Japanese Fender Precision Bass

Officially created in 1982, Fender Japan is really a coordinated and somewhat decentralized effort. It really consist of two Japanese companies (Yamano Gakki and Kanda Shokai) that handle the logistics like ordering, distribution and shipping. These companies themselves do not make any musical instruments, they are more like wholsalers or contractors and farm the work out to Japanese guitar factories like FujiGen Gakki, T?kai and Dyna Gakki.

Initially between the time that Fender changed ownership from CBS ( around 1984 ) there was a shortage of basses in their manufacturing pipeline. Made in Japan instruments, including the Japan Fender Precision bass, were the primary inventory during this transition.