CIJ fenders! urgent!

[Imp]

hey fellas, are CIJ fenders full blown fenders, or squier models?

also, where do they come in in terms of build quality in terms of MIM, MIJ and MIA?

cheers,
tom

 

[Wattage]

Re: CIJ fenders! urgent!

Excellent quality on any I've ever played.

PM Falstaff he has a few.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: CIJ fenders! urgent!

I own some killer CIJ Japanese Fender Strats. They can be great guitars and they can easily equal or better the quality of Fender USA Strats. They all need new pickups though...Lew

 

[Imp]

Re: CIJ fenders! urgent!

sounds good - the seller says the serial number is 0 033420, with 'crafted in japan'... does this match up with what anyone has?

 

[BS123]

Re: CIJ fenders! urgent!

CIJ's are excellent. Why do you think they're not made anymore.... :smack:

 

[kmcguitars]

Re: CIJ fenders! urgent!

YUP! The CIJ Fenders and Early 80's MIJ Squire's are as good as the MIA.
Lew's right... The PuPs SUX ! But you are planing on putting Duncan's
in it anyway...Right? :laugh2:

 

[Zerberus]

Re: CIJ fenders! urgent!

BTW: CIJ and MIJ are essentially exactly the same thing, just a different way of saying it

 

[KoreanGuitarMan]

Re: CIJ fenders! urgent!

CIJ's are excellent. Why do you think they're not made anymore.... :smack:

Correction, they're not being imported anymore. Fender Japan still exists.

 

[Imp]

Re: CIJ fenders! urgent!

na, he's got a point... there was something with the CIJ ones where the US stopped producing for a few years, so fender sent some of the US team to Japan, producing the CIJ's... supposedly this was the real hot zone in terms of quality..

the serial number troubles me on the one i'm buying though - it starts with an O. this would suggest MIJ rather than CIJ? help!

 

[Falstaff]

Re: CIJ fenders! urgent!

http://www.mrgearhead.net/faq/axdaterapx.html

Try reading the info at www.guitargai.com

I just picked up a CIJ Strat and Tele and the quality freakin' blows me away. The Japan market ones do seem to be a bit better in quality than the ones imported into the USA in the 80s and 90s, but the import ones are still great.