During his brief stay there, he was exposed to various forms of Airbrushing street performances, which changed his outlook on art. In 1990, SHIN followed his dreams as an aspiring musician to study to Los Angeles.
Just for comparision, note that Yamaha, is only making a few guitars in Japan these days and they are using other Asian factories too. Guitars Made From 2012-Present (Excluding G-Series) In mid/late 2012, US distributed Japanese-built guitars switched to the year designation that 1985 Tokai Love Rock LS80 Guitar Rare Japanese Les Paul copy Highly sought after this is a made in japan model, serial number 5031017 (just about visible stamped on back of headstock). SHIN was born in 1965 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Fernandes may still be making some high end models in Japan, but not too many of their offerings are MIJ these days. Japan Vintage Guitars & original pickups. Japan Vintage Guitars & original pickups Registrami Hai già un account Accedi ora. These days, with the latest technology and modern factory methods, these new factories seem to be doing good work. Post su ‘FERNANDES GUITARS’ scritto da JVguitarshop. This has plenty of nicks and dings, and missing the back plate and arm (which I never used anyway) so dont expect a clean guitar, this is a players guitar. A friend of mine has a Ravelle from a few years ago that is Korean, but at NAMM I was told that current Ravelles and most Fernandes guitars are made in China or Taiwan. Fujigen Factory, same as the F Japan ones.
Today they may be sourcing different factories for their various models.
I believe that these may have built in the same Fuji-Gen-Gakki (sp?) factory as the Fender Japan products during that era, and they feel almost identical to my 1980's MIJ Fenders. I still shave two older 1980's Fernandes Strats, and I have owned other MIJ Fernandes Strats and Teles. I never heard anything about Fernandes building guitars in the U.S.?