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I wouldn't be surprised if Fender move all mass-produced instruments to Donald's favourite country and maybe keep Custom Shop in California, and maybe some high end 'special editions' assembled in the US.
At the end of the day there can't be much difference between Mexican made and USA made guitars. The tooling and CNC programs are probably identical. I think I read somewhere that Mexican made bodies are more likely to be made of several pieces of wood glued together and US bodies made from two or three bits. After that it's just the quality of the parts screwed to the two finished bits of wood, no?
The Roadworn series is made in Mexico, is it not? And the Baja Tele? I've played both and they are stunning guitars - I'd have one in a flash if I weren't haemorrhaging money at the moment.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
Bit of trading feedback here.
On a cynical side note, when was the last time you read a review in a guitar mag that didn't rate the product/
There are one or two areas where I believe the American standard might be better:
- the tuners are OK, but not amazing
- there's a brown inlay in the back of the neck that is not perfectly flush with the neck at the headstock end (see below). you hardly notice it, but it's there.
I've also A/B'd vs a Friedman vintage T and whilst the Friedman is nicer (lovely neck, all fit and finish is perfect), it's not worth 3 times the price in my opinion.
The inlay on the back is a 'skunk stripe' they have them on 1 Piece maple necks as they fill the channel where the truss rod is inserted. On necks with Rosewood fretboards you usually don't have them because the truss rod is inserted under the fretboard.
I have noticed that they stick out slightly on a couple of Fenders I've played, one American and 1 Squier.
Yes, I think I remember reading somewhere that in the 70's they started using a Skunk Stripe for all necks for consistency.
My DGT has ruined me....