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The previous Fender Japan models exported from Japan were all Fender Squier models. The Fender Contemporary models were manufactured from 1984 to 1987 by FujiGen Gakki and these Stratocasters were designed to be Superstrats with humbucking pickups and Floyd Rose like tremolos made by Schaller and Kahler. There was a lower priced Fender ...
The collaboration began in 1982 and ended on March 31, 2015, with Fender's launch of Fender Music Corporation (Japan) taking over the Japanese business effective April 1, 2015 with a Fender-manufactured product line. The Japanese-made Fender guitars sold by Fender Music Corporation (Japan) have since been categorized as the "Japan Exclusive ...
Kasuga was one of the first Japanese companies to begin producing and selling copies of guitars from the big US brands, primarily those from Gibson but also Fender, starting in 1972. [11] They sold these replica guitars under their own RK Herby and Heerby brands as well as producing them for other companies — Guild sold Kasuga-made guitars ...
Billie Joe Armstrong of American punk rock band Green Day had a Fernandes The Revival RST-80 Stratocaster since he was 10 named "Blue" from his mother, and has played it live [9] for nearly every show he has played, near exclusively used for all songs in Eb tuning. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins used a Fernandes Decade during the band's ...
The Fender Stratocaster is one of the most iconic electric guitar models of all time, [3] and along with the Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, and Fender Telecaster, it is one of the most-often emulated electric guitar shapes, [4] [5] It is a patented design, and "Stratocaster" and "Strat" are Fender trademarks.
Stratocaster Fender: 2008-2012 [54] Bob Weir: Deluxe Bob Weir Bedford D'Angelico [55] Premier Bob Weir Bedford [56] Bonnie Raitt: Bonnie Raitt Stratocaster Fender: 1995-2001 First signature model for a female artist. [57] Brandon Niederauer: Deluxe Brandon Niederauer Atlantic D'Angelico: Limited run [58] Brian May: Brian May Guild: 1984-1988
Some of the Elite features have been incorporated into USA-made Fender guitars and basses made after the purchase of the Fender guitar company from CBS by Bill Schultz in 1985. For example, the Eric Clapton , Richie Sambora (introduced in 1991) and Buddy Guy (introduced in 1995) signature guitars retain the TBX/MDX design from the Elite.
The Lotus L670B is often cited as being made in Japan but was a Samick-produced instrument, that is identical to the Hondo H-702 All-Star, and the Mako Traditional Series TB-2. The model is a direct copy of the 1980-1982/3 Fender "Bullet"(MIA and MIJ) other than having switches instead of buttons, and a different headstock shape.