Sopheak a écrit :
mais pourquoi les vintage series d'avant 85 sont elles plus cotées que les autres?
Parce que l'usine Fullerton est l'usine mythique de Fender période Léo.
Les séries 60 étaient produites là, le savoir faire et les machines était resté.
Première apparition des Reissue 57/62 catalogue Fender 1982.
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USA Fender "Fullerton Model" vintage reissue guitars
These guitars made between the years 1982 and 1984 at the original Fullerton California plant where all the pre CBS Fenders were made on the
same original tools and dies by many of the original employees are considered to be as close to the real pre CBS guitars as possible. Nitro finish that is now over twenty years old has all the same characteristics as the now too expensive to play models made back in the fifties and sixties.
Early American Vintage Reissues
1982 - 1984 Fullerton Plant
In late 1981 Fender hired Dan Smith to head up marketing and help turn Fender's quality issues and lagging sales around. It was Dan Smith's goal to restore the confidence of the dealers and guitar players in Fender once again. The factory at this time was building about 200-300 guitars a day. Dan Smith, with Fender's approval, literally shut down the Fender plant and spent approximately 2+ years training what employees were left how to build a quality guitar.
Dan Smith, with the help of John Page, proceeded to work on a reissue of the most popular guitars of Leo Fender's era. They decided to manufacture a 1957 and 1962 Stratocaster along with the 1952 Telecaster. This project was very important and critical to the survival of Fender.
These first few years (1982 - 1984) of reissues are some of the finest to ever leave Fender's factory. For the entire story we suggest you read the book, The Fender Stratocaster by A. R. Duchossoir.
We get occasional questions from owners and buyers of 1982 Fullerton American Vintage Reissue guitars about the specifications of the early 1982 models. Perhaps the following information will help clarify these questions.
1982 was the first year Fender produced the American Vintage Reissue series and the first guitars had some unique idiosyncrasies. The bodies were cut and finished but when they were assembled the loaded pickguards would not fit. Fender used a fine router in the assembly area to cleanly route out the electronics cavity on the lower side. The bridge-pickup route was also sometimes slightly routed. You can tell it's a factory route due to the very clean route lines and if the solder is unbroken no one could have done this except the factory. Only about 1/16 to 1/8 inch of the wood was removed. They also used plastic wiring and only switched to cloth in the very late '82 to early '83 models.
The red bobbin pickups were also used in some of the very early models.
If you own one of these early (almost prototype) models, consider yourself very lucky. Values on these will no doubt be the highest.
1986 - 1989 Corona
The sale of Fender to a group of Fender-CBS employees and investors is accomplished in 1985. However, the new owner, Fender-FMIC (Fender Musical Instruments Corporation) did not receive a manufacturing facility in the purchase. The new Fender would establish manufacturing in Corona, California, and in an effort to push its line of guitars to the top of the market, pay strict attention to detail and quality.
The early American Vintage Reissues from the newly established Fender facility in Corona display excellent craftsmanship and superb overall quality.
