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  2. Fender Contemporary Stratocaster Japan - Wikipedia

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    Fender itself advises to only use serial numbers as a guidance to determine the manufacturing date and gives a more detailed explanation in their knowledge base. [1] The Fender USA serial format was used on the Fender Japan guitars that were exported to the USA while Fender was undergoing a transitional period.

  3. Fender Japan - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Orville by Gibson - Wikipedia

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    Some brands were sold only on the Japanese market, but other brands such as Ibanez were also exported. Fender and Gibson opened Japanese branch divisions to make guitars in Japan using the Fender/Squier or Gibson/Epiphone brand names for the Japanese market. An Orville guitar headstock. Fender established Fender Japan in 1982 and contracted ...

  5. List of products manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments ...

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    Electric guitar models no longer in mainstream production: Fender Bronco [10] (Lives on through Squier as a bass guitar) Fender Bullet [11] (lives on through Squier) Fender Coronado [12] Fender Cyclone (lives on through Squier) Fender Esquire; Fender HM Strat USA/Japan; Fender Marauder; Fender Musicmaster; Fender Performer; Fender Prodigy [13 ...

  6. List of Japanese OEM guitar manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Fender Bullet - Wikipedia

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    In 1985, 86 and 87 production was again moved, this time to Korea to reduce costs (E serial number pre-fix stamped on the neck plate). These guitars were marketed as the Squier Bullet and used plywood bodies. The neck was a rosewood board on maple and had a Strat headstock with a Telecaster style heel, three single coil pickup pattern like the ...

  8. FUJIGEN - Wikipedia

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    In 1981–82, Fuji obtained the Fender Japan contract which lasted until 1996–97 and in 1983 Fuji were producing 14,000 guitars a month with 80% of the guitars being made for export markets and 20% being made for Japanese domestic markets. In 1989, Fuji Gengakki Seizō re-branded, officially adopting the name FUJIGEN.

  9. ‘Made in Japan’: The Return to Prominence of Japanese Guitars

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    The Japanese companies ditched knockoffs in favor of their own unique guitars — with brands like Ibanez and Yamaha rising to prominence — while American giants like Fender struck deals to have ...