| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3280 |
| Total number of notes: | 61432 |
I was in Milano's music out here in the wild wild west (Mesa) and
they had a whole herd of Fender Strats just in from Mexico. These
guitars were really nice. The finish and quality seemed quite high.
They were selling for ~$350.00, depending on the options. They seemed
to be a bit better than the usual Japanese Strats I've test driven
lately. I went in with a friend who is just starting out and wanted to
look for a guitar. I always liked the American Strats. The Japanese
ones I've played were OK, but nothing really special. I guess I figured
when I finally broke down and bought a Strat, it would be one of the
lower-end USA models, but now I'm not sure I can justify the major price
difference between these and the Corona-casters.
Has anyone else out there in note-land heard/seen/driven one of these
beasties yet? I'd be in'erested in your unbiased/slightly biased/
heavily weighted opinions 8^). Thanks mucho.
mIkEy Z.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2211.1 | But who's gonna play all of these? | EZ2GET::STEWART | No, I mean Real Music. | Tue May 21 1991 13:20 | 13 |
Well, actually, the Mexican strats are almost as highly regarded among
connoisseurs of the offshore clones as the Czechoslovakian models
produced in the early 80's. Fit and finish far surpasses the Chinese
models produced from the Russian plans, due to the long tradition of
guitar and harp building within the culture. The Mexican models
exhibit superior intonation when compared to the Samoan strats,
possibly due to the greater familiarity with the 12 tone western scale.
It is expected that the new Mexican production line will soon ramp up
to the same levels of output as the Korean, Japanese, and Northern
Ireland production lines...
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| 2211.2 | attach smiley faces to previous reply | EZ2GET::STEWART | No, I mean Real Music. | Tue May 21 1991 13:21 | 1 |
| 2211.3 | Seriously | SMURF::BENNETT | Retro Rockets | Fri May 24 1991 17:40 | 6 |
I saw a few last weekend. Those are Fender Standard Strats. Hecho En Mexico. I suspect that the drive is on to consolidate and get rid of all that Squire garbage. ccb | |||||