pickups you want so it’s ready to go without needing upgrades. I bought this very recently and love it but shortly thereafter bought a vintage tweed deluxe and can’t justify having a second strat for now.
The guitar was professionally set up when I bought it and has minimal play time since then. Has nice low action and a medium to slightly chunky C neck profile that really nails the late preCBS style necks. Only minor issue to Disclose is a small finish touch up on the back of the neck that was done before I bought the guitar by a professional tech. It’s pictured in the listing. does not affect playability at all to me but it is there. otherwise the guitar is in near mint condition for a 20 year old guitar. Barely any noticeable fret wear. I’d say it’s got at least 95% of its fret life left. also, second tone is wired to both bridge and middle to roll off some high end so it’s got everything you could want. Comes with soft case that I bought it with.
The first era of Fender Japan began in 1982, when domestic market Japanese Fenders started rolling out of factories. While Fender Japan is popularly known for some of their more extravagant aesthetics, the bulk of domestic Japanese production was focused on reissues of historic American Fender models. These reissue models were labeled by a two letter/two number model code for the model and reissue year, followed by a suffix that indicated the price in Yen, and any unique specifications the model had. While a given model might come in a variety of price points during a given model year, from entry level to the near Custom Shop quality of Fender Japan's ExTrad series, all the models would broadly follow the aesthetic and technical specifications of the original American models. Reissue models would follow this naming convention until 2015, when Fender Japan revamped their product line to more closely mirror the organizational structure of the Mexican and American made Fender lines. Models on this page represent the 1982 - 2015 era of Fender Japan production, and typically feature the old style Fender Japan serial number at the base of the neck, as opposed to the contemporary "JD-" serial number format found on the back of the headstock. The original model codes (and frequently the value suffix) can usually be found in the neck pocket of the body, and at the base of the neck where the mounting holes are.
Beautiful 2004 Crafted in Japan Fender Stratocaster in 3 tone sunburst. This is a fantastic sounding and playing guitar that is top of the spec for Japanese made guitars. It’s got the alder body and American Texas special pickups you want so it’s ready to go without needing upgrades. I bought this very recently and love it but shortly thereafter bought a vintage tweed deluxe and can’t justify having a second strat for now.
The guitar was professionally set up when I bought it and has minimal play time since then. Has nice low action and a medium to slightly chunky C neck profile that really nails the late preCBS style necks. Only minor issue to Disclose is a small finish touch up on the back of the neck that was done before I bought the guitar by a professional tech. It’s pictured in the listing. does not affect playability at all to me but it is there. otherwise the guitar is in near mint condition for a 20 year old guitar. Barely any noticeable fret wear. I’d say it’s got at least 95% of its fret life left. also, second tone is wired to both bridge and middle to roll off some high end so it’s got everything you could want. Comes with soft case that I bought it with.
The first era of Fender Japan began in 1982, when domestic market Japanese Fenders started rolling out of factories. While Fender Japan is popularly known for some of their more extravagant aesthetics, the bulk of domestic Japanese production was focused on reissues of historic American Fender models. These reissue models were labeled by a two letter/two number model code for the model and reissue year, followed by a suffix that indicated the price in Yen, and any unique specifications the model had. While a given model might come in a variety of price points during a given model year, from entry level to the near Custom Shop quality of Fender Japan's ExTrad series, all the models would broadly follow the aesthetic and technical specifications of the original American models. Reissue models would follow this naming convention until 2015, when Fender Japan revamped their product line to more closely mirror the organizational structure of the Mexican and American made Fender lines. Models on this page represent the 1982 - 2015 era of Fender Japan production, and typically feature the old style Fender Japan serial number at the base of the neck, as opposed to the contemporary "JD-" serial number format found on the back of the headstock. The original model codes (and frequently the value suffix) can usually be found in the neck pocket of the body, and at the base of the neck where the mounting holes are.