Whitstable Guitars
A selection of good quality, used guitars and specialising in imports from Japan since 2008
2023 Fender Made in Japan Hybrid II Stratocaster Forest Blue & new hard case
£819.00 + shipping
JAPAN IMPORT
Here's another stunning Fender Made in Japan Hybrid II Stratocaster. The Hybrid II models from Fender feature an Alder body, Maple neck & Rosewood fingerboard. A modern 9.5" fretboard radius, Hybrid II Custom voiced pickups, 2 point locking tremolo system, locking tuners & a beautiful vintage natural gloss finish. It looks stunning.
Other notable features are that the back of the neck has a satin finish which feels silky smooth when playing and the truss rod is adjusted at the headstock so no more neck removals during set up.
Built in 2023 it has been used and has a couple of tiny nicks and some scratching on the scratchplate but is in overall excellent condition.
The frets have little wear with no indents & loads of life left
This guitar is in a 9/10 condition. The guitar plays & sounds fabulous as you would expect.
Since 2015, Fender Made in Japan guitars have been produced at the "Dyna-Gakki" factory in Nagano. This facility has been making fabulous guitars since 1972 for Fender Japan (pre 2015) Greco, Fernandes. The quality of the instruments coming from this factory is superb.
https://vintagejapanguitars.com/dyna-gakki-en/
Here's some info from Fender:
HYBRID II CUSTOM VOICED PICKUP
US Adopted "Hybrid II Custom Voiced Pickup", which was jointly developed from scratch in cooperation with the product management team. Gain and tone balance are optimized to accommodate all genres of music.
ELECTRONICS
The standard Orange Drop capacitor, which gives an excellent attack feeling, is used as standard. The pure tone jack with four contacts is adopted for the jack part, and the connectivity that can be firmly fixed and the transmissibility of the electric signal are improved.
SPECIFICATIONS
Colour: Forest Blue
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Body Shape: Stratocaster®
Body: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Maple
Weight 3.47 kg
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome
Neck Finish: Satin Urethane Finish on Back, Gloss Urethane finish on Front
Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
Position Inlays: Black Dot
Neck Material: Maple
Neck Shape: Modern "C"
Scale Length: 25.5"
Fingerboard Radius: 9.5" (241 mm)
Number of Frets: 22
Fret Size: Narrow Tall
Nut Type: Bone
Nut Width: 1.650" (42 mm)
Electronics:
Bridge Pickup: Hybrid II Custom Voiced Single Coil Stratocaster®
Middle Pickup: Hybrid II Custom Voiced Single Coil Stratocaster®
Neck Pickup: Hybrid II Custom Voiced Single Coil Stratocaster®
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck Pickup), Tone 2. (Bridge/Middle Pickup)
Pickup Switch: 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Middle Pickup, Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup, Position 5. Neck Pickup
Pickup Configuration: SSS
Hardwear:
Bridge: 2-Point Synchronized Tremolo with Vintage-Style Stamped Steel Saddles
Tuning Machines: Vintage-Style Locking
Comes with Gear4Music/Thomann Black/Tweed Hard Case
Hard Case Policy
As said many times, all my guitars come shipped in a new black or tweed hard case which is included in the price. I find this is the safest way to avoid damage in transit. Alternatively, if you are collecting the guitar and, like some buyers have cases coming out of their ears, that's no problem, I'll adjust the price (usually around a £50 discount) and I can usually find you an old gigbag to take the guitar away in. The only hard and fast rule I have is that I won't ship a guitar in a gigbag.
If you are further interested in this guitar, you can either email me with any queries & I'll do my best to get back to you within 24 hours.
Or, you can buy quickly and safely using the PayPal "buy now" button and I will ship to most UK addresses the next working day. Highlands and Islands can be slightly dearer but I'll keep the cost as low as I can.
I can accept credit card payments by phone and will also offer a small discount to purchasers using bank transfer payments.
Overseas customers are very welcome but please email me first for shipping quotes.
