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FENDER JV MODIFIED ’50S TELECASTER & ’60S STRATOCASTER £1,249 EACH

CONTACT Fender Musical Instruments EMEA PHONE 01342 331700 WEB www.fender.com

When we first heard that Fender was bringing out JV reissues commemorating the release of the original Japanese-made series, we mistakenly believed we would be getting accurate remakes of those game-changing guitars that recreated Strats, Teles, Precision and Jazz basses from the company’s golden pre-CBS era. The earliest ones had Fender in large script and a small ‘Squier’ on the bulbous headstock end, and these instruments staggered everyone who saw them with their brilliant build, stunning attention to detail, and authentic looks and feel.

However, after the slight disappointment of discovering this was not to be the case, it turns out that what we have here are two interesting

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