But in the grand picture of electric guitar history, the Fender MIJ ’57 Strats would come to endure as lively and exciting products. Made by the plant which had shocked Fender USA with the quality and accuracy of the first Japanese Fender Vintage Reissues in 1982, these attitude-drenched and irresistibly pretty bundles of joy could still be found brand new at sub-£300 prices ten years on in the early ‘90s.Īs big sellers, the MIJ ’57s were everywhere, and you did accordingly acquire a slight ‘reissue blindness’ when walking into a shop. A Candy Apple Red beauty like this would have cost £295 brand new in 1992 with the heaviest discounters, but by late 1993 prices would more typically be listed between £375 and £420.īack when the Fender MIJ (Made in Japan) Vintage ’57 Stratocaster Reissues were at the peak of their affordability, I don’t think the average guitarist realised quite what a luxury they were.
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