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1960's History

But  before you can do that you must learn about the Fender Instrument Company and how it got started in 1946.

It's allot less writing for me if you just  copy the free link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Musical_Instruments_Corporation

 Ok I know the link is small, one of the hassles of site building.

Back  to the story.  As you read by 1982, Fender USA contracted Japan to build for the Fender Musical company.  Oh you didn't read that.  That is in the Fender Japan part of the story in the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Japan

The   small link above will tell you when Japan was contracted by Fender.  Many of the Leo Fender Strat and Tele Plugs, which were unfinished guitar bodies and necks remained in the Fullerton warehouse until Fender CBS Pretty much Stopped production, for one point for about 8 months in the mid 80's made no guitars and relied on Japan for their producet.  So many new models and different guitar configurations invented by the Gakki plants became a smash as Strat Pluses and Super Tele's and Stratocasters were being configured with Humbucker Tale Pickups and double Humbucker pickups and an array of different electronic and pickup configurations were wetting new guitar enthusiasts appetites as CBS sold to investors who were now seeking to make cheap guitars to make money.  Until then the History of Rock and Roll Art faded into Money making investors.  In todays rock and roll you don't have to be talented, just pretty or good looking enough to sell CD's.  The day of the Jimi Hendrix's, Beatles, Elvis's to name a small few are gone.  Good bye to Fat's and the Ottis Readings of the world and the great Blues singers who OD'd their Legacies to faded memories.  Including the Axe's they played.

I  hope to bring back some of those memories by providing this information site of MIJ System One Bridges, MIJ Guitars and Telecastors before the 90's....to all those rockers of the past we salute you. ROCK ON ! wherever you are....

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      PAPATOM'S WORK BENCH

HAND BUILT BY PAPATOM USING ALL NEW 62RI PARTS. BODY 5LBS 6 OUNCES SOLID ASH.THE NECK IS A 2010 NOS (NEW) FENDER US NECK, SCHALLER REVERSE TUNERS.  ORIGINAL 62RI AUTHENTIC FENDER PICKUPS, CTS POTS CERAMIC CAP.  

PAPATOM FINISHES ANOTHER FS1 REFURB, ALL SCHALLER CHROME BAR, PLATE, COLLAR, FERRULE, TONGES ETC.  THE ALMOST 30 YR. OLD BRIDGEGEE IS SO SHINNY YOU CAN SEE THE TUNERS REFLECTION IN THE BACK TOP PLATE .  LQQK BELOW.