Originally Posted by Colin Ward
DRS,

I am afraid you are mistaken if you think "Jap Strats" are inferior. There was a time in the early 80s when Fender bought a Japanese manufacturer because the quality of the Japanese copies was better than the US made Fenders. Fender modeled their new factory on the Japanese methods.

Now Strats are made in the US and Mexico. They are still made in Japan too, but Japanese Strats are rarely imported into the US because their costs are too high. Cheap Strats under the Fender Squier name are made in China and Indonesia and many of those are good playable instruments.

You are right that you will not hear Roy Buchanan or Steve Ray Vaughan play a "Jap Strat" because they are both dead.

Eric and Keith are given all the guitars they can stand and have no need to shop for value. But i would venture to say that if they played Chinese Squiers, they would still sound exactly like Eric and Keith.


Thanks for the tip, and thanks for pointing out two guys were dead and missing the point.

They didnt play squiers, end of story.

Bruce Springsteen still plays his favorite tele/esquire neck, that cost him 200 bucks way back when.

Doesnt natter what gear he is given for free, he plays that one cause he likes it.

Kind of annoying that you claim superiority in opinion, on all things in the music biz.

If you can prove that squiers are equal to us strats, even though they are just assembled here, then prove it.

Otherwise we'll call it a matter of opinion.

I know all about the pre cbs changes, Im not sure whyyou think you know everything.

Do you even play guitar?

Last edited by December Rock Star; 09/06/12 05:08 PM.