Interesting article on USA Vs MIJ Vs MIK

Johnny Storm

Here's the executive summary:
"...In some cases the difference between an American-made guitar versus a Japanese-made guitar versus a Korean-made guitar was little more than where the machine was located. To make a guitar in the USA involved putting a Japanese-made CNC machine on a boat and sending it to the US whereupon it could be programmed in the USA and then American or other wood could be fed into the machine, which would spit out components made to tolerances within a few thousandths of an inch of the programming. By contrast a Japanese-made guitar would be produced by leaving the CNC machine in Japan, programming it with a disc done in the USA, and then importing wood to be put into the machine which would spit out components to the same specifications as those which would be made by a similar machine in the USA. A Korean-made guitar could be remarkably similar since the Japanese-made CNC machine could be sent to Korea whereupon the same process could be done there."

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jcoote

interesting..i think everyone wants a jap fender anyway but this certainly makes them 100% more appealing imo

Johnny Storm

jcoote wrote:

interesting..i think everyone wants a jap fender anyway but this certainly makes them 100% more appealing imo

Yeah - lol - I do anyway !

Rustar

Probably 99% of all big-name mass-produced guitars these days are produced on CNC machines....even the bodies and necks for 'custom shop' guitars.....so it makes sense to just find the one that costs less!