> led by European factors
What are you smoking? They just started smogging their cars a few years ago,
and they're still in the process of banning lacquer. They've cut down on the
availability of leaded gas, etc. In the eighties, Europe was probably the
most polluted spot on the planet, and they've been making good progress
recently, but they're certainly in no position to point fingers at the only
country on earth that's been actively reducing pollution since the sixties.
BZ
BTW, the BEST Fender Guitars ever built are the ones currently made in Japan
for the Japanese market. Fender won't let them import them anymore because
there's such an obvious difference in quality, but they're available on the
black market.
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