|
one of the books I have in the Japan Vintage series has an extensive article with many pics of the Freshers...they went through at least 6 different logo changes if I remember so pics of the headstock will help I.D. approximately where it fits. First year listed was 1973, the built in effects cam mid `70s according to the book. They made a lot of crap but from the pics I see they also made some pretty high end stuff as well, neck throughs and one model that came with headphones to plug into the guitar. The Fresher Starighter FS-606 looks really nice. They are listed as being made from `73 to `85. I watched an old Genesis video and it looked to me like Mike Rutherford was playing a model with the built in effects model...in fact quite a few `80s bands played MIJ guitars, guess they knew then what many overseas players only caught onto a few short years ago, `cause I uesd to be able to buy fabulous MIJs for next to nothing but now with so many guys after em prices have gone mad, and I`m talking only 10 or so years ago. For those of youse who didn`t buy when you had the chance...too bad `cause now you `re gonna need a gold card to get many models.
But if you can get a pic of the logo I`ll see if I can figure out when it was made.
__________________
quasi mojo
|