Hellecaster Strat - More Sparklyness from Fender Japan

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Saw this on ebay a few days ago. John Jorgensen's Fender Japan Custom Shop strat. Had me wishing I hadn't made some purchases a few months earlier.

 

[SpeedDemon]

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That thing is so much more badass than anything Fender USA does. :32:

 

[Mephis]

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Most bad ass fender to date.

 

[Thurisarz]

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what are those precision bass like pickups?

 

[I_M_Ken]

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damn its looks goood. i'd take that strat over any of my guitars anytime (except the KE and KV)

 

[beggar_guitar]

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Considering how my taste in guitars runs I should like that on several levels, but I just can't get into it. I'm sure it's a sweet ax, but there's plenty more I'd rather have.

 

[danglybanger]

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elec. XII pickups.

 

[StJimmy]

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Those things were very cool looking, but also very heavy. 70s boat anchor heavy.

 

[Curly]

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elec. XII pickups.

Seymour Duncan split hum-cancelling pickups, with a normal coil on the bass side and a reverse wound/reversed polarity coil on the treble side.

actually, the pickups were inspired by John's prototype G&L Commanche.

G&L managed to sour Jorgenson's sig ASAT deal so badly that he "defected" to Fender, and this was the eventual result.

 

[danglybanger]

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...but they look like elec. XII deals

 

[alnico2]

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Boat anchor heavy is what I remember about #12.

 

[Hot _Grits]

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sexy. Best I don't get hold of one at the same time as a cheap hotel room, a roll of gaffer tape and an industrial tub of tomato sauce....

 

[Curly]

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Boat anchor heavy is what I remember about #12.

I've never seen one, but the specs were for a heavy ash body.

 

[danglybanger]

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Hard ash? for the elec. XII?

I always figured they'd only ever be alder...

But I've played a few. They were of normal weight, but they were early

 

[B Bent]

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That IS hot!!! I went with Fender Japan on my Tele because of the coolness and great quality.

 

[Gamera]

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That thing is so much more badass than anything Fender USA does. :32:

If by "badass" you mean horribly tacky and overdone in a typical Japanese kaiju sort of way, then I agree.

 

[Wattage]

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Hoochie Mama hot!

 

[MikeS]

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I think it's kind of tacky. There is such a thing as too much sparkle, and that's a good example.

 

[FretFire]

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I find it somewhat funny that it's sparkly all over the body, even some on the fretboard, yet the headstock is totally plain.

 

[Guest]

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I don't know wheather to love it or despise it...