matthijs Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I would hate it to be without proper decal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Hey, I have a MIJ Strat from 1990. EDIT SNIP: Just checked, it is a 1962 re-issue and it is amazing. I would actually run into a burning building to retrieve it. Better call it Lucille.. It is red as well. Am I in the club too? Any pictures? I've got two '62 reissues... MIJ 1992 in sunburst, and CIJ late 90's (not sure of the exact year) in fiesta red. I think they're basically the same with the exception of the finish (nitro finish on the MIJ) and pickups (the CIJ has custom shop texas specials, and the MIJ has "USA made" Fender pickups of some sort) I've been wanting to try out one of those early 80's JV Fenders to see what the hype is about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I would hate it to be without proper decal. Same JT, pics? Any more vintage you haven't told us about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 This is my strat. Apart from the GK I stuck on temporarily because my spare guitar is down, it's entirely un-modded. You can just about make out the cracks in the finish, not sure what caused it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 This is my strat. Apart from the GK I stuck on temporarily because my spare guitar is down, it's entirely un-modded. You can just about make out the cracks in the finish, not sure what caused it. Looks great. What did you say before about the 1950's tooling? I can't find the post Same JT, pics? Any more vintage you haven't told us about? http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=60687 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 http://board.muse.mu/showthread.php?t=60687 You, sir, are too good at search. Also, that's awesome. Love that amp and the story behind it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Also, that's awesome. Love that amp and the story behind it Yeah Has anyone else got gear with a story behind it? I haven't really got anything like that. Both guitars with the most sentimental value got destroyed (the infamous "clawed by a tiger" les paul, and this SG I bought when I was 14 which I had saved over a year for) The amp is still floating around somewhere... it was this mesa head I got when I was 15 (my first good amp), but I sort of grew tired of that sound...sold it in 2011. ....only to buy the combo version at GC last month otherwise, the only guitars with a bit of history are the rust relic and these two guitars which Tim Wheeler once owned. Oh and D3adstar: The big space in the bottom left is for the amp footswitch (once I actually buy it...) The orange footswitch and A/B box might go, depending on how I have the final (?!) setup. and yes, that's a 2007 wintaeg macbook pro. Thinking of replacing it because of age alone, but my tower is giving me loads of trouble....not going to waste money replacing both when I could be buying some gear. mfc.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I wish I knew the story behind my Jazzmaster - it came with a Southwest Airlines hangtag with the original owner's information on it, maybe I'll give him a call sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Sell Dom Stealth Manson for cheep. Buy MacBook Pro (like I did) for cheep. Win win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3adstar Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Yeah Has anyone else got gear with a story behind it? I haven't really got anything like that. Both guitars with the most sentimental value got destroyed (the infamous "clawed by a tiger" les paul, and this SG I bought when I was 14 which I had saved over a year for) The amp is still floating around somewhere... it was this mesa head I got when I was 15 (my first good amp), but I sort of grew tired of that sound...sold it in 2011. ....only to buy the combo version at GC last month otherwise, the only guitars with a bit of history are the rust relic and these two guitars which Tim Wheeler once owned. Oh and D3adstar: The big space in the bottom left is for the amp footswitch (once I actually buy it...) The orange footswitch and A/B box might go, depending on how I have the final (?!) setup. and yes, that's a 2007 wintaeg macbook pro. Thinking of replacing it because of age alone, but my tower is giving me loads of trouble....not going to waste money replacing both when I could be buying some gear. mfc.jpg Pedals Looks awesome and im getting fed up of windows so going to hopefully get a macbook later this year, if I can hold onto my money.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Apparently if you're dyslexic you can get a free one when you go to uni, although I don't know if they stopped that now since too many people were trying to take advantage of the offer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3adstar Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Apparently if you're dyslexic you can get a free one when you go to uni, although I don't know if they stopped that now since too many people were trying to take advantage of the offer... Haha thats awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord MFC Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Apparently if you're dyslexic you can get a free one when you go to uni, although I don't know if they stopped that now since too many people were trying to take advantage of the offer... My sister got one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic. Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 My sister got one Cheating bastard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Re: MIJ strats. The story I was told, is that Fender wanted to stamp out far east strat copies by making their own (squire). They contacted the two best guitar makers in Japan, namely Tokai and Fuji gen gakki who built the Roland guitars etc. I don't know how the details worked out but Tokai ended up with the contract to build th guitars and were given the plans and tooling from Fullerton. They later had a falling out and production was moved to Fuji gen gakki. However, Tokai retained the rights to the original production, which is why fender were unable to produce its own reissue guitars without a licence. I believe they bought the rights back sometime in the early 2000 and thus ensued a raft of strat reissues. Please bear in mind that I have no idea how much of that is true, and must research it at some point. They are great guitars either way. MIJ are marginally better than CIJ, but both are better than contemporary USA models. I'm not sure I believe that's why prouduction was. Annex, though they did affect sales where both were available. I think its more to do with the strength of the yen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulse 101 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Same JT, pics? Any more vintage you haven't told us about? Not much an old Reverborocket, 1965 or something like that and a couple of pedals from the 70's. JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Has anyone else got gear with a story behind it? I got given a bassballs from one of the front men (Mervyn) of Wishbone Ash. He reckons it's been on the same stage as Metallica when they were playing together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I got given a bassballs from one of the front men (Mervyn) of Wishbone Ash. He reckons it's been on the same stage as Metallica when they were playing together. Pffft. I can top that. My Roland G202 used to belong to Andrew Ridgeley from Wham. And my VG8 was Paul Carrack's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooropa1310 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I once bought a pedal that was used by multiple guitar center customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobius Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I saw my guitar whilst I was in Toronto, only for it to be shipped into the UK 2 months later by the shop I bought it in over here. That was surreal. It currently plays like shit, but I wont part with it as I feel like it was meant to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthijs Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 From what I've heard my Jazz has seen a lot of studios and stages. But nothing fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 And my VG8 was Paul Carrack's. OK, that's pretty cool, but did the guy give it to you for free just because you're so god-damn talented? Or did you buy it off him or a 3rd person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Re: MIJ strats. The story I was told, is that Fender wanted to stamp out far east strat copies by making their own (squire). They contacted the two best guitar makers in Japan, namely Tokai and Fuji gen gakki who built the Roland guitars etc. I don't know how the details worked out but Tokai ended up with the contract to build th guitars and were given the plans and tooling from Fullerton. They later had a falling out and production was moved to Fuji gen gakki. However, Tokai retained the rights to the original production, which is why fender were unable to produce its own reissue guitars without a licence. I believe they bought the rights back sometime in the early 2000 and thus ensued a raft of strat reissues. Please bear in mind that I have no idea how much of that is true, and must research it at some point. They are great guitars either way. MIJ are marginally better than CIJ, but both are better than contemporary USA models. I'm not sure I believe that's why prouduction was. Annex, though they did affect sales where both were available. I think its more to do with the strength of the yen. Very interesting. How come MIJ is better than CIJ? Different factories or...? I have two '62 reissues from the 90's (CIJ and MIJ) as I said. Only differences are the pickups and finish type, but otherwise, they're pretty much identical as far as I can tell. I've also got that E series MIJ strat (which was basically the standard model from the 80's). Specs aren't as nice as the '62 reissues, but it was cheap, and is a fairly nice guitar. I once bought a pedal that was used by multiple guitar center customers. I'm sure my jazzmaster was molested by plenty of GC customers before I bought it speaking of which, last time I was there... I actually felt embarrassed for the person who was "playing" in the background. Sure, I was probably like that at one point, but I didn't do it in public! Also, here's one of the two guitars I mentioned yesterday. you can see it at various points in this video. Not sure how many of you are familiar with them, but I know Bs is. I'll get a picture of it later. I've also got the case which has various ID stickers and stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooropa1310 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Back in 2007 when I got my first fuzz factory, I had no idea what to do with it. All the settings were foreign. We caught muse after a gig, and I told Matt I had no idea what the fuck to do. So he set it up the way he does, and said "fuck around with this knob a bit." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 stab knob I'm guessing? Do you still have that fuzz factory (and the settings? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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