Fender Standard Strat or Fender Japan from Ishibashi?

[Whitestrat]

whatever is it say no to a squire.

The old squires out there out play ANY MIM strat you can find... That's when Squier was still churning out the fantastic stull in the 80s that Jeff Healey plays...:mrgreen:

 

[gliew]

Standard strat:-
9.5" radius fingerboard - easier to bend without fretting out

Fender Japan (without naming any specific model):-
7.5" neck radius - Easier to chord than 9.5" at the nut end but frets out easier

For me, the main factor has always been the 7.5" neck radius on most of the Fender Japan range, as it makes string bending quite tough on the low action i like (although there are some models with the 9.5" radius..)

But then again, this is from a guy whose main axe is an Ibanez RG with 14" radius

 

[marccheah]

whatever is it say no to a squire.

i own a squier cali series, swapped out the stock and slammed in fender texas specials. the only thing i'm gonna say is that, its a keeper man. really nice warm 'old woman' tones. u can get some good ones, just keep looking around. i've heard some say that the fret ends are sharp and all but mine was perfect. so no harm looking around.

 

[shredrat]

how to order from ishibashi? been to their webbie. issit reliable?

 

[van_halen]

ishibashi proven very reliable, only thing is that quite hard to communicate to them through english... u can't go wrong with a jap strat though... i've NEVER seen anybody complain about jap strats before. hell, not even japanese guitars in general.

 

[ongky]

how to order from ishibashi? been to their webbie. issit reliable?

i'm gonna order from them soon. would post details on the transaction later if you want to know more...

 

[shredrat]

hmm i am still considering as to whether i wanna get from ishibashi or locally. Are the guitars sold at ishibashi the same as the ones sold at g77 or any other places? And its cheaper right?

 

[van_halen]

if i'm not wrong the local shops also order from ishibashi

 

[butadream]

Just a quick question... How do you guys order from Ishibashi? Coz everything at the checkout is in Japanese which I don't understand. I've tried translation tools but it just comes out wonky...

Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread!

 

[fgl]

my new relic srv has a squire body .... tone just as good