If somebody sold that to you as a Fender Strat you got ripped off. (It's really hard to not break out laughing as I read it): "That headstock detail is a fake. Here for instance is a message I just received a couple days ago.
I've gotten soooo many well intentioned idiotic messages from folks who act as if they KNOW what this guitar is. I currently have one of my own MIK Strats, a '89 Deluxe Lite Ash model) listed for sale on eBay. So fast forward to today (November of 2019). Get the point? Just like MIJ, MIK is NOT an indication of a lesser quality guitar, quite the opposite! Even the Korean instrument giant Samick has now moved all of it's guitar manufacturing to their plant in Indonesia because they can no longer afford to pay the going rate for Korean labor. not because the quality is too low, but because it's too high, and so is the cost of labor in those countries. Another important fact here is that practically no instruments are manufactured in either Japan or Korea today. Folks laughed when the first Honda cars arrived in the States, but they sure ain't laughing now, and the same can be said for Hyundai and Kia from Korea. Here is an important item to remember: as with Japanese manufacturing, (South) Korean Manufacturing was way ahead of it's time and way under-rated in the 1980's and 90's. Again, as I discussed in length in my last blog, they leaned HEAVILY on their existing plants in Japan, but they ALSO began to tap their Korean manufacturers, which up to that point had only produced the Squier branded instruments.
The guitar I saw all those years back was what I now know to be a "Lite Ash" Strat from the early years of the new post-CBS ownership of Fender, during that time period when Fender was trying to figure out how the heck to make guitars with no actual manufacturing plant having been included in the Fender purchase. I've co-authored a book on Leo Fender and written numerous feature stories on Fender for Vintage guitar Magazine here in Nashville, when folks have questions about the authenticity and/or originality of a Fender guitar, they come to me. First, I have a confession to make, and it's a biggie! When I saw my first MIK Fender Strat at a Pawn Shop, I thought it was a fake. Howdy once again guitar gang! So, boy howdy is there a TON of confusion over the Korean made Fender guitars, and I'm NOT talking about the Squier moniker here, I'm talking about the honest-to-goodness Fender's! As a point of reference, please read my last blog on Made in Japan Fenders, since it dovetails in with this blog nicely. The Ultimate Word On Made in Korea Fender guitars (MIK)
0 kommentar(er)
