Oakvillain
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What's the difference?
So what you are saying is that the fretwork has gotten better since the MIM necks are actually being made in Mexico?Generally the MIA's have better fretwork, althought the MIM's have gotten better in the last couple of years. A headstock adjust neck will have a wood plug on MIA's and plastic on MIM's. Anything else,profile,frets,board radius etc., is going to vary model by model.
I don't know if that's true now. Every MIM I pick up seems to need some amount of fretwork, many times there are sharp edges that need attention before IMO they are even playable.The quality of fretwork and materials is the same. The Maple and Rosewood comes from the same lots.
Its quite dry here in Phoenix. Just about EVERY guitar that comes here will need to have the fret ends dressed, first acts up to custom shop Strats.Every MIM I pick up seems to need some amount of fretwork, many times there are sharp edges that need attention before IMO they are even playable.
So what you are saying is that the fretwork has gotten better since the MIM necks are actually being made in Mexico?
For many years both Mex and USA necks were made in the US. The MIM necks were shipped south for assembly. ....................
The quality of fretwork and materials is the same. The Maple and Rosewood comes from the same lots.
I'll give you that- I can see where they might have had some quality issues getting the production going there. I don't see Fenders as they come off the line in a linear fashion, like a high volume dealer would, so a short term quality downturn wouldn't pop up on my radar. I just see a steady stream of Fenders from the last 20 or 30 years and draw my conclusions based on what I've seen when those guitars were new and as I see them now.No, the MIM necks have been made entirely in Mexico for at least 5 years, and the final fret leveling was always done there.
Up until the last two or three years MIM Standard fretwork was no where near as good as USA or the higher line MIM's.