Got out Red and Blue and did a side by side and sound check. It was really interesting actually.
Visually similar. The pickguard on Blue (Japanese) is slightly different.
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Japanese contours are more defined and hard edged. The American (Red) is more gradual.
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Japanese one has Klusons similar to Red.
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Red (American) IS slightly thinner but the overall weight was actually closer than I remembered. They feel about the same weight to me even with Red having a slightly slimmer body.
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Japanese has black side dots under the rosewood. American has white side dots on the line.
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Japanese bridge screws go all the way to the other lip. No Pat. info.
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American ones stop about 1/8 of an inch. Tremolo has Pat. info.
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Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
