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So I’m wondering if the original poster ended up buying the guitar or not.
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There’s a good book called the Toyota Way, that explains the Japanese management way of making the highest quality product, by making every single employee as a very important part of the operation, which translates to pride in their work. |
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I came across the "unicorn" I've been longing for and last night made the deal. It's a MIJ 2019 Fender Hybrid '50s Stratocaster FSR Sherwood Green w/ USA Pickups. Carefully inspected, dialed in, and checks all the boxes. Now I just have to wait for delivery.
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I guess I have a thing for Sherwood Green. Last year, Squier released a 40th Anniversary Telecaster "Gold Edition," and I found one as a mint condition open box. I couldn't refuse. And it actually plays and sounds way above its class!
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I had a Japanese Contemporary Strat back in the 80's. I thought the quality was at least as good as the USA Strat's of the day.
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i have a mid '80s MIJ Squier '62 RI Strat. Smaller neck than a standard Strat and (I think) a shorter scale. Very easy to play and sounds very good.
When I got it, it had a metallic blue finish that I did not care for, so I removed it and refinished it in transparent amber nitrocellulouse lacquer. Two things to note: First the stock finish was thick and absurdly tough poly (took hours and hours to get it all off). Guitar sounded good with the original finish but better with a thin nitro lacquer finish. Second, it turned out that the body wood is neither alder nor ash but, I believe, basswood. That's the wood Fender sometimes used in the Leo years for some of their entry-level guitars (like the Duo-Sonic). Some players claim that a basswood Strat can never sound like a "real" Strat, but I don't agree. Over the years I've owned a '77 Fender Strat, a '96 Fender '57 RI Strat, and a Nash S57. My MIJ Squier sounds better than all of them except for the '57 RI.** The worst-sounding electric guitar I ever owned was that '77 Fender Strat. Sounded dead even with new strings. I'll take a good-sounding piece of basswood over a dead-sounding piece of ash or alder any day. **Edit: that's not true; given what I remember, the Squier sounds about on par with the Nash.
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