2020年8月25日 · I'm trying to get an estimate on what year a Fernandes strat was manufactured. I've read that many Fernandes didn't have a serial number at all, to make it harder for Fender to press charges with exact numbers. This one has what I believe to be the export headstock with a sticker on the back, saying Made in Japan and beginning with 037.

2018年12月14日 · A kid had it on FB for sale. He had it listed as a Norma Keane brand. It turned out to be a Fernandes. I cleaned it up set the action and have a good playing and great sounding guitar. Good for a practice guitar. I keep it a home to play. Me good bass an Ibanez SG500 is at church. I play it there. But I just wonder if anyone has heard of a ...

2004年10月6日 · Another Fernandes catalogue doesn't show the same bass, so I'm assuming that one was for the Japanese market - the headstock is the older style (Fender copy) and in the later catalogues the body is the more modern Fernandes style..

2009年12月8日 · Post pics. I can usually date them by headstock shape and type of logo on it. Sometimes Fernandes marked its MIJ guitars on that sticker, so if it's gone it doesn't necessarily mean it wasn't made in Japan. Also, later 1990s Fernandes can …

2020年3月23日 · Like many companies, Fernandes now produces many guitars outside of Japan at various price points. I played a recent mid-priced Fernandes LPC in the UK a year or so ago and it was a good guitar for the price. I believe that Fernandes still produces some of their higher-end models in Japan.

2019年8月12日 · The guitar originally had a Floyd Rose or similar, but the owner changed it to a cheap traditional strat bridge which is wrongly positioned. I bought the guitar with two sets of pickguards and pickups, and what appears to be the original has a neck rail humbucker type (no stamps or brand) that is falling apart, a switch to - I believe - split ...

2024年7月13日 · Japanese guitar maker Fernandes is going out of business. Total debt is 430 million Yen (about $2.7 million). I'm Japanese and it's sad to hear they are going bankrupt. Their endorsers like Hotei and Hide are my childhood heroes. Japanese article about this...

2004年5月6日 · One day in 1988 I picked up & played a Fernandes Jazz Bass copy in a little guitar shop in Washington DC. Though I didn't buy it, I still remember to this day how surprisingly well it played and how good it sounded. In my experience, the Fernandes basses are chronically under-rated. And since we're on the topic, I'll tell you another one: Washburn.

2024年3月5日 · The guitar has a serial number of 050901. From what I understand, Fernandes serial numbers don't always offer clear manufacturing dates or model details, so I'm reaching out to the community here for insights. I'm a total newbie to …

2021年2月17日 · I have several older Fernandes Strat's. All of them are actually better than my actual Fender's. They were all made in Japan though. From the 90's. I also bought a Retrorocket a few years back. On that one I had to install a new nut and do a fret job. I bought it because I wanted the Sustainer. After some work, it turned into a great guitar.