Model: Fender Precision Bass '70 Reissue, PB70-70USMade: Japan, 1999-02, Dyna plant (serial P095116)Finish: olympic white, 3-ply black guardBody: alderNeck: maple with rosewood board, 7.25" radius, 34" scaleWeight: 4kg approxMods: nonePickup: Fender USA P-Bass Vintage split single coilCase: very basic gig bag Cosmetic condition notes: mild finish wear. . Overall: good condition (7/10)Playing condition notes: Action is low,...
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Edwards E-J-78TV bass, made in Japan around 2000, red. For the uninitiated, Edwards is the vintage style division of ESP guitars, so they're made to an exceptional standard in Japan and generally reference shapes and styles by Gibson and Fender....
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Bacchus BLC-140 LP Custom style, gloss black, made in Japan circa 1991. Bacchus guitars enjoy a cult following, they're built to an incredible standard completely by hand by a small team in Japan. This is a pretty early example, and...
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Squier Tele Custom, made in Japan 1984, black. Here's a rare one! These SQ serial guitars were made at the renowned Fujigen Gakki plant in 1983-4 alongside the famed JV serial guitars, which have rightly called some of the best...
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Fender Jazz Bass Special, black, made in Japan 1986. The 'Boxer Series' was Fender's Japanese made 'modern' instruments of the mid-eighties: Strats and Teles with Flyod Rose bridges, pointy shaped things, short scale Strats and... some really cool basses. This...
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Fender '62 Telecaster, double bound black, made in Japan 2010-11. It's crisp, right? These double bound Teles always looks amazingly classy and the tuxedo finish on this one makes this basically James Bond in Telecaster form. The neck on this...
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Fender '62 Telecaster, double bound ice blue metallic, made in Japan 2010. Add a bit of binding around the outside of a Tele, and people lose their minds. Fair enough too, they really do look great. This one is ten...
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Gibson SG Junior, satin canary yellow, made in USA 2006. This is such an exceptionally cool guitar. Back in the day, Gibson's Japan distributor Yamano would order limited runs of unusual models in fun finishes for the Japan market. These...
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Fender '57 Strat, vintage white, made in Japan 1989. I really don't need to say anything about this, it looks so good that we all want it... but here goes anyway! These early Fujigen era Fender Japan guitars are made with exceptional...
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Gibson SG Bass, faded cherry, made in USA 2010. These are a cool little model. The original EB-3 bass launched in 1961 and found favour with a heap of big players, most notably Jack Bruce from Cream. It's got a...
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Yamaha Bill Sheehan Attitude Special, made in Taiwan 1999, surf green. We always enjoy getting these in, they're such cool basses. Mr Sheehan made his name playing for Mr Big, among others; he's a giant of the rock bass world...
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Fender MIJ Traditional 70s Jazz Bass, California blue, made in Japan 2017. When I saw this, I had to buy it... it looks awesome, right? The combo of a bound maple board with block inlays looks awesome, and add in...
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Fender Japan VSP '62 Strat, sunburst, made in Japan 2010-11. This is one of the revered 'Vintage Special Project' models; the highest-of-the-high-end Strats of it's day. Owing to that, it's got absolutely all the best appointments: nitro topcoat finish, deluxe...
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Fender Japan Pro Feel Medium Scale Strat, snow white, made in Japan 1987-9. This is so cool. In the late 80s catalog, there was a series called 'Pro Feel', containing some 'modern' options suitable to the era like active basses, Strats with...
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Fender American Standard Strat, 50th Anniversary limited model made in USA 1996, lake placid blue with matching headstock. I saw this and had to have it for the shop; it seems to happen a lot lately, but hey, you get...
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Duesenberg Starplayer Special, fiesta red, made in Germany 2005. This is a party starter, no doubt about it. The Starplayer Special (let's call it SPSP yeah?) is the stripped down version of the cult-favourite Starplayer TV, and it's quite a...
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Fender '52 Telecaster Special, blonde, made in Japan 1990. This one has copped a light of attention in the store already, so I would be surprised if it hangs around long. The Collector's Series page of the 1990 catalog featured...
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Bacchus Universe Series BJ1-R jazz bass, shell pink, made in China 2010 approx. The Universe Series is the entry-level offering from one of Japan's favourite bands, Bacchus. These do extremely well in Japan, but no effort is made to market...
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EB Music Man Stingray 4H, made in USA 1997, olympic white. The neck on this... oh golly, what a glorious piece of birdseye maple. It's a seriously saucy piece of wood. It's perfectly straight and has that reassuring rigidity typical of...
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Danelectro 56 U2, made in China 2007, creamy yellow white. Dan guitars are heaps of fun, those experienced in their majesty tend to fall hard for their many charms. The model you see around a lot is the Double Cut '59, but...
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Fender Japan Jazzmaster, sunburst, crafted in Japan 2006-8. The sunburst Jazzy is a classic, but add a gold guard... sheesh, that looks pretty good, aye. The gold guard complements the creamy plastics and deep amber of the sunburst finish nicely, it looks...
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Fender Custom Edition '62 Strat, charcoal red finish with gold hardware, made in Japan 1993-4. The Custom Edition was the spicy section of the mid 90s catalog, featuring some previously unseen shapes and setups and some bold finishes on classic models. This beauty...
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Fender '62 Tele, double bound old lake placid, made in Japan 2015. Everyone hates these bound Teles, they look so gross... hahaha just kidding. The cream binding is like eyeliner for the lush metallic blue, it just brings out the...
