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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
My band, Red For Dissent
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/152990/extreme-relic-sh-te/p1
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Are you talking about the bound body one?
I had one of those several years back. It came with Texas Specials - sounded a lot better after a pickup change.
I didn't like the neck profile on it that much. That's a matter of taste so others may like it.
With the original saddles the intonation was not nice. I had to change the saddles and put compensated ones on it.
With new pickups and saddles, it was a very good guitar if you liked the neck profile.
My band, Red For Dissent
Fender MIJ '62s are beautifully made and put together, but they do need USA or other better pickups than the Japanese stock ones which are a bit thin and uninspiring, but the stock pickups are Ok for jingle jangle.
The necks tend to be slim on the '62s – too much so for some - but nicely carved, incredibly stable and the rosewood is always high quality and often nice and dark. Saddles might benefit from replacing too.
The poly finish looks and feels higher quality and has a more classy look than MIM. It also doesn't chip off like MIMs do.
Some say the basswood body ones can be a bit dead, but I've not had a basswood body.
I've had my 1985 '62 Custom MIJ since the mid-nineties and It's a great guitar (with a Seymour Duncan Jerry Donahue in it) also have a 2015 62 in Lake Placid Blue, that has a more substantial neck more like the USA '64 reissue carve. I put the USA '62 Custom pickups in that one.
Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups are nice. Oil City Pickups Diamond Geezer in low output mode is just as good PLUS it has the option to switch to a higher output mode.
For Telecaster, the OCP Wapping Wharf does the same trick. Low output level for twang. Full output for Esquire growl.
I have been looking at Custom Shops around the £2.5k mark but have decided that it's basically impossible to improve significantly on this guitar. The switch went dodgy so I replaced that and the pickups at the same time. Now it's got a Bare Knuckle Boss in the bridge - around 8k seems to be perfect for the appropriate bark/twang combo.
It's heard here through a Boss Katana head and a bit of slapback. For me, it looks and sounds the business.
(Warning: stetson content.)
I absolutely love it and get great compliments whenever anyone else plays it
But do budget for new pickups and wiring. It's always the weak spot on MIJ Fenders for some reason. Usually lovely guitars otherwise.
The Bareknuckle Boss is excellent, but the pressed-steel bridges are inherently microphonic so it's perhaps not the instrument for high-gain styles. But for clean stuff like country or low-gain blues, no problem.
The wiring is generic plastic stuff but totally fine. The pots are large and decent. My switch gave up the ghost but replacements are readily available.