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DO IT YOURSELF (alias find out good ways to restore granny's amp or eventually build something new)
Fabio (Sunny Boys, Italy)
Build a Showman-like speaker cabinet following all original specifications
Photos: check the entire building process
Videos: YouTube video #1 | YouTube video #2 | YouTube video #3
Files: instructions (unfortunately Italian only)

TECHNICAL INFO (a few links...)
  • Fender official support page (www.fender.com/support/diagrams)
  • FenderJaguar.net: you will find schematics and many links (www.fenderjaguar.net)
  • Ampwares.com: great source of info (www.ampwares.com/ffg)
  • Schematicheaven.com: Fender section (www.schematicheaven.com/fender.htm)
  • Fender's Jaguar & Jazzmaster Pages (www.webrocker.de/jaguar/cms/index.php)
  • OffsetGuitars.com Forum (www.offsetguitars.com/forums)
  • Fender Jaguar '65 manual (PDF file)
  • Fender Reverb 6G15 (layout, PDF file)
  • Fender Reverb 6G15 (schematics, PDF file)
  • Fender Reverb Silverface (schematics, PDF file)
  • Fender Reverb 63 Reissue (schematics, PDF file)
  • TUBES
    Do you need new tubes for your amp? You can order them through these guys
    or send us an e-mail specifying what you want and we will get back to you with options and prices!

    What do they say at SurfMusic101 about the surf sound? Check out this article...
    FENDER SOUNDS
    Send me audio files (mp3 format), I'm looking for all I can find to show "common" people what we are talking about with surf sound.
    These samples are a few seconds FREELY taken from copyrighted stuff or material submitted to us. They are used just for demo purposes.


    Check out JBL Publication SB1214 about D130F speaker (100Kb file)

    COOL & USEFUL PARTS
    Buzz Stop for Jaguar and Jazzmaster
    Bridge cover for Jaguar, Jazzmaster and Mustang
    Fender tilt back legs
    Fender flatwound strings

    FENDER JAPAN CATALOGUE
    Although it is always possible to visit the official Fender web sites in order to check the complete catalogue, we show in this page a few products from Fender Japan (so Japanese re-issue of the guitars) with the link to BUY the products from SurferJoe. Please check out our shop section for more details. We ship worldwide directly from Japan.
    Why we promote and sell Fender japan products? The purpose of SurferJoeMusic.com is to diffuse surf music worldwide. A lot of guys want to approch the genre without knowing much about how to obtain certain sounds they like so much. Many time the biggest problem is the cost of the equipment. Japanese re-issues are definitely much cheaper than the original American models and different for the materials or the specifications, but certainly very good products. Someone presently thinks they are often better than the Americans... well, for sure they are a much better compromise between WHAT YOU PAY and WHAT YOU GET (on new products of course)!

    History of Fender Japan (Wikipedia source)
    Fender Japan was officially created in March 1982 and consists of two Japanese Music companies that handle the ordering and distribution. The two companies are Yamano Gakki (Gakki means musical instrument company) and Kanda Shokai. Yamano are a musical instrument wholesaler/retailer with their own retail outlets and Kanda Shokai are a musical instrument wholesaler with no retail outlets of their own. These two companies do not manufacture guitars, they order them from Japanese guitar factories such as FujiGen Gakki and then they distribute them through retail outlets. Yamano distributes them through its own retail outlets and also various other retail outlets and Kanda Shokai distributes them through various retail outlets including the Ishibashi chain of music stores in Japan. The Japanese guitar factories that have made Fender Japan guitars at various times are FujiGen Gakki, Tokai and Dyna Gakki.

    Manufacturers
    The Fender Japan guitar manufacturing contract was originally going to go to Tokai in 1981/1982 but at the last minute Fender chose FujiGen Gakki instead. Some FujiGen Gakki made Fender models between 1982 and 1997 have necks made by Atlansia. Tokai and Dyna Gakki took over the making of the Fender Japan models from FujiGen Gakki in 1996/1997. The Tokai made Fender Japan guitars are not exported from Japan but some of the Dyna Gakki made Fender Japan guitars are exported. Dyna Gakki have made various guitars for Kanda Shokai's Greco brand. Terada made the Fender Japan acoustic guitars such as the Fender Catalina.

    "Made in Japan"
    According to a Fender representative it was in the Fender Japan contract that if there was a change of manufacturer from FujiGen Gakki to another guitar factory then the logo would be changed from MIJ ("Made in Japan") to CIJ ("Crafted in Japan"). The first CIJ Fenders start around 1992 but most of the Japanese Fenders up till 1996/1997 are MIJ Fenders. In 1991/1992 FujiGen Gakki were expanding their factory operations by establishing FujiGen Hirooka Inc. to be able to take on additional set neck (Gibson like necks) contracts (such as the Orville by Gibson contract) and so Dyna Gakki (one of Kanda Shokai's main guitar makers) took over some of the making of the Japanese Fender models which resulted in a CIJ logo being used on some Japanese Fenders instead of a MIJ logo. CIJ is mostly used on Fenders from 1996/1997 until recently due to Tokai and Dyna Gakki taking over the Fender Japan manufacturing contract from FujiGen Gakki in 1996/1997. The Fender Squiers were also brought into line to be in sync with the Japanese Fenders at around the same time (1996/1997) with 'Crafted' rather than 'Made' being used. "Made in Japan" is used on some current Fender Japan models (2007) instead of "Crafted in Japan".

    Some Fender classic models


    Jaguar (JG66-93)


    Jazzmaster (JM66-88)


    Mustang (MG69-72)


    Jaguar Bass (JAB-97EQ)


    Mustang Bass (MG98-80SD)


    Check out colors and models

    Which are the real differences between American and Japanese Fender guitars? Check the discussion on our forum...
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