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Fender '62 Strat, vintage white, made in Japan 1988. Yum.... creamy. First up: what a looker, right? The white finish has yellowed to a delicious butter hue, and paired with the aged plastics and a rosewood board as dark as...
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WellWood PJ, made in Hobart Australia 2020, ice blue metallic. WellWood is the project of local luthier Ed Moase. Ed has been building guitars and basses to order for years and specialises in blending classic styling with modern electronics, plus...
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Fender American Standard Strat, sunburst, 2013. This is a good example of the long standing and highly acclaimed model. Being a later version, it's wearing a nice thin finish and has some Custom Shop Fat 50s pickups. That offers a...
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Fender '62 P, sunburst, made in Japan 1990. First up, this straight-up looks cool. The sunburst has a sweet mellow orange tint to it, three decades of ageing has done it nought but favours. Paired with the dark tort guard...
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Edwards E-SA-125 semi-hollow, made in Japan 2006, vintage sunburst. Edwards is the vintage style division of ESP, so they're made in Japan to an exceptional standard and largely sold to the domestic Japan market. This charmer is a take on...
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Fender Aerodyne Telecaster, made in Japan 2008. The Aero Tele is a model that a lot of people hanker for, but very few people have. The were only made for a few short years and never in especially large quantities, but they...
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Bacchus BJB-118, seafoam green, made in Japan 2000. Bacchus came out in the 90s and quickly gained a reputation for outstanding quality. Founding luthier Sensei Momose trained the small crew of factory workers and was famously picky with wood: only the absolute best...
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Bacchus BJM-Standard, pale pink, made in Japan 2019. This is a gorgeous guitar in every way. Bacchus came out in the 90s and quickly gained a reputation for outstanding quality. Founding luthier Sensei Momose trained the small crew of factory workers and...
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Fernandes Esquire style partscaster, sunburst. This is a cool little guitar. The body is made by Fernandes, as best I can ascertain in Japan in the early 2000s, and is an original Esquire style body made from alder with no...
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Ibanez SRMS806, made in Indo 2019, topaz burst. Well, fair to say this is a little left of our standard P/J/Stingray type of stuff... heck. Chances are, you've already decided that is either a.) an absolute beast of a machine...
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Fender Jaguar, sunburst, crafted in Japan 1999-02. Will a dawn ever arise when a sunburst Jag is not a cool guitar? Probably not. This stylish creature looks the part: the classy three tone burst shows off the subtle alder grain...
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Fender CD140SCE acoustic/electric, made in China 2010, natural satin finish. Fender are the most famous guitar makers in the world, and although their acoustics don't enjoy the same market saturation as their electric guitars, this is a respectable guitar that works very...
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Fender '57 Strat, made in Japan 1988, faded surf green. I'm proud to present the most divisive guitar in the store: the Shrek Strat. This left the factory wearing a fresh coat of surf green, and with several decades of...
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Edwards E-SA-125LTS semi-hollow, made in Japan 2014, cherry red. This is a superbly classy guitar, it's so luxurious. Edwards is the vintage style division of ESP, so they're made in Japan to an exceptional standard and largely sold to the...
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Fender '57 Strat, bubblegum pink, made in Japan 1993-4. This gorgeous creature arrived in a sorry state, wearing a badly applied coat of some variant of blonde that wasn't sealed properly and was kinda sticky. But, even before we did anything, it...
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Gibson Les Paul Special DC, TV Yellow, made in USA 2005. It looks pretty good, no? The LP Special is the two pickup version of the LP Junior with a sensible bridge/tailpiece combo, so it's simple and effective. The extra...
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G&L SC-2, made in USA 1983, black. G&L stands for 'George and Leo' and was Leo Fender's third and final guitar making company, launched in 1980 with longtime collaborator George Fullerton. The SC-2 was the pre-cursor to the long-running ASAT...
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Fender Lefty '72 Strat, vintage white, made in Japan 2010-11. It's a lefty white Strat, are you thinking of Lord Jimi yet? This is a simple, great sounding Strat with plenty of good looks to boot. The neck is a...
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Squier Standard Jazz Bass, satin pewter grey, made in Indo 2006. This was a limited run finish in it's day; it's very unusual to see a Squier JB with a matching headstock. The colour has yellowed slightly with age to...
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Burny Swanker Spider PSG-55, pale pink, made 2010. These Swanky Spider models are rad, my understanding is that they popped up briefly in the late 00s as a signature series for an all girl Japanese supergroup that never quite eventuated... details...
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History ZLS90, made in Japan 2005, honeyburst. History is house brand for major Japanese instrument chain Shimamura, who have stores all over Japan. They're made at the legendary Fujigen Gakki plant, the very same factory that made all those famous...
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Fender '52 Tele, natural finish, made in Japan 1984-6. This is a saucy, saucy item. Fender Japan launched in mid 1982 with the famed JV-serial guitars, which were received as probably the best Fenders made since the 60s. This A-serial...
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Fender '70 Precision Bass, made in Japan 1993, vintage white. These never last long when the land, it's hard to deny the simple appeal of this cool customer. First up, it looks good: the lightly aged vintage white finish is...
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Crews Maniac Sound KTR LS-01, made in Japan 2011, cherry sunburst. Here's one for the real MIJ nerds! The Crews brand is a project of major Japanese instrument store Musicland, produced at the famed Terada factory that builds all the high...
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Squier SST33 Silver Series Strat, made in Japan in 1991-2 in olympic white. The Silver Series heralded a return to Japanese manufacturing for Squier, and were very well received at the time owing to the excellent build quality from the legendary Fujigen factory....
